Re: RIP

On 2025-05-23 3:17 p.m., % wrote:

CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-05-23 2:46 p.m., % wrote:

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Roger Nichols, the composer behind some of Carpenters’ greatest hits, has died at the age of 84. The songwriter was a composer and songwriter who was behind Carpenters’ biggest hits We’ve Only Just Begun and Rainy Days and Mondays, and was a frequent collaborator. It was announced that he died on May 17, but the news was only just made public. Paul Williams, his songwriting partner of many years, confirmed the news in a post (Picture: AnythingGoes)

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A composer of some of the prettiest and most memorable songs of the 20th century. He will be missed.
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the carpenters were not a band i listened to much ,
but they did what they did fairly well

 I only discovered their existence after watching a documentary on Karen Carpenter. I didn't grow up in the 70s, and the music industry had largely moved on from that style in the 80s when I was a kid. Still, there is no denying that she had a fantastic voice and that the songs themselves were beautiful.