“Karen manages to get across both sadness and silliness”: The Carpenters’ hit that wowed two Beatles
Its lush, intoxicating sound set the benchmark for a generation of soft pop ballads in the 70s. But it was Karen Carpenter’s ...
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“Karen manages to get across both sadness and silliness”: How the Carpenters wowed Lennon and McCartney with an emotive yet absurd No 1 hit
A&M had been co-founded by renowned trumpeter Herb Alpert in 1963 and Alpert had a huge easy listening hit in 1968 with the ...