The Carpenters discography
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The discography of the American pop group the Carpenters
, consists of twelve studio albums, two christmas albums, two live albums, forty-six singles, and numerous compilation albums. The duo made up of Karen Carpenter
(lead vocals and drums) and her elder brother Richard Carpenter
(keyboards and vocals).
The siblings started their musical career together since the latter half of 1960s. In October 1969, a half year after they made a contract with A&M Records, the Carpenters released their debut album Offering (later its title was changed to "Ticket to Ride"). Within a year, they came into prominence with the chart-topping single "(They Long to Be) Close to You", a cover version of Bacharach/David composition.
The Carpenters garnered worldwide commercial success, scoring big hits mainly in the first half of the 1970s. RIAA-certified sales of their albums have been estimated at over 24.5 million units. In the United Kingdom, they are ranked at the seventh top-selling albums artist on the official record chart of the 1970s. They have also been the third-best-selling international music act in Japanese market, only behind Mariah Carey
and The Beatles
. To date, they have reportedly sold more than 100 million copies of records worldwide.
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The Carpenters
Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother 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...
, consists of twelve studio albums, two christmas albums, two live albums, forty-six singles, and numerous compilation albums. The duo made up of Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter was an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo The Carpenters. She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but she is best remembered for her vocal performances of idealistic romantic ballads of true love...
(lead vocals and drums) and her elder brother Richard Carpenter
Richard Carpenter (musician)
Richard Lynn Carpenter is an American pop musician, best known as one half of the brother/sister duo The Carpenters, along with his sister Karen Carpenter. He was a producer, arranger, pianist and keyboardist, and occasional lyricist, as well as joining with Karen on harmony...
(keyboards and vocals).
The siblings started their musical career together since the latter half of 1960s. In October 1969, a half year after they made a contract with A&M Records, the Carpenters released their debut album Offering (later its title was changed to "Ticket to Ride"). Within a year, they came into prominence with the chart-topping single "(They Long to Be) Close to You", a cover version of Bacharach/David composition.
The Carpenters garnered worldwide commercial success, scoring big hits mainly in the first half of the 1970s. RIAA-certified sales of their albums have been estimated at over 24.5 million units. In the United Kingdom, they are ranked at the seventh top-selling albums artist on the official record chart of the 1970s. They have also been the third-best-selling international music act in Japanese market, only behind Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
and The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. To date, they have reportedly sold more than 100 million copies of records worldwide.
Studio albums
Throughout their career, the Carpenters released twelve original albums. Most recently they released As Time Goes By in 2002. This includes two Christmas albums released by the group.| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
AUS Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998... |
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| 1969 | Ticket to Ride Ticket to Ride (album) -Charts:-Credits:*Producer: Jack Daugherty*Engineer: Ray Gerhardt*Guest Artist: Herb Alpert *Bass: Joe Osborn and Bob Messenger*Guitar: Gary Sims*Art Director: Tom Wilkes*Photographer: Jim McCrary-"Ticket To Ride":... (First released under the title Offering)
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| 1970 | Close to You Close to You (Carpenters album) -We've Only Just Begun:We've Only Just Begun started out as a commercial for Crocker Citizen's Bank in 1970, composed by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols. The commercial showed a couple getting married and starting their life together... |
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| 1971 | Carpenters Carpenters (album) Carpenters is the third studio album by the Carpenters. Released on May 14, 1971, the album was successful, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and #12 in the UK... |
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| 1972 | A Song for You A Song for You (Carpenters album) A Song for You is the fourth album released by the Carpenters, released on June 13, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, "A Song for You was intended to be a concept album with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the 'song'."In Cash Box's Top 100... |
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| 1973 | Now & Then
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| 1975 | Horizon
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| 1976 | A Kind of Hush A Kind of Hush (album) A Kind of Hush is the seventh studio album by American popular music duo The Carpenters. It was released in May 1976.Of its three excerpted singles only the title track, "There's a Kind of Hush ," a cover of a 1960s song by Herman's Hermits, gave the pair a hit single - both the US Top Ten, and UK... |
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| 1977 | Passage
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| 1978 | Christmas Portrait Christmas Portrait Christmas Portrait is the first Christmas album recorded by The Carpenters , originally released on October 13, 1978 .... |
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| 1981 | Made in America
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| 1983 | Voice of the Heart
