Written by: Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
Produced by: Jack Daugherty
Released: Sept. 70 on A&M
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 2
"Begun" began life as a TV jingle for a California bank that caught Richard Carpenter's ear. "Our best single," he said later.
Appears on: Singles 1969-1981 (Interscope)
