For his part, Richard would downplay his own contributions to Christmas Portrait, even suggesting it should have been billed and released as a Karen Carpenter solo album — but he was the one ...

co-author of Carpenters: The Musical Legacy. “But when Karen was struggling with something, she threw herself into her work.” There were other heartbreaks: Karen’s solo album, recorded while ...

Still in 1971 and after their third studio album, The Carpenters began hosting a TV series, Make Your Own Kind of Music. During the show, Karen had taken to playing the drums. However, it soon ...

But it was Karen Carpenter’s deep ... a melancholic-style version of Ticket To Ride as a single on their debut album Offering, released in October, 1969, but the song reached only No. 54 ...

Their lush soundscapes helped Richard and Karen Carpenter become one of the biggest acts of the Seventies, selling more than 100 million albums as a soft-rock duo with hits like Close To You ...

Carpenter had invested a lot in this ... and still honor recording commitments for the next album. It was during this fortnight that Karen went into A&M’s Studio D with Richard and began work ...

Karen Carpenter, half of the Grammy-winning '70s ... she took the opportunity to recorded a solo album with producer Phil Ramone. The project ended up taking longer than expected and cost more ...