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| 1985 | An Old-Fashioned Christmas An Old-Fashioned Christmas An Old-Fashioned Christmas is a Christmas album from The Carpenters, released in 1984 after the death of singer/drummer Karen Carpenter.The album project had its genesis in several unused tracks from the Carpenters' previous Christmas album, 1978's Christmas Portrait. Richard Carpenter took these... |
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| 1989 | Lovelines Lovelines Lovelines is a 1989 album released by The Carpenters.In 1989, Richard Carpenter decided to release an album of unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by his sister, Karen Carpenter .... |
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Live albums
There are two live albums that the Carpenters have released officially, though neither of them were issued in their homeland.| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 1975 | Live in Japan
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| 1977 | Live at the Palladium Live at the Palladium (The Carpenters album) Live at the Palladium is an album by American music duo the Carpenters. It was recorded during a week of live concerts at the London Palladium in November 1976. No singles were released from the album, although it reached number 28 in the UK charts On the cover of the record, Karen is wearing the... A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:... LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... , cassette Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... , CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
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Solo albums
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| 1987 | Time Time (Richard Carpenter album) Time is the first solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter. Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield sang on the album, on the songs "In Love Alone" and "Something in Your Eyes", respectively. The song "When Time Was All We Had" is dedicated to Richard's sister, Karen... |
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| 1996 | Karen Carpenter Karen Carpenter (album) Karen Carpenter is a solo CD released by A&M Records in 1996. All of the songs on the album were from the New York solo sessions recorded with producer Phil Ramone in 1979 and 1980. During this time, her brother Richard was being treated for an addiction to Quaaludes and Karen wanted to remain... |
Phil Ramone Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten... in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... in 1979–1980 |
| 1998 | Pianist, Arranger Composer, Conductor Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor is the second solo album by American musician Richard Carpenter, released in 1998.- Track listing :#"Prelude" #"Yesterday Once More"... |
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Compilations
Following materials are "greatest-hits" albums of the Carpenters released in the United States.| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
JP Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 1973 | The Singles: 1969-1973 The Singles: 1969-1973 The Singles 1969-1973 is an album by the brother/sister pop duo The Carpenters. A greatest hits collection, it topped the charts in the U.S. and the United Kingdom and became one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s. Features of this compilation include a newly recorded version of "Top Of The...
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| 1985 | Yesterday Once More Yesterday Once More (album) Yesterday Once More is a 2-disc compilation album by US pop group The Carpenters. It was released in 1984 and has been certified platinum in both the US and UK. It was re-released in 1998 with the addition of an extra track "I Just Fall in Love Again" and a changed track ordering... |
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| 1995 | Interpretations Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration The Carpenters' compilation "Interpretations" was released in 1995 as both a cassette tape and a CD. Some songs on here were never before released, such as "Without a Song" and "From This Moment On"... |
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| 1997 | Love Songs
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| 1998 | Reflections
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| 2000 | The Singles: 1969-1981 The Singles: 1969-1981 In 2000, Richard Carpenter wanted to release another Carpenters compilation, called The Singles: 1969–1981. In this compilation, there is a never before released track, called "For All We Know "... |
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| 2003 | Carpenters Perform Carpenter Carpenters Perform Carpenter "Carpenters Perform Carpenter", like its predecessor, "Reflections", contains some not-so-well-known songs, but at the same time, it features hits, such as "Top of the World" and "Yesterday Once More"... |
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| 2004 | Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition Carpenters Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition is a two-disc compilation released by The Carpenters in early 2004. It peaked at #4 in the UK Album Charts.-Disc one:#"Superstar" #"Rainy Days and Mondays" #"Top of the World" #"Maybe It's You"... |
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| 2006 | The Ultimate Collection
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| 2009 | 40/40 40/40 40/40 is a two-disc compilation by American pop group the Carpenters. The album features 40 songs which spans their entire career , and first issued by Universal Japan on April 22, 2009... |
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Box sets
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| 1991 | From the Top
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| 2002 |
The Essential Collection: 1965-1997 The Essential Collection: 1965-1997 The Essential Collection: 1967-1997 is a box-set compilation album from The Carpenters that, with the exception of a few track changes, is essentially the same as the 1991 From the Top set. Coming in at four discs and 73 songs, this album is one of the biggest of all Carpenters compilation sets...
