This 1973 Feel-Good Hit by The Carpenters Still Hits All the Right Notes 53 Years Later

The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More" remains one of the band's most enduring classics, 53 years after its release. Released ...

How The Carpenters Turned a 1970 Flop into a No. 1 Hit with 'Close to You'

Close to You," performed by The Carpenters, climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of the most iconic songs ...
Whittier Daily News

Richard Carpenter will mark 30th anniversary of Carpenter Center with rare performance

It’s been decades since 1970s music icon Richard Carpenter has been on stage at his namesake theater. But this month he’s picking up the mic again and stepping on to the stage to perform a duet in ...
Stars and Stripes

A lifetime of record collecting leads to a once-in-a-lifetime Carpenters find

For a devoted record collector, the discovery felt like uncovering buried treasure. When former Stars and Stripes graphic artist Kenichi Ogasawara came across an unfamiliar record labeled with Richard ...