Song written by (the late) Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan. This tune was first recorded by Barbra Streisand in 1971. Diahann Carroll released her version on her 1974 self-titled album on the Motown label (Fagen's name is misspelled on the album as Fagin) Becker & Fagen never recorded this song themselves. They wrote it prior to the formation of the classic group called Steely Dan. Musicians are not listed on the album on this recording. The arrangement of the song is by Michael Omartian (incorrectly listed as M. O' Martian) [He is Armenian, not Irish!] Omartian would later play keyboards on Steely Dan's \"Pretzel Logic\", \"Katy Lied\" and \"Aja\" albums (piano on the title track), as well as on three songs on Donald Fagen's album \"The Nightfly\".
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