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Limited releases
- Golden Prize (Japan only)
- Released: September 10, 1971
- Label A&M/ King Records
- Format: LP, cassette
- Chart position(s): #3 (JP)
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- Golden Double Deluxe (Japan only)
- Released: February 10, 1972
- Label A&M / King Records
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #10 (JP)
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- GEM I (Japan only)
- Released: October 10, 1972
- Label A&M / King Records
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #13 (JP)
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- MAX 20 (Japan only)
- Released: March 10, 1973
- Label A&M / King Records
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #26 (JP)
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- GEM II (Japan only)
- Released: October 25, 1973
- Label A&M / King Records
- Format(s): LP
- Chart position(s): #3 (JP)
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- Golden Prize Volume II (Japan only)
- Released: April 10, 1974
- Label A&M / King Records
- Format(s): LP, cassette
- Chart position(s): #1 (JP)
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- Big Star (Japan only)
- Released: June 1, 1974
- Label A&M / King Records
- Format(s): Cassette
- Chart position(s): #20 (JP)
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- Special Series (Japan only)
- Released: November 1, 1976
- Format(s): Cassette
- Label A&M / King Records
- Chart position(s): #36 (JP)
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- Ketteiban (The Definitive) (Japan only)
- Released: June 21, 1982
- Format(s): Cassette
- Label A&M / Alfa RecordsAlfa Records, originally Alfa Music, was established in 1969 by composer and record producer Kunihiko Murai. It was formed into an independent record label known as Alfa Records in 1977.- History :The company faced much hardship in the 1990s...
- Chart position(s): #61 (JP)
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- Very Best of the CarpentersVery Best of the CarpentersVery Best of the Carpenters was a compilation album of hits by The Carpenters released in 1982 by Festival Records in Australia...
(Australia only)- Released: 1983
- Format(s): LP
- Label A&M / Festival RecordsFestival Records (Australia)Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....
- Chart position(s): #1 (AU)
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- Only Yesterday (a.k.a. Their Greatest Hits)
- Released: March 1990
- Label: A&M Records
- Format(s): LP, cassette, CD, digital download
- Chart position(s): #1 (UK), #8 (NO),#9 (AU), #25 (JP), #25 (NZ)
- Certification(s): 5x Platinum (UK), Platinum (JP)
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- Seishun no Kagayaki: The Best of (22 Hits of the Carpenters) (Japan only)
- Released: November 10, 1995
- Label: A&M / Polydor JapanPolydor RecordsPolydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
- Format(s): CD, MD, cassette
- Chart position(s): #3 (JP)
- Certification(s): 12x Platinum (JP)
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- Yesterday Once More: De Nederlandse Singles Collectie (Netherlands only)
- Released: 2001
- Label: A&M / Universal
- Format(s): CD
- Chart position(s): #22 (NL)
Singles
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| U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
JPN Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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| 1966 | "Looking for Love Looking for Love (Karen Carpenter song) The music was written by Richard Carpenter. It was recorded in 1966 and released on the small label Magic Lamp. It was a small town label on a budget. Even though Richard Carpenter does participate on the recording, it is printed Karen Carpenter on the recording contract and record label... " (Karen Carpenter) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | "I'll Be Yours" | - | Magic Lamp 704 | From the Top, The Essential Collection |
| 1969 | "Ticket to Ride Ticket to Ride "Ticket to Ride" is a song by The Beatles from their 1965 album, Help!. It was recorded 15 February 1965 and released two months later. -Composition:... " |
54 | 19 | - | - | - | - | "Your Wonderful Parade" | - | A&M 1142 | Offering |
| 1970 | "(They Long to Be) Close to You (They Long to Be) Close to You " Close to You" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as "They Long to Be Close to You," without parentheses. However, it was the single's flip side, "Blue Guitar," that became a hit... " |
1 | 1 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 1 | "I Kept on Loving You" | Gold RIAA certification In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards... |
