What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Written by Paul Williams, also We’ve Only Just Begun, I Kept On Loving You and Let Me Be the One
Engineered by Roger Young, also All You Get From Love Is a Love Song, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft and Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Mixed by John Hendrickson, also Carpenters / Como Medley, Leave Yesterday Behind and You're Just in Love
Written by Kenny Ascher, also You and Me Against the World (Helen Reddy), The Woman in the Moon (Barbra Streisand) and Hellacious Acres (Kris Kristofferson)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Roger Young engineered 9 of Carpenters’s top 10 songs
Paul Williams wrote 55 songs on fono
Roger Young engineered 46 songs on fono
Roger Young’s most frequent co-engineer is Dave Iveland (29 songs together)
Credits
All 15 credits
- Written by
- Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams
- Performed by
- Buddy Childers, Joe Osborn, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Ron Tutt, Sheridon Stokes, The O.K. Chorale and Tim May
- Engineered by
- John Hendrickson and Roger Young
- Mixed by
- John Hendrickson and Richard Carpenter
- Part of
- Carpenters Gold
- Written by
- Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams
- Performed by
- Buddy Childers, Joe Osborn, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Ron Tutt, Sheridon Stokes, The O.K. Chorale and Tim May
- Engineered by
- John Hendrickson and Roger Young
- Mixed by
- John Hendrickson and Richard Carpenter
- Part of
- Carpenters Gold
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Paul Williams
Same engineer: Roger Young
Same mixer: John Hendrickson
Same writer: Kenny Ascher
Same engineer: John Hendrickson
Same writer: Paul Williams
Same engineer: Roger Young
Same mixer: John Hendrickson
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Buddy Childers
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Buddy Childers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Joe Osborn
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Joe Osborn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Karen Carpenter
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Karen Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Richard Carpenter
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Richard Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Ron Tutt
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Ron Tutt
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Sheridon Stokes
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Sheridon Stokes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by The O.K. Chorale
The Rainbow Connection was performed by The O.K. Chorale
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was performed by Tim May
The Rainbow Connection was performed by Tim May
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was written by Kenny Ascher
The Rainbow Connection was written by Kenny Ascher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was written by Paul Williams
The Rainbow Connection was written by Paul Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection is part of the release Carpenters Gold
The Rainbow Connection is part of the release Carpenters Gold
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was engineered by John Hendrickson
The Rainbow Connection was engineered by John Hendrickson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was engineered by Roger Young
The Rainbow Connection was engineered by Roger Young
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was mixed by John Hendrickson
The Rainbow Connection was mixed by John Hendrickson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was mixed by Richard Carpenter
The Rainbow Connection was mixed by Richard Carpenter
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz The Rainbow Connection was released on 1998
The Rainbow Connection was released on 1998
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026