<Li> "Bacharach / David Medley" </Li> <Li> "Sometimes" </Li> <P> "Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters, with instrumental backing by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew, that went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and it was the duo's fourth number 1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart . However, the song failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to number 63 in a reissue there in 1993 . "Rainy Days and Mondays" was certified Gold by the RIAA . </P> <P> The song was composed in 1971 by the then fairly unknown composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams . It was released as the first track on the album Carpenters, popularly known as the Tan Album, and the B - side on the single is "Saturday", written and sung by Richard Carpenter . </P>

Who sang rainy days and mondays always get me down