A&M 1183 | Close to You |
| "We've Only Just Begun We've Only Just Begun "We've Only Just Begun" is the signature song of The Carpenters, written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams , and is often used as a wedding song. The song was ranked at #405 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".The song was recorded by Smokey Roberds, a friend... " |
2 | 1 | 28 | 71 | 1 | 6 | "All of My Life" | Gold | A&M 1217 | ||
| "Merry Christmas, Darling" | - | - | 45 | - | 50 | - | "Mr. Guder" | A&M 1236 | Christmas Portrait | ||
| 1971 | "For All We Know (Theme from Lovers and Other Strangers) For All We Know (1970 song) "For All We Know" is a popular song written for the 1970 film, Lovers and Other Strangers, by Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson and Arthur James . It was originally performed by Larry Meredith.... " |
3 | 1 | 18 | - | 7 | 10 | "Don't Be Afraid" | Gold | A&M 1243 | Carpenters |
| "Rainy Days and Mondays Rainy Days and Mondays "Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters that went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It was also the duo's fourth #1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart... " |
2 | 1 | - | 72 | 3 | 35 | "Saturday" | Gold | A&M 1260 | ||
| "Superstar Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song) "Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell that has been a hit for many artists in different genres and interpretations in the years since; the best known version is by the Carpenters in 1971.-Original Delaney and Bonnie version:Accounts of the song's origin vary... " |
2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 35 | "Theme from Bless the Beasts and Children" | Gold | A&M 1289 | ||
| "Theme from Bless the Beasts and Children Bless the Beasts and Children (song) The theme song to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children was performed by The Carpenters, and was featured on the B-side to their then-recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, The Carpenters performed it on... " |
67 | 26 | - | 85 | - | - | B-side of "Superstar" | A Song for You | |||
| 1972 | "Hurting Each Other Hurting Each Other "Hurting Each Other" is a song popularized by the Carpenters in 1972. It was originally written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell in 1965, and was recorded multiple times by artists from Ruby and the Romantics to Rosemary Clooney.-Previous versions:... " |
2 | 1 | - | 56 | 2 | 4 | "Maybe It's You" | Gold | A&M 1322 | |
| "It's Going to Take Some Time It's Going to Take Some Time "It's Going to Take Some Time" is a song written by Carole King and Toni Stern for her 1971 album, Music. It was redone by the Carpenters in 1972 for their fourth album, A Song for You. According to Richard Carpenter, he had to choose which songs he wanted to remake, and there was a big pile of 7"... " |
12 | 2 | - | 48 | 13 | 24 | "Flat Baroque Flat Baroque Flat Baroque is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis in 1966, during their career at Disneyland. It lay dormant until 1970, when Carpenter and his sister, Karen Carpenter, appeared on a syndicated radio show, called "Your Navy Presents." They performed a slow, jazzy version of the... " |
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| "Goodbye to Love Goodbye to Love "Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972. On the "Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters" documentary, Tony Peluso stated that this was one of the first, if not the first, love ballads to have a fuzz guitar solo.Upon... " |
7 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 25 | "Crystal Lullaby" | - | A&M 1367 | ||
| 1973 | "Sing" | 3 | 1 | - | 18 | 4 | 24 | "Druscilla Penny" | Gold | A&M 1413 | Now & Then |
| "Yesterday Once More Yesterday Once More (song) "Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by The Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Composed in the key of E, "Yesterday Once More" preceded an "Oldies Medley" on the album, consisting of nine songs from the 1960s. At the end of the song a... " |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | "Road Ode" | Gold | A&M 1446 | ||
| "Top of the World Top of the World (The Carpenters song) "Top of the World" is the name of a 1972 song by The Carpenters. Originally recorded for and released on the duo's 1972 studio album A Song for You, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1973, becoming the duo's second U.S. number-one single... " |
1 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | "Heather" | Gold | A&M 1468 | A Song for You |
