The Carpenters
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Carpenters | |
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 Karen and Richard Carpenter, at the White House on August 1, 1972. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Pop, soft rock, adult contemporary |
| Years active | 1969–1983 |
| Labels | A&M |
| Past member(s) | Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter |
| Website | richardandkarencarpenter.com |
The Carpenters were an American musical duo. The members were Richard Carpenter and his sister Karen. Starting in 1969, the duo had many popular songs including "We've Only Just Begun", "Close to You", "Sing", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" and others. They continued until Karen's death in 1983 of bulimia in Downey, California. They sold over 100 million albums.
Albums
[change | change source]- Offering/Ticket to Ride (1969)
- Close to You (1970)
- Carpenters (1971)
- A Song for You (1972)
- Now & Then (1973)
- Horizon (1975)
- A Kind of Hush (1976)
- Passage (1977)
- Christmas Portrait (1978)
- Made in America (1981)
Posthumous releases
[change | change source]- Voice of the Heart (1983)
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984)
- Lovelines (1989)
- As Time Goes By (2004)
Other websites
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Categories:
- 1960s American music groups
- 1970s American music groups
- 1980s American music groups
- American pop music groups
- American rock bands
- Musical duos
- Musical groups disestablished in 1983
- Musical groups established in 1969
- Musical groups from Los Angeles
- People from Downey, California
- 1983 disestablishments in the United States
- 1969 establishments in California
- 1980s disestablishments in California