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Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, as well as joining with Karen ...
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Richard Carpenter decided the song would work as a standalone piece, and wrote an arrangement from scratch without being influenced by any earlier recordings. [50] The duo struggled on an early recording attempt, and for the second session, Alpert suggested that seasoned session player Hal Blaine play drums instead of Karen, although Blaine ...
It features interviews by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims (part-time member), Petula Clark, et al. The documentary itself runs for approximately 60 minutes, with a 12-minute encore after the end credits featuring a performance of "(A Place To) Hideaway", the Carpenters' commercial for Morton's Potato Chips , and their ...
Released on Thursday, the list contains all of the people who made an impact in 2016, ranging from world leaders and local activists to top 40 artists. Time magazine reveals 2016 list of '100 Most ...
Karen Carpenter, half of the Grammy-winning '70s duo the Carpenters and wholly one of the greatest vocalists of all time, died 40 years ago at age 32.
As a single, the full song was first recorded by Smokey Roberds, a friend of Nichols, singing under the name "Freddie Allen". It was released in March 1970 but did not get significant airplay. Separately, Richard Carpenter saw the TV commercial and guessed correctly that Williams was the vocalist (both of them were under contract to A&M Records ...
Matt Lauer came face-to-face with many of his former co-workers over the weekend at the wedding of Today show producer Jennifer Long and Reid Sterrett. The nuptials took place in New York City on ...