It's been mentioned (I think here) that originally "Help" was to be the Carpenters' second single rather than "Close to You". If that had happened, how different would the Carpenters' trajectory have been?
Could they have ridden the success of "We've Only Just Begun" into stardom? Would "Begun" have been as successful without "Close to You" coming before it? Or would the Carpenters have disappeared into the annals of history as just another Beatles cover band?
Could they have ridden the success of "We've Only Just Begun" into stardom? Would "Begun" have been as successful without "Close to You" coming before it? Or would the Carpenters have disappeared into the annals of history as just another Beatles cover band?