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Karen and Richard Carpenter recorded the most successful version of the song. In 1970, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was released by the Carpenters on their album Close to You (1970) and became their breakthrough hit. Believing the original title to be too long, Richard Carpenter added parentheses around "They Long to Be". [9]
Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter , John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims (part-time member), Petula Clark , et al.
[128] [129] The movie helped revive the Carpenters' critical standing and increased their music's popularity. [130] [3] Richard Carpenter helped in the production of the documentaries Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters (1997) [131] and Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story (2007). [132]
Close to You is the second studio album by the American music duo the Carpenters, released on August 19, 1970.In 2003, the album was ranked No. 175 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, [1] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. [2]
Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters, a 1998 documentary film "Close to You" , a television episode; Music. Albums. Close to You (The 88 album) or the title song ...
Following their hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You" onto the charts, "We've Only Just Begun" hit No. 1 on the Cash Box singles chart and No. 2 on the U.S.Billboard Hot 100 behind the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" and the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You", becoming the pair's second million-selling gold single, spending nine weeks in the ...
The movie begins with the collapse of Karen Carpenter in the closet of her parents' home in Downey, California, on February 4, 1983.She is rushed to the hospital by paramedics, and as the EMT is placing an oxygen mask over her face, "Rainy Days and Mondays", recorded by the Carpenters on their self-titled album, is playing.
Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story is an English documentary about American pop-duo the Carpenters that aired on BBC One on April 9, 2007 for the first time. [ 1 ]