Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1262310
By The Carpenters. By John Bettis and Richard Carpenter. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Film/TV,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter,Standards. Score. 2 pages. Timothy Stapay #855346. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.1262310).
A piano solo arrangement of Yesterday Once More;Â made famous by The Carpenters.Â
Yesterday Once More, written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by the Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Thematically the song concerns reminiscing about songs of a generation gone by. It segues into a long medley, consisting of eight covers of 1960s tunes incorporated into a faux oldies radio program. The work takes up the entire B-side of the album.
The single version of the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, kept from the number 1 spot by Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce. It was the duo's fifth number two hit and makes them the act with the second-most number two hits on the chart behind Madonna. The song also peaked at number 1 on the easy listening chart, becoming their eighth number 1 on that chart in four years.  It is the Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK, peaking at number 2 Richard Carpenter stated, on a Japanese documentary, that it was his favorite of all the songs that he had written. He has performed an instrumental version at concerts.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
When I was young, I'd listen to the radio
Waitin' for my favorite songs
When they played, I'd sing along
It made me smile
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again
Just like a long-lost friend
All the songs I loved so well
[Chorus 1]
Every sha-la-la-la
Every whoa, whoa-oh still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're starting to sing so fine
When they get to the part
Where he's breaking her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before, it's yesterday once more
(Shoobie-doo, lang, lang)
(Shoobie-doo, lang, lang)
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[Verse 2]
Lookin' back on how it was in years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed
[Pre-Chorus 2]
It was songs of love
That I would sing to them
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away
[Chorus 2]
Every sha-la-la-la
Every whoa, whoa-oh still shines
(Only oldies, but goodies)
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're starting to sing so fine
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before, it's yesterday once more
(Shoobie-doo, lang, lang)
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[Outro]
Every sha-la-la-la
Every whoa, whoa-oh still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're starting to sing so fine
Every sha-la-la-la
Every whoa, whoa-oh still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're starting to sing so fine...
