This 1973 Feel-Good Hit by The Carpenters Still Hits All the Right Notes 53 Years Later

The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" remains one of the band's most enduring classics, 53 years after its release. Released ...
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The Carpenters’ Song Richard Called “Almost Perfect” Showcased Karen’s Vulnerable Voice

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richard Carpenter called one Carpenters song “almost perfect,” a track where Karen’s legendary voice was raw, vulnerable, and ...

How The Carpenters Turned a 1970 Flop into a No. 1 Hit with 'Close to You'

In 1970, a song that had struggled to find its footing finally became a defining hit, thanks to the right voices at the right ...
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‘This Show Rocks’: How The Carpenters built a singular sound

In the 1970s and early 1980s, The Carpenters were one of America’s best-loved musical acts. Karen Carpenter’s mellifluous contralto vocals and brother Richard Carpenter’s multilayered musical ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1983, the World Lost One of the Greatest Singers Ever and One-Half of an Iconic Brother-Sister Duo

On this day (February 4) in 1983, Karen Carpenter died of a cardiac arrest in her parents’ Downey, California, home at the age of 32. She gained fame as the drummer and vocalist for the Carpenters, ...
Stars and Stripes

A lifetime of record collecting leads to a once-in-a-lifetime Carpenters find

For a devoted record collector, the discovery felt like uncovering buried treasure. When former Stars and Stripes graphic artist Kenichi Ogasawara came across an unfamiliar record labeled with Richard ...