This classic Canadian easy listening track has some interesting origins.
The title track, "The Homecoming", started out as music to a 1972 TV commercial for Salada tea. After being included in this album, it was released as a single in 1975 on the Isis label through the Toronto company, Hagood Hardy Productions. It rose to #14 on the Canadian charts, and to #41 on the pop and #6 on the easy listening US charts. It was certified Gold in Canada. ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homecoming_(album)
I was reminded of that story by a recent video about the origins of The Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun.
They Never Thought a Bank Ad Would Become a Classic (8:45) ~ Behind The Track
Before “We’ve Only Just Begun” became one of the most beloved songs of the 1970s, it began in the most unexpected place: a bank commercial.
Crocker Bank wanted a new kind of advertisement. Not interest rates. Not checking accounts. Not a hard sales pitch. They wanted a feeling — young love, a new life, and the road ahead.
So Paul Williams and Roger Nichols wrote what was supposed to be a simple commercial song.
Then Richard Carpenter heard it.
And when Karen Carpenter sang it, the song stopped being an ad and became something timeless.
This is the story of how a bank commercial became one of the defining songs of Carpenters — and why “We’ve Only Just Begun” still feels like memory decades later.
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This classic Canadian easy listening track has some interesting origins.
I was reminded of that story by a recent video about the origins of The Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun.
They Never Thought a Bank Ad Would Become a Classic (8:45) ~ Behind The Track
Before “We’ve Only Just Begun” became one of the most beloved songs of the 1970s, it began in the most unexpected place: a bank commercial.
Crocker Bank wanted a new kind of advertisement. Not interest rates. Not checking accounts. Not a hard sales pitch. They wanted a feeling — young love, a new life, and the road ahead.
So Paul Williams and Roger Nichols wrote what was supposed to be a simple commercial song.
Then Richard Carpenter heard it.
And when Karen Carpenter sang it, the song stopped being an ad and became something timeless.
This is the story of how a bank commercial became one of the defining songs of Carpenters — and why “We’ve Only Just Begun” still feels like memory decades later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We've_Only_Just_Begun