This 1972 Carpenters Song Owes Its Title to a Bing Crosby Comedy

Long before it became one of their most hauntingly beautiful hits, this 1972 Carpenters ballad was quietly inspired by an old ...
American Songwriter

The Carpenters’ Classic That Highlighted Karen’s Way With a Sad Song

The song was so popular that the title became its own idiom. The Carpenters caressed "Rainy Days And Mondays" to soft-rock perfection.
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 ...
The Gaston Gazette

A great Christmas song with a great story from The Carpenters

“Merry Christmas Darling” by the Carpenters is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Karen Carpenter had that knack of being able to make you feel like the song she was singing was being sung just for ...