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| 1974 | "Jambalaya (On the Bayou) Jambalaya (On the Bayou) "Jambalaya " is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in July 1952... " |
- | - | 12 | 28 | - | 95 | "Mr. Guder" (UK) | - | — | Now & Then |
| "I Won't Last a Day Without You I Won't Last a Day Without You "I Won't Last a Day Without You" is a song composed by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols. Williams released his version as a single in 1973, but garnered only minor success. Maureen McGovern recorded the song and also released it as a single in 1973 , with results similar to those of Williams... " |
11 | 1 | 32 | 40 | 7 | 63 | "One Love" | - | A&M 1521 | A Song for You | |
| "Please Mr. Postman Please Mr. Postman "Please Mr. Postman" is the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well. "Please Mr... " |
1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | "This Masquerade This Masquerade "This Masquerade" is a song written by Leon Russell. The song appeared on the B-side of the single for Russell's 1972 hit "Tight Rope."The song has also been recorded by many other artists. Helen Reddy included it on her 1972 I am Woman album, and also included a live version on her 1978 Live in... " |
Gold | A&M 1646 | Horizon | |
| "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | "Merry Christmas, Darling" | A&M 1648 | An Old Fashioned Christmas | ||
| 1975 | "Only Yesterday Only Yesterday (song) "Only Yesterday" is a song recorded by The Carpenters in 1975. It was released on March 14, 1975, and was the Carpenters' last top-ten single in the United States. Composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, it peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the easy listening... " |
4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 16 | "Happy" | A&M 1677 | Horizon | |
| "Solitaire" | 17 | 1 | 32 | 44 | 12 | 61 | "Love Me for What I Am" | - | A&M 1721 | ||
| 1976 | "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World) There's A Kind Of Hush "There's a Kind of Hush" is a popular song written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens which was a hit in 1967 for Herman's Hermits and again in 1976 for the Carpenters.-First recordings:... " |
12 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 33 | "(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You" | - | A&M 1800 | A Kind of Hush |
| "I Need to Be in Love I Need to Be in Love "I Need to Be in Love" is a song written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released as a single on May 21, 1976. It was featured on the "A Kind of Hush" album, which was released on June 11 of the same year. The single featured a version without the piano lead-in and starts immediately... " |
25 | 1 | 36 | 62 | 31 | 47 | "Sandy" | - | A&M 1828 | ||
| "Goofus" | 56 | 4 | - | - | 82 | - | "Boat to Sail" | - | A&M 1859 | ||
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | - | - | - | 71 | - | - | "I Have You" | - | — | ||
| 1977 | "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song All You Get from Love Is a Love Song "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" is a song composed by Steve Eaton. It was popularized by the Carpenters in 1977. It was released to the public on May 2, 1977. Its B-side was "I Have You", a song released on the A Kind of Hush album in 1976... " |
35 | 4 | - | 68 | 38 | 89 | "I Have You" | - | A&M 1940 | Passage |
| "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft " is a song by Klaatu, originally released in 1976 on their first album 3:47 EST. The following year, The Carpenters covered the song, using a crew of 160 musicians... " (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day) |
32 | 18 | 9 | - | 9 | 13 | "Can't Smile Without You Can't Smile Without You "Can't Smile Without You" is a song written by Christian Arnold, David Martin, and Geoff Morrow, best known in its rendition by Barry Manilow."Can't Smile Without You" was the first single to be released from Manilow's album Even Now in 1977... " |
- | A&M 1978 | ||
| "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) "The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer... " |
- | - | - | - | - | - | "Merry Christmas, Darling" | - | A&M 1991 | Christmas Portrait | |
| 1978 | "Sweet, Sweet Smile Sweet, Sweet Smile "Sweet, Sweet Smile" is a C&W song composed by Otha Young and Juice Newton introduced by the Carpenters on their 1977 album Passage. The track features drummer Ronnie Tutt who regularly backed Elvis Presley.... " |
44 | 7 | 40 | 59 | 33 | 100 | "I Have You" | - | A&M 2008 | Passage |
