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Carpenters
Karen and Richard Carpenter, at the White House on August 1, 1972.
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Pop, soft rock, adult contemporary
Years active	1969–1983
Labels	A&M
Past member(s)	Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter
Website	richardandkarencarpenter.com

The Carpenters were an American musical duo. The members were Richard Carpenter and his sister Karen. Starting in 1969, the duo had many popular songs including "We've Only Just Begun", "Close to You", "Sing", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" and others. They continued until Karen's death in 1983 of bulimia in Downey, California. They sold over 100 million albums.

• Offering/Ticket to Ride (1969)
• Close to You (1970)
• Carpenters (1971)
• A Song for You (1972)
• Now & Then (1973)
• Horizon (1975)
• A Kind of Hush (1976)
• Passage (1977)
• Christmas Portrait (1978)
• Made in America (1981)

• Voice of the Heart (1983)
• An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984)
• Lovelines (1989)
• As Time Goes By (2004)

• Official site

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