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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 ...
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 ...
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.
The album also included a Carole King song, "It's Going To Take Some Time" and another Nichols / Williams original, "I Won't Last a Day Without You". [86] Another Carpenter / Bettis composition, " Top of the World ", was originally intended as just an album cut, but after Lynn Anderson scored a hit with the song in early 1973, the Carpenters ...
"We've Only Just Begun" is a single by the Carpenters, written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). It was ranked at No. 414 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." [2] It also became Carpenters' second consecutive top-five single in the Billboard Hot 100.