| "I Believe You I Believe You "I Believe You" is a love ballad composed by Don and Dick Addrisi which was 1977 single for Dorothy Moore; taken from the Dorothy Moore album, "I Believe You" reached #5 R&B and crossed over to the Pop Top 30 at #27. The track also reached #20 UK.... " |
68 | 9 | - | - | 81 | - | "B'wana, She No Home" | - | A&M 2097 | Made in America | |
| 1981 | "Touch Me When We're Dancing Touch Me When We're Dancing "Touch Me When We're Dancing" is a song written by Terry Skinner, J. L. Wallace and Ken Bell. Skinner and Wallace headed the Muscle Shoals, Alabama session group Bama, who first recorded this song and released it as a single in 1979 reaching the Billboard Easy Listening chart at #42 and ranking on... " |
16 | 1 | - | - | - | 78 | "Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)" | - | A&M 2344 | |
| "(Want You) Back in My Life Again (Want You) Back in My Life Again " Back In My Life Again" is a song by the popular group The Carpenters, the second single off their album Made in America, released in 1981. It's B-side was "Somebody's Been Lyin'", another song from the album.-Charts:... " |
72 | 14 | - | - | - | - | "Somebody's Been Lyin'" | - | A&M 2370 | ||
| "Those Good Old Dreams Those Good Old Dreams "Those Good Old Dreams" is a song by the popular group The Carpenters. Its B-side is "When It's Gone ", a song released on the Made in America album in 1981.-Charts:-Music video:... " |
63 | 21 | - | - | - | - | "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)" | - | A&M 2386 | ||
| 1982 | "Beechwood 4-5789 Beechwood 4-5789 "Beechwood 4-5789" is a 1962 single released by Motown girl group The Marvelettes on the Tamla record label.-Original version:Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and George Gordy, the lyrics are about the narrator wanting a man she just met to call her number in order to "have a... " |
74 | 18 | - | - | - | - | "Two Sides" | - | A&M 2405 | |
| 1983 | "Make Believe It's Your First Time Make Believe It's Your First Time "Make Believe It's Your First Time" is a song written by Bob Morrison and Johnny Wilson, and recorded by Bobby Vinton and later by the popular group The Carpenters.... " |
101 | 7 | 60 | - | - | 80 | "Look to Your Dreams" | - | A&M 2585 | Voice of the Heart |
| 1984 | "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" is the second single released from the 1983 Voice of the Heart album by the popular group The Carpenters. The single is also the second posthumous release after Karen's death.-Charts:... " |
- | 12 | - | - | - | - | "Sailing on the Tide" | - | A&M 2620 | |
| "Now" | - | - | - | - | - | - | "Look to Your Dreams" | - | A&M 166 | ||
| "Little Altar Boy Little Altar Boy "Little Altar Boy" is a song by the popular group The Carpenters. Its B-side was "Do You Hear What I Hear", a song released on the An Old-Fashioned Christmas album in 1984. This single was a promotional single for the album and did not receive any chart status... " |
- | - | - | - | - | - | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | - | A&M 2700 | An Old Fashioned Christmas | |
| 1986 | "Honolulu City Lights Honolulu City Lights "Honolulu City Lights" is a song composed by Hawaiian singer/songwriter Keola Beamer in the 1970s which opens an album by the same name... " |
- | - | - | - | - | - | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | - | A&M 886677 | Lovelines |
| 1987 | "Something in Your Eyes Something in Your Eyes Something in Your Eyes is a song from Richard Carpenter's debut solo album, Time. It was a single performed by Richard Carpenter and Dusty Springfield. It peaked at #12 on the Adult Contemporary chart.... " (Richard Carpenter featuring Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s... ) |
- | 12 | 84 | - | - | - | "Time" | - | — | Time |
| 1989 | "If I Had You If I Had You (The Carpenters song) "If I Had You" is a song by the popular group The Carpenters. It was popularized by the Carpenters in 1989 with the release of their album Lovelines. Its B-side was "Lovelines". "If I Had You" was recorded by Karen Carpenter during her solo sessions in New York with producer Phil Ramone. It became... " (Karen Carpenter) |
- | 18 | - | - | - | - | "The Uninvited Guest" | - | A&M CD17926 | Lovelines |
| 1990 | "Merry Christmas, Darling" / "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (UK re-issue) | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | — | - | — | Close to You (1970) |
| 1991 | "Let Me Be the One Let Me Be The One (The Carpenters song) "Let Me Be the One" is a song written in 1971 by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. It first appeared on the 1971 album Carpenters by The Carpenters."Let Me Be the One" is a relatively short song, with a run time of 2:25... " |
