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"I Won't Last a Day Without You" is a song by The Carpenters with lyrics written by Paul Williams and music composed by Roger Nichols. The writing duo had previously contributed " We've Only Just Begun " and " Rainy Days and Mondays " to the Carpenters.
The song went through a few minor revisions, including a slight remix, before it was finally released as a single in the US. The Carpenters' treatment of the much-covered Paul Williams/Roger Nichols composition "I Won't Last a Day Without You" also got a belated single release in 1974, and peaked at number eleven on the Hot 100. [9]
Only Yesterday (subtitled Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits) is a greatest hits compilation album by American group the Carpenters. It was released in 1990 by A&M Records and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart for seven weeks.
"Can't Smile Without You" – 3:23 "I Won't Last a Day Without You" – 3:47 "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" – 3:45 "Only Yesterday" – 4:10 "Solitaire" – 4:39 "Please Mr. Postman" – 2:50 "I Need to Be in Love" – 3:31 "Happy" – 3:49 "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" – 2:57 "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary ...
I Kept on Loving You: Close to You: 1970: 1970: Nichols, Williams: I Need to Be in Love: A Kind of Hush: 1976: 1976: Bettis, Carpenter, Hammond: I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In) Christmas Portrait: 1978: 1978: Traditional, Overton: Christmas Portrait 1978 TV Special I Won't Last a Day Without You: A Song for You: 1972: 1972: Nichols ...
"Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972. On the Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters documentary, Tony Peluso stated that this was one of the first power ballads, if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo.
It was redone by the Carpenters in 1972 for their fourth album, A Song for You. According to Richard Carpenter, he had to choose which songs he wanted to remake, and there was a big pile of 7-inch singles he had to listen to. When he encountered "It's Going to Take Some Time", he knew it would be a hit, and recorded it.
Al Wilson recorded "Let Me Be the One" for inclusion on his 1974 album La La Peace Song, which featured the song in a medley with another Nichols/Williams composition. The track, "I Won't Last a Day Without You"/"Let Me Be the One" was issued as a single in December 1974 and reached No. 18 on the Billboard R&B chart while crossing over to both the Adult Contemporary chart (#39) and the ...