Carpenters
The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and press materials is simply "Carpenters", without the definite article. During a period in the 1970s when louder and faster-paced rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
The Carpenters' melodic pop charted a record-breaking score of hit recordings on the American Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, becoming leading sellers in the soft rock, easy listening and adult contemporary genres. The Carpenters had three #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen #1 hits on the Adult Contemporary Singles Charts. In addition, they had twelve top 10 hits (including their #1 hits). It has been estimated that the Carpenters' album and single sales total to more than 100 million units.
During their fourteen year career, the Carpenters had eleven albums, five of which contained top 10 singles (Close to You, Carpenters, A Song for You, Now & Then and Horizon), thirty one singles, five television specials, and one television series. They had numerous tours internationally, in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, Holland and Belgium. Their recording career ended with Karen's death on February 4, 1983; she succumbed to cardiac arrest due to complications of anorexia nervosa. Extensive news coverage of the circumstances surrounding her death increased public awareness of the consequences of eating disorders
Members
KAREN CARPENTER
Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Birth name: Karen Anne Carpenter
Born: March 2, 1950(1950-03-02)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Origin: Los Angeles, California, USA
Passed Away: 4 February 1983 (aged 32)
Downey, California, USA
RICHARD CARPENTER
Electric Piano Synthesizer
Birth: name Richard Lynn Carpenter
Born: October 15, 1946 (1946-10-15) (age 61)[1]
New Haven, Connecticut
Origin: Los Angeles, California,
United States
Discography
Ticket to Ride
Released: October 9, 1969
Label: A&M Records
First released under the title Offering
Tracklisting:
Close to You
Released: August 19, 1970
Label: A&M Records
Tracklisting:
KAREN CARPENTER
Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Birth name: Karen Anne Carpenter
Born: March 2, 1950(1950-03-02)
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Origin: Los Angeles, California, USA
Passed Away: 4 February 1983 (aged 32)
Downey, California, USA
RICHARD CARPENTER
Electric Piano Synthesizer
Birth: name Richard Lynn Carpenter
Born: October 15, 1946 (1946-10-15) (age 61)[1]
New Haven, Connecticut
Origin: Los Angeles, California,
United States
Discography
Ticket to Ride
Released: October 9, 1969
Label: A&M Records
First released under the title Offering
Tracklisting:
- Invocation
- Your Wonderful Parade
- Someday
- Get Together
- All of My Life
- Turn Away
- Ticket to Ride
- Don't Be Afraid
- What's The Use
- All I Can Do
- Eve
- Nowadays' Clancy Can't Even Sing
- Benediction
Close to You
Released: August 19, 1970
Label: A&M Records
Tracklisting:
- We've Only Just Begun
- Love Is Surrender
- Maybe It's You
- Reason to Believe
- Help!
- (They Long to Be) Close to You
- Baby It's You
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again
- Crescent Noon
- Mr. Guder
- I Kept On Loving You
- Another Song
I'll be back later to finish the discography it's 6 am and I haven't gotten any sleep xD
but i don't rmbr there being a guy, so it might be different people.
lol I think Karen Carpenter's voice is so classic.