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Carpenter is a brother and sister duet group from New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Grew up in New Haven, Connecticut and moved to Downey, California; Educated at California State University in Long Beach. They met the audience for the first time as musicians. The lead singer was their sister and the composer was their brother. Elder brother richard carpenter, born in 1946 10/0/0/0/0/5, is a pianist and singer. Sister Karen Carpenter, born in/kloc-0 on March 2, 950, is a singer and drummer.

1968, they signed RCA records. Due to the decrease in music production, RCA did not release their songs and gave up the group. They ran from one record company to another, hoping to re-sign. On the morning of April 22nd, 1 1: 32, signed by Huber Albert to A &；; The turbulent era of M record company has passed, which is the end of the prelude and the beginning of a brilliant music era: Carpenter era.

Their first album was released in 1969, and a single in the album climbed to the respectable 54th place in the national charts, so the record was renamed again, from a modest "give" to a more appropriate "ticket".

1970, Carpenter began his friendship with international audiences. A forgotten song "Close to You" by bacharach Davies brought Carpenter his first gold record. If anyone is surprised, the next single proves that this is not just a fluke. "We're just getting started" soared to the number one position and sold millions. At the same time, it became the hymn of modern wedding, and this country ballad provided a suitable famous song for Carpenter's public singing in the second year. At the end of the year, Karen and Richard won five Grammy nominations and were awarded "Best Newcomer" and "Best Singing Group of the Times", which made them surpass their peers in the music industry.

197 1 It was an important year for Karen and Richard's supporters, and the Carpenter fan club was also established in this year. The fan club has become the official consultation source for nearly 10,000 fans around the world. Fans learned that Karen likes spaghetti, fruit salad, eggplant and ribs; Richard likes to watch science fiction movies in his spare time; Karen likes horses and animal specimens. Their third album was released this year, naturally called Carpenter. The difference is that the initial order reached a million dollars, which can be described as "a big profit" and became the second largest album release in China. For half a year, firmly occupy the top ten. It also produced three million-dollar hit songs: "Superstar", "Everything We Know" and "Rainy Day and Monday". That year, he won three Grammy nominations and the best singing award of the album Carpenter. In February, 65438, they won the "Best Music Group of the Year" awarded by the American Artists Association, which was awarded by Ed Sullivan in a CBS special program. Carpenter fans also sent their favorite Christmas gifts, such as Hurt each other (1972 65438+February 3 1 day), which became their sixth golden song and fourth champion song.

During the period of 1972, the touring performances in Greek theaters in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and Tahir Lake Hotel expanded Carpenter's fans. The singing group has been to Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, where Richard and Karen gave a special performance with high ratings. On the front line of his hometown, Carpenter participated in a series of national softball competitions and donated all the concert proceeds to raise money for cancer research. Karen is the honorary chairman of the national "Young Anti-cancer" campaign. She and her brother personally donated all the money they raised for the White House. Singles in' 72 include: It will take some time, and Say goodbye to love. The fourth album "Send You a Song".

1973 Richard broke his leg and wrist in a motorcycle accident. Although the TV special was forced to be postponed, sometimes the work on the album continued the next day, and Richard worked in a plaster cast. At the same time, the new single "Singing" won the gold medal. Soon, a new name became familiar to Carpenter fans: John Bedis. A friend of Carpenter's from college. Now they are keen on songwriting. After their first best-selling song "Farewell to Love", there are two consecutive champion songs: "The Past Comes Again" and "The Top of the World". Carpenter returned to the White House to perform for German Chancellor George W. Willie Brown Jr. .. In Britain, a series of their best-selling singles entered the charts and remained there for two years. In my hometown, the fifth and sixth albums, sometimes with the single: 1969- 1973, won double platinum and tied for the first place.

During 1974, Carpenter's popularity soared in Japan. When he arrived, he was surrounded by 5000 fans, and all the tickets for 18 performances were sold out within one hour. In his first symphony performance with Arthur Federer and Boston Pop Orchestra, Richard played the Warsaw Symphony, which realized his long-cherished dream. The nationally broadcast concert featured performances by Richard and the touring band, accompanied by a symphony. On July 4th, Rolling Stone magazine published the cover story of Karen and Richard. 1 1 month, they won the championship by singing Maffray's old song "Please, Mr. Postman".

1975, this is the beginning of Karen's anorexia. Poor health forced her to cancel her scheduled trip to Japan and Britain as a carpenter. Accompanied by John Bedis, Richard flew overseas and apologized to fans in these countries through TV and media. Fortunately, 1975, two more Carpenter singles entered the charts: Only Yesterday and Loneliness, and a new album: Horizon was released at the same time. Some critics think that this album fully demonstrates the talents of Karen and Richard.

