The Carpenters released '(They Long to Be) Close to You' years after it was initially released in 1963.

The old ways were slower — and sometimes stronger than anything today.

The melancholy ballad quickly became one of the defining soft rock songs of its era.

For more than a decade, The Carpenters had hit after hit on the radio. The duo, made up of siblings Richard Carpenter and Karen Carpenter, was a mainstay on the charts for years. Their legacy in music ...

LEGENDARY songwriter Roger Nichols who composed the biggest hits for The Carpenters has tragically died aged 84. Nichols, who wrote the music for We’ve Only Just Begun, died peacefully on May 17. Pal ...

As their self-titled, third album and biggest hit turns 50, we pick their best work The Carpenters’ greatest album remains the compilation Singles 1969-1973, on which the duo remixed, re-recorded and ...

With Karen’s silky-smooth, heartfelt vocals and Richard’s genius as a songwriter and arranger, the brother-and-sister duo pioneered melodic, melancholic pop The Carpenter family moved from New Haven, ...