As we wish today a happy birthday to Richard Carpenter, the time is perfect for a ‘Carpenters At their Bests’ post

As we wish, today, American musician and singer Richard Carpenter a Happy 72th Birthday, the time has come to playlist the ‘BESTS’ of his band : The Carpenters

BEST TRACKS

CREDITS

Photo : Erica Feliciano

Audio : We’ve Only Just Begun . Close to You . Superstar . Rainy Days and Mondays . Top of the World . Yesterday Once More . Merry Christmas Darling . Please Mr. Postman . Sleigh Ride . Goodbye to Love .

Video : Close To You . We’ve Only Just Begun . The Rainy Days And Mondays . Yesterday Once More . Superstar . Only Yesterday . The Top Of The World . I Need To Be In Love . Hurting Each Other . Jambalaya . A Song For You . Goodbye To Love . Merry Christmas, Darling . I’ll Be Home For Christmas . There’s A Kind Of Hush . The We’ve Only Just Begun . The Ticket To Ride . Please Mr Postman . The I Won’t Last A Day Without You . Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas . Thank you for the music (Tonight Show) . The Sing A Song . The Rainbow Connection . Now . Rainy Days and Mondays . Sleigh Ride . Dancing In The Street . Do You Hear What I Hear? . This Masquerade .

SELECTED ALBUMS

Carpenters’ ‘Horizon’ is their sixth album produced by Richard & Karen Carpenter and released on June 6, 1975 by A&M >>

The Carpenters’ ‘Now & Then’ is their fifth album featuring Karen Carpenter as a drummer on almost all tracks and released on May 1, 1973 by A&M >>

Carpenters incl. Superstar is the third studio album released on May 14, 1971. >>

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