1976, Carpenter completed the delayed performance of the Goddess of Wisdom in London, setting a new audience record. Britain released a live commemorative album of this performance. In my hometown, the new album "There is a Kind of Silence" won the gold medal in June. Karen's private house designed according to her own preferences in Century City is almost finished. She began to collect Mickey Mouse souvenirs extensively. Richard's collection craze is also reflected in the rising number of classical cars, most of which were from 1950s to 1960s, which made him win many awards in non-music fields. He put all the cars in the warehouse.

1977 The biggest event was the gathering of 50 members from the greg smith Chorus and the entire Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, and the live performance of a pop album which was probably the largest in history. Karen successfully sang an excerpt from Wilbur Rice's opera Eva. The performance was widely concerned by the media and became the highlight of the whole performance. It also created Carpenter's ninth album, which was their most expensive album at that time. At the same time, they also recorded the second TV special program "The Carpenter at Christmas", and the special guests were Kristi McNichol and the Choir of the University of California, Long Beach.

1978, their album "Single: 1974- 1978" released in Britain won platinum sales. In addition, the Carpenter Academic Foundation was established in their alma mater, California State University in Long Beach. They also released a Christmas album, including Merry Christmas, Dear, written by Richard several years ago. Portrait of Christmas became their eighth rich local album.

1979 On April 22nd, Karen and Richard celebrated the 10th anniversary of their acting career, but this year, they cancelled all activities, such as a special TV program introducing their first decade in the record industry. They also canceled the production of the new album. Richard tried to recover, extended his holiday and met his old friends. Karen came to new york to co-produce her first solo album with producer Phil Ramon. Then I decided not to send it.

On 1980, they published Touch Me When We Dance. This year's event is the TV program "Music, Music, or Music". Richard and John Bedis wrote the song "Because we love each other" for Karen's wedding. After a short engagement, Karen married Tom Bruce in Beverly Hotel on August 3rd1. Finally released the tenth album "Made in America". They began to collect information for their next album. Karen was troubled by personal matters. After getting married 15 months, she announced her divorce from her husband.

198 1 year, Karen came to new york for a quarter of psychotherapy, trying to get rid of anorexia. After that, Karen mainly stayed in new york for treatment.

1983, fatal destruction finally happened. During a short holiday, she flew to Los Angeles to record songs. The recording ended on February 4, and Karen died at her parents' home. The cause of death was anorexia nervosa, which caused a heart attack, because she kept slim by dieting and taking laxatives for a long time. A superstar died at 32. As John Bedis said, "She sings for our hearts. Too fast, our Karen is still so young, but her singing is still echoing ... "

After the gloomy and sad days, Richard remained active and released the album The Voice (1983), including the last song recorded by Karen at 1982. 1987 also recorded his solo album Time. From 65438 to 0989, he worked as the executive producer of the TV film The Story of Karen Carpenter, and released the album Cute in the same year, which included the unreleased songs recorded by Karen before and some songs from her solo album. He also re-synthesized and recorded some Carpenter tracks for the album "From scratch" (199 1). Ray Coleman published a complete biography in 1994 with Richard's help. Some artists released a CD album "If I were a Carpenter" to pay tribute to carpenters. Later, Richard published his last album, Richard Carpenter. Pianist, arranger, composer and conductor, this is a band version of Carpenter's Golden Melody.

Looking back on Carpenter, in the 1970s, they released many singles and records that were popular all over the world, including Farewell to Love (1972) and Top of the World (1973), both of which were by Richard and his composing partner John Bettis. Other popular songs of the singing group include ticket to ride by Lennon and McCartney (1970), and Superstar by Bonnie Bramlet and Leon Russell. 197 1), Brian Holland's Please Mr. Postman (1974) and hank williams's Jambalaya (1974). Their classic "Yesterday Once More" is sought after by fans all over the world and comes from the concept album "Now and Then (1973)".

In the world pop music scene in 1980s, this brother and sister singing group once became the idol of American and even the world youth, and was the dream lover of countless boys and girls. Karen's voice is a gift from the creator: ethereal, peaceful and slightly melancholy, and it can easily capture you. Every time I listen to the carpenter's songs, I feel warm and affectionate after a long drought. This kind of music can easily touch your emotions, go straight to the depths of your soul and your heart. At this time, you will find yourself unconsciously becoming a carpenter and a slave to music.