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This is a comprehensive list of songs written or performed by pop duo the Carpenters, featuring Karen and Richard Carpenter. This list includes official studio albums, live albums, solo albums, and notable compilations that feature rare or unreleased material.
The VHS/Beta Yesterday Once More was released in 1985, shortly after Karen Carpenter's death in 1983. The tape was repackaged as a DVD in 2002 under the name Gold: Greatest Hits, and the DVD contains all the videos from Yesterday Once More.
Richard saw the song's potential for the Carpenters and recorded it in the autumn of 1970. The track became the duo's third gold single, and later won an Oscar for "Best Original Song". [ 66 ] [ 67 ] On March 16, 1971, the duo received 2 Grammy Awards , winning for Best New Artist and Best Contemporary Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.
"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a song by the Carpenters from their self-titled third album, with instrumental backing by the Wrecking Crew. [3] It was written by Paul Williams (lyrics) and Roger Nichols (music), who had previously written "We've Only Just Begun," another hit for the duo.
Richard Carpenter also changed the bridge and chord structure, changes Williams felt detracted from the song and he believed that Carpenters would have greater success if they had recorded the song unchanged. [2] The song was recorded as a tract for Carpenters' album A Song for You, and was released two years later as a single in the US. [1]
In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data", [46] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday ...
"Those Good Old Dreams" is a song by The Carpenters. Its B-side is "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)", a song released on the Made in America album in 1981.. The song talks of reliving dreams and feelings of romantic love held long ago ("It's a new day for those good old dreams / One by one it seems they're coming true").
Most of the songs listed here are remixes. This compilation's songs have more refined and re-recorded tracks, less noise in the background, and a lot of reverberation in the background. ^† These songs include a harder bass drum line and considerably more reverberation than the original version. "Top of the World" is mixed with an alternate ...