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 ...

The brilliance of The Carpenters and the fascinating but ultimately tragic story behind them will be explored in The Carpenters Story: Rainy Days, Mondays & Good Old Dreams.

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

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

Oxford, CT, passed away on February 18, 2026, at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT. Rich was born on April 25, 1954, in Bridgeport, CT, to the late Frank and Anna (Epifano) Franzino. He graduated from ...

Man of La Mancha, with book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, and music by Mitch Leigh, takes place in the sixteenth ...

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, ...

Robert (Bob) Douglas Carpenter, 83, of Newark, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at home following a brief illness. He was born September 9, 1942, on the family farm in Dresden, Ohio to the ...