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This is a comprehensive list of songs written or performed by pop duo the Carpenters, featuring Karen and Richard Carpenter. This list includes official studio albums, live albums, solo albums, and notable compilations that feature rare or unreleased material.
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo The Carpenters with her older brother Richard. [1] With a distinctive three- octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills.
The singles fared well on the adult contemporary charts. "Beechwood 4-5789" was the last single by the Carpenters to be released in Karen's lifetime, on her 32nd birthday. [146] The album concluded with "Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)", referring to Karen's marriage. [147]
The discography of the American pop group the Carpenters consists of 14 studio albums, two Christmas albums, two live albums, 49 singles, and numerous compilation albums. . The duo was made up of siblings Karen (lead vocals and drums) and Richard Carpenter (keyboards and vocal
Love Songs is a 1997 compilation album by the Carpenters. [3] It contains the duo's love ballads, from their first big hit, " ...
The music video to "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" takes place in the A&M Studios. It starts off with the bongo drum and fades into a camera angle zooming towards Karen Carpenter . At the end of the video, the performance fades into a picture of the Carpenters' Hollywood Walk of Fame Star , which is the beginning to the video "Top of the ...
Karen and Richard Carpenter recorded the most successful version of the song. In 1970, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was released by the Carpenters on their album Close to You (1970) and became their breakthrough hit. Believing the original title to be too long, Richard Carpenter added parentheses around "They Long to Be". [9]
The song was The Carpenters' twelfth and last top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100—though they would have nine more top-ten singles on the AC charts, ending with AC number seven "Make Believe It's Your First Time", a few months after Karen's death in 1983. The music video features some footage of Karen and Richard at work in the studio ...