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Both Darin's If I Were a Carpenter and Hardin's Tim Hardin 2 were produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin and Koppelman had originally signed Sebastian's band, The Lovin' Spoonful. [1] The album reached number 142 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. Darin's cover of "Lovin' You" reached the Top 40.
"If I Were a Carpenter" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin in the 1960s, and re-recorded with commercial success by various artists including Bobby Darin, The Four Tops and Johnny Cash. [1] Hardin's own recording of the piece appeared on his 1967 album Tim Hardin 2 .
Allmusic have the album a positive review, stating "released among a bevy of tribute albums, 'If I Were a Carpenter registers as one of the best of the lot, with spot-on performances of Carpenters classics from the '70s. Unlike many tribute collections, this CD gets it right most of the time, thanks to a lineup of artists suited to the duo's ...
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If I Were a Carpenter may refer to: "If I Were a Carpenter" (song), a song composed by Tim Hardin and popularized by Bobby Darin; If I Were a Carpenter (Bobby Darin album), a 1966 album by Bobby Darin; If I Were a Carpenter (tribute album), a tribute album to The Carpenters "If I Were a Carpenter", an episode of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
A tribute album, If I Were a Carpenter, by contemporary artists such as Sonic Youth, Bettie Serveert, Shonen Knife, Grant Lee Buffalo, Matthew Sweet, and The Cranberries, was released in 1994 and provided an alternative rock interpretation of Carpenters hits. [228] Richard Carpenter played keyboards for the Matthew Sweet cut "Let Me Be the One ...