"We've Only Just Begun" was a massive hit for The Carpenters. They performed it at the 1971 Grammy Awards ceremony, where ...

The Carpenters turned this Oscar-nominated song into a Top 10 favorite, despite having no involvement in the 1970 film where the song first appeared. The Carpenters' version of "For All We Know" hit ...

The song’s lyrics were written for a crush in 1946 and the music followed 20 years later. After “Merry Christmas Darling” was released by the Carpenters in November 1970, the love song topped ...

How easy it was to revile the Carpenters. In the ’70s, this brother-and-sister duo went against the grain of any self-respecting rock ‘n’ roller: They always dressed as if they were going to church ...

THE CARPENTERS: CLOSE TO YOU is a music-filled documentary that traces the Carpenters' career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the group's friends in the music business, features all of their ...

“Merry Christmas Darling,” first recorded by the Carpenters in 1970, consistently ranks among the perennial Christmas favorites. With the late Karen Carpenter’s dreamy, pristine vocals at the ...

Richard and Karen Carpenter sit by the ocean, dressed in dinner-party duds and beaming directly into the camera lens, which is pulled to the softest possible focus. The photo on the cover of the ...

On Nov. 1, A&M/UMe is set to release the Carpenters’ Christmas Once More, a new collection featuring 16 Carpenters holiday classics, personally curated by Richard Carpenter. This newly remixed and ...