“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 ...
Column: A new Netflix documentary brings us Elvis as he was meant to be
The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley” centers on the NBC broadcast that came to be known as the “’68 Comeback Special.” ...
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Live Music Recommendations for the Week
Carys Anderson Native son Monte Warden cemented his music career at age 6 when he convinced his parents to buy tickets to what would prove Elvis Presley’s final tour, which stopped at Austin Municipal ...