A Haunting 1971 Love Song by The Carpenters Is Karen Carpenter at Her Absolute Best

In the early 1970s, "Superstar" was a song that had already been recorded by a handful of famous faces. Written by Bonnie ...
The Inlander

With their most successful album turning 50, the Carpenters turn out to be more than just soft-rock siblings

Richard and Karen Carpenter sit by the ocean, dressed in dinner-party duds and beaming directly into the camera lens, which is pulled to the softest possible focus. The photo on the cover of the ...
American Songwriter

Top 10 Songs from the Carpenters That You Should Revisit

Before her death in 1983, Karen Carpenter delivered unparalleled, stunning vocals across ten studio albums. Paired with her brother, Richard’s, keen sense of arrangement, the Carpenters became an ...
Wall Street Journal

How the Carpenters’ 1970s Christmas Song Became an Ageless Hit

The song’s lyrics were written for a crush in 1946 and the music followed 20 years later. After “Merry Christmas Darling” was released by the Carpenters in November 1970, the love song topped ...
WKRG

‘They told me I sound like Karen Carpenter,’ Mobile singer releases tribute album

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — After years of hard work, a Mobile recording artist has just recorded her dream album. The album, called “A Tribute to the Carpenters” is getting a lot of attention. Carla ...