The Carpenters

The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. 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 wilder 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 Chart (see The Carpenters discography). In addition, they had twelve top 10 singles (including their #1 hits). To date, The Carpenters' album and single sales total more than 100 million units.
During their fourteen-year career, The Carpenters recorded 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 short-lived television series. They toured in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium. Their recording career ended with Karen's death in 1983 from 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.

1. The Carpenters - Close to you
2. The Carpenters - Only yesterday
3. The Carpenters - Superstar
4. The Carpenters - Ticket to ride
5. The Carpenters - We've only just begun
6. The Carpenters - For all we know
7. The Carpenters - Rainy days and monday
8. The Carpenters - Hurting each other
9. The Carpenters - Goodbye to love
10. The Carpenters - There's a kind of hush
11. The Carpenters - I won't las the day without you
12. The Carpenters - This masquerade
13. The Carpenters - Jambalaya
14. The Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman
15. The Carpenters - Solitaire
16. The Carpenters - Yesterday once more