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Rainy Days And Mondays (ver. 1) by Roger Nichols - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters that went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It was also the duo's fourth #1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart; however, it failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to #63 in a reissue there in 1993. The song was composed in 1971 by then fairly unheard-of composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. It was released as the first track on the album Carpenters. The B-side on the single is "Saturday." Songwriter Paul Williams recorded a version of "Rainy Days and Mondays" for his 1974 album Here Comes Inspiration. "Rainy Days and Mondays" has also been covered by the following singers and musicians... Olivia Newton-John, Sarah Vaughan, The Intruders, Emmy Rossum, Cracker band, Ann Mattila, Bougain Ville-A, Bronn Journey, Brother Douglas, Chris Cozens, David Cahalan, Debi Schepis,.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Roger Nichols, born in Missoula, MT, is a Grammy-nominated composer and songwriter. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays violin, guitar, bass, and piano. Nichols co-wrote many songs with lyricists Paul Williams and Tony Asher (Brian Wilson's lyricist on the Pet Sounds album). Asher and Nichols co-wrote several songs on Nichols' debut album Roger Nichols And The Small Circle Of Friends (A&M Records, 1968) which was produced by Tommy LiPuma, engineered by Bruce Botnick and featured session contributions from Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman and Lenny Waronker. Although the album was not a big seller, A&M co-owner Herb Alpert recommended that Nichols be hired by A&M publishing as a staff songwriter, and it was during this period that he was introduced to Paul Williams. Nichols' collaborations with Paul Williams include "We've Only Just Begun", which was originally written for a bank commercial. They were commissioned to write a jingle after a bank exeuctive heard Nichols' album, and it was composed in a matter of hours on the last day before the deadline. "Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters that went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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