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Karen Carpenter solo All I Can Do: Offering/Ticket to Ride: 1969: 1969: Bettis, Carpenter: All of My Life: Offering/Ticket to Ride: 1969: 1969: Carpenter: All Those Years Ago: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor: 1998: 1998: Carpenter, Oland: Richard Carpenter solo All You Get from Love Is a Love Song: Passage: 1977: 1977: Eaton: An Old ...
The album includes instrumental versions of songs by The Carpenters and Richard's album Time, and is dedicated to their deceased mother, Agnes Carpenter. [3]The album contains two new songs, "All Those Years Ago" and "Karen's Theme", with the latter being released as a single.
The Carpenters [a] were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946). They produced a distinctive soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's harmonizing, arranging, and composition. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 10 albums ...
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
The album is far more self-contained than subsequent Carpenters albums; excluding the orchestrations, bass by Joe Osborn and occasional guitar from Gary Sims, most of the instruments were played by Karen and Richard Carpenter themselves—drums and keyboards respectively—and 10 of the 13 songs were written by Richard and his lyricist John Bettis.
The album features Carpenters' "original vocal and instrumental tracks" accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Richard Carpenter served as the album's producer, arranger and conductor. [4] The Target store exclusive CD and the Japanese release has "Please Mr. Postman" as a bonus track. [citation needed]
Richard Carpenter of Carpenters heard the song during an evening of relaxation at the movies while on tour. He decided it would be ideal for the duo. It became a hit for them in 1971, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, spending seven weeks in the Top 10, and No. 1 for three weeks on the US easy listening chart. [3]
"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a song by the Carpenters from their self-titled third album, with instrumental backing by the Wrecking Crew. [3] It was written by Paul Williams (lyrics) and Roger Nichols (music), who had previously written "We've Only Just Begun," another hit for the duo.