- | - | - | - | - | - | no B-side; promo CD only | - | A&M 750217308-2 | "From The Top" |
| 1993 | "Rainy Days and Mondays" (UK re-issue) | - | - | 63 | - | - | - | — | - | — | |
| 1994 | "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" is a song written by David Pomeranz. It was sung by '70s superstars Barry Manilow and the Carpenters. Manilow's version was included on his album, Tryin' to Get the Feeling, and the Carpenters' version wasn't released until 1995, on their 25th anniversary CD,... " |
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| 1995 | "I Need to Be In Love" (Japan re-issue) | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | "Top of the World" | - | — | 22 Hits of the Carpenters |
| 1996 | "Ave Maria" | - | - | - | - | - | - | "Merry Christmas, Darling" | - | — | Christmas Portrait |
| 1998 | "Karen's Theme" (Richard Carpenter) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor |
| 2001 | "The Rainbow Connection" | - | - | - | 47 | - | - | "Leave Yesterday Behind" / "Medley: Superstar — Rainy Days and Mondays" | - | — | As Time Goes By |
| 2003 | "Top of the World" (Japan re-issue) | - | - | - | 83 | - | - | "Top of the World" (karaoke) / "Sing" (karaoke) | - | — | Gold (Japanese edition) |
Note
- "Top of the World" charted four times in Japan, at #21 in 1972 and again in 1973 (to coincide with the song's U.S. success), when it peaked at #52. In 1995 it was the B-side of the reissue of "I Need to Be in Love," and subsequently it charted a fourth time (as an A-side) at #83.
- "Sweet, Sweet Smile" peaked at #8 on Billboard's Country singles chartHot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
. - "Superstar" and "For All We Know" were released as a double A-side in the UK.
- "I Won't Last a Day Without You" was originally released as an A-side in the UK in 1972 with "Goodbye to Love" as the B-side. However, the sides were switched shortly after the record's release. The former was later released as an A-side in the UK in 1974 to coincide with its first U.S. release as an A-side.
- "Only Yesterday" and "Happy" were released as a double A-side in the UK. Both tracks feature on the compilation album "The Singles 1974-1978", which was not released in North America.
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" reached #1 in the Republic of Ireland, becoming the duo's biggest hit there.
- The UK re-issue of "Merry Christmas, Darling" in 1990 features the second recorded version of the song from their 1978 Christmas Portrait album as opposed to the original 1970 version.
Videos
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Soundtracks
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| 1971 | "Bless the Beasts and Children Bless the Beasts and Children (song) The theme song to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children was performed by The Carpenters, and was featured on the B-side to their then-recent hit, "Superstar". The B-side charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping out at #67. In order to promote it, The Carpenters performed it on... " |
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Bless the Beasts and Children Bless the Beasts and Children (soundtrack) The soundtrack to the 1971 film Bless the Beasts and Children consists of music by The Carpenters, Barry De Vorzon, and Renee Armand. It included The Carpenters' "Bless the Beasts and Children theme song as well as "Cotton's Dream", later known as "Nadia's Theme", which became the theme song to the... (soundtrack version) A Song for You A Song for You (Carpenters album) A Song for You is the fourth album released by the Carpenters, released on June 13, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, "A Song for You was intended to be a concept album with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the 'song'."In Cash Box's Top 100... (album version) |
| 1978 | "Leave Yesterday Behind" |
John Ritter Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for having played Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively... . For All We Know (1970 song) "For All We Know" is a popular song written for the 1970 film, Lovers and Other Strangers, by Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson and Arthur James . It was originally performed by Larry Meredith.... ". |
As Time Goes By (released in 2004) |
See also
- The CarpentersThe CarpentersCarpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother 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...
- List of songs by The Carpenters
- Recording Industry Association of AmericaRecording Industry Association of AmericaThe Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
- If I Were a Carpenter (tribute album)