The Carpenters

Carpenters
Karen och Richard Carpenter 1974
Pseudonym(er)	Carpenters
Bakgrund	Downey, Kalifornien, USA
Genre	Pop adult contemporary barockpop julmusik mjukrock
År som aktiva	1968–1983
Skivbolag	A&M
Webbplats	carpentersofficial.com richardandkarencarpenter.com
Tidigare medlemmar
Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter
Utmärkelser Grammy Award för bästa framträdande av en duo eller grupp med sång (1970)[1] Grammy Award för bästa framträdande av en duo eller grupp med sång (1971)[2] Grammy Award för bästa nya artist (1971)[3][4][5] American Music Award för pop/rock-band/duo/grupp (1974) Grammy Hall of Fame Award (1998)[6] Grammy Hall of Fame Award (2000)[7] Stjärna på Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Carpenters (officiellt Carpenters) ^[8] var en pop-duo från USA, verksam från 1968 till 1983, då Karen avled. Duon bestod av syskonen Richard Carpenter och Karen Carpenter.

Det har uppskattats att Carpenters sålde omkring 100 miljoner skivor.^[9] Några hits var "Yesterday Once More", "For All We Know", "Top of the World", "Please Mr. Postman" och "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)".

Studioalbum

• 1969 – Ticket to Ride
• 1970 – Close to You
• 1971 – Carpenters
• 1972 – A Song for You
• 1973 – Now & Then
• 1975 – Horizon
• 1976 – A Kind of Hush
• 1977 – Passage
• 1978 – Christmas Portrait
• 1981 – Made in America

Livealbum

• 1975 – Live in Japan
• 1977 – Live at the Palladium

Postuma album

• 1983 – Voice of the Heart
• 1984 – An Old Fashioned Christmas
• 1989 – Lovelines
• 2001 – As Time Goes By

Singlar (urval)

• 1969 - "Ticket to Ride" / "Your Wonderful Parade" (#19 på Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Charts (US AC))
• 1970 - "(They Long To Be) Close To You" / "I Kept On Loving You" (#1 på Billboard Hot 100 (US), US AC #1)
• 1970 - "We've Only Just Begun" / "All Of My Life" (US #2, US AC #1)
• 1971 - "Superstar" / "Bless the Beasts and the Children" (US #2, US AC #1)
• 1971 - "For All We Know" / "Don't Be Afraid" (US #3, US AC #1)
• 1971 - "Rainy Days And Mondays" / "Saturday" (US #2, US AC #1)
• 1972 - "Hurting Each Other" / "Maybe It's You" (US #2, US AC #1)
• 1972 - "It's Going To Take Some Time" / "Flat Baroque" (US #12, US AC #2)
• 1972 - "Goodbye To Love" / "Crystal Lullaby" (US #7, US AC #2)
• 1973 - "Sing" / "Druscilla Penny" (US #3, US AC #1)
• 1973 - "Yesterday Once More" / "Road Ode" (US #2, US AC #1)
• 1973 - "Top of the World" / "Heather" (US #1, US AC #2)
• 1974 - "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" / "Mr. Guder"
• 1974 - "I Won't Last a Day Without You" / "One Love" (US #11, US AC #1)
• 1974 - "Please Mr. Postman" / "This Masquerade" (US #1, US AC #1)
• 1975 - "Only Yesterday" / "Happy" (US #4, US AC #1)
• 1975 - "Solitaire" / "Love Me for What I Am" (US #17, US AC #1)
• 1976 - "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" / "(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You" (US #12, US AC #1)
• 1976 - "I Need to Be in Love" / "Sandy" (US #25, US AC #1)
• 1976 - "Goofus" / "Boat to Sail" (US AC #4)
• 1976 - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" / "I Have You"
• 1977 - "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" / "I Have You" (US AC #4)
• 1977 - "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" / "Can't Smile Without You" (US AC #18)
• 1978 - "Sweet, Sweet Smile" / "I Have You" (US AC #7)
• 1978 - "I Believe You" / "B'wana, She No Home" (US AC #9)
• 1981 - "Touch Me When We're Dancing" / "Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)" (US #16, US AC #1)
• 1981 - "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" / "Somebody's Been Lyin'" (US AC #14)
• 1981 - "Those Good Old Dreams" / "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)" (US AC #21)
• 1982 - "Beechwood 4-5789" / "Two Sides" (US AC #18)
• 1983 - "Make Believe It's Your First Time" / "Look to Your Dreams" (US AC #7)
• 1984 - "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" / "Sailing on the Tide" (US AC #12)

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