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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.
"I Have You" 1977 "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" 35 4 89 38 5 — — 68 — — 54 "I Have You" Passage "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" 32 18 13 18 10 — 1 — — 19 9 "Can't Smile Without You" "Christmas Song" — — — — — — — — — — — "Merry Christmas Darling" Christmas Portrait: 1978 "Sweet, Sweet ...
The Carpenters released ten albums during their active career, of which five contained two or more top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (Close to You, Carpenters, A Song for You, Now & Then, and Horizon). Ten singles were certified gold by the RIAA, and twenty-two peaked in the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Believing the original title to be too long, Richard Carpenter added parentheses around "They Long to Be". [9] The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for 17 weeks, including four at number one, becoming Carpenters' first top 10. [10] In 2018, Billboard ranked "Close to You" the top single of the summer of 1970. [11]
The song was recorded several times by various artists during the 1960s but without popular success. It became Carpenters' first RIAA-certified Gold single, as well as their first Billboard Hot 100 single to reach the top 10. It remained at #1 for four weeks and became one of the Carpenters' most iconic songs. Richard devoted the song to Karen. [5]
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"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 power ballads, if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo. "Goodbye to Love" was the first Carpenters hit written ...
"All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" — from the album Passage "When I Fall in Love" — from the album Lovelines "Hurting Each Other" — from the album A Song for You "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (1991 Remix) — from the album A Song for You "A Song for You" (1987 Remix) — from the album A Song for You