The Carpenters sold more than 30 million records with the irresistible combination of her soft-rock contralto and her brother’s lush arrangements.

The brother of the '70s soft rock icon, Richard Carpenter, posted a loving tribute to her on Instagram, reminding the world ...

Dusty Springfield passed away; Bo Diddley recorded his first single; the Four Seasons notched their third number-one hit; the ...

Known for her perfect vocals, Karen Carpenter once worried her voice was too “husky” on two Carpenters hits. When asked which song he would love to sing one more time with his sister, the songwriter ...

On this day (February 4) in 1983, Karen Carpenter died of a cardiac arrest in her parents’ Downey, California, home at the age of 32. She gained fame as the drummer and vocalist for the Carpenters, ...

As much as I hated The Carpenters as a kid is how much I delight in hearing them now. And of course, when one says The Carpenters, they really mean Karen, Yet it was her brother, Richard, who was the ...

Karen Carpenter reportedly disliked the 1975 Carpenters song "Solitaire" so much she refused to perform it live. According to the YouTube channel Professor of Rock, the brother and sister duo were ...

Shirley Lee Carpenter Carpenter, age 89, of JE Carpenter Road in Lincolnton, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Mrs. Carpenter was born October 16, 1936, in Gaston County, ...

Karen Carpenter gave her final performance to a tiny, intimate crowd just weeks before her untimely death at 32. Unlike the grand arenas and packed theaters where The Carpenters usually performed, ...

In the 1970s and early 1980s, The Carpenters were one of America’s best-loved musical acts. Karen Carpenter’s mellifluous contralto vocals and brother Richard Carpenter’s multilayered musical ...

Karen Carpenter passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the age of 79, at Country Meadows of Frederick. Born in 1946 to Mary Smith and Robert Brown, Karen spent her early years as a proud ...