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Updated November 11, 2003Updated November 11, 2003

Career

Musician Singer Artist Performer Entertainer Star . . .

Ticket To Ride (1970, originally released 1969 as Offering)

Invocation | Your Wonderful Parade | Someday | Get Together | All Of My Life | Turn Away | Ticket To Ride | Don't Be Afraid | What's The Use | All I Can Do | Eve | Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing | Benediction

Close To You (1970)

We've Only Just Begun | Love Is Surrender | Maybe It's You | Reason To Believe | Help | (They Long To Be) Close To You | Baby It's You | I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Crescent Noon | Mr. Guder | I Kept On Loving You | Another Song

Carpenters (1971)

Rainy Days And Mondays | Saturday | Let Me Be The One | (A Place To) Hideaway | For All We Know | Superstar | Druscilla Penny | One Love | Bacharach/David Medley | Sometimes

A Song For You (1972)

A Song For You | Top Of The World | Hurting Each Other | It's Going To Take Some Time | Goodbye To Love | Intermission | Bless The Beasts And Children | Flat Baroque* | Piano Picker | I Won't Last A Day Without You | Crystal Lullaby | Road Ode | A Song For You (Reprise)

Now & Then (1973)

Sing | This Masquerade | Heather* | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | I Can't Make Music | Yesterday Once More | Fun, Fun, Fun | The End Of The World | Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) | Deadman's Curve | Johnny Angel | The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | Our Day Will Come | One Fine Day | Yesterday Once More (Reprise)

The Singles 1969-1973 (1973)

We've Only Just Begun | Top Of The World | Ticket To Ride | Superstar | Rainy Days And Mondays | Goodbye To Love | Yesterday Once More | It's Going To Take Some Time | Sing | For All We Know | Hurting Each Other | (They Long To Be) Close To You

Live In Japan (1975, 2-disc album recorded 1974)

Superstar | Rainy Days And Mondays | Goodbye To Love | Top Of The World | Help | Mr. Guder | (They Long To Be) Close To You | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | Yesterday Once More | Hurting Each Other || Little Honda | The End Of The World | Runaway | Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) | Leader Of The Pack | Johnny Angel | Book Of Love | Sh-boom | Daddy's Home | Johnny B. Goode | Sing | Sometimes | We've Only Just Begun | For All We Know

Horizon (1975)

Aurora | Only Yesterday | Desperado | Please Mr. Postman | I Can Dream Can't I | Solitaire | Happy | (I'm Caught Between) Goodbye And I Love You | Love Me For What I Am | Eventide

A Kind Of Hush (1976)

There's A Kind Of Hush | You | Sandy | Goofus | Can't Smile Without You | I Need To Be In Love | One More Time | Boat To Sail | I Have You | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Live At The Palladium (1976)

Flat Baroque | There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | Medley: Piano Picker... | Warsaw Concerto | From This Moment On | Medley: (They Long To Be) Close To You... | We've Only Just Begun

Passage (1977)

B'Wana She No Home | All You Get From Love Is A Love Song | I Just Fall In Love Again | On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada/ Don't Cry For Me Argentina | Sweet, Sweet Smile | Two Sides | Man Smart, Woman Smarter | Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

Christmas Portrait (1978)

O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Overture* | The Christmas Waltz | Sleigh Ride | It's Christmas Time/Sleep Well, Little Children | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) | Silent Night | Jingle Bells | The First Snowfall/ Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Carol Of The Bells* | Merry Christmas Darling | I'll Be Home For Christmas | Christ Is Born | Winter Wonderland/ Silver Bells/ White Christmas | Ave Maria

The Singles 1974-1978 (1978 non-U.S.)

Sweet Sweet Smile | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | Can't Smile Without You | I Won't Last A Day Without You | All You Get From Love Is A Love Song | Only Yesterday | Solitaire | Please Mr. Postman | I Need To Be In Love | Happy | There's A Kind Of Hush | Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

Made In America (1981)

Those Good Old Dreams | Strength Of A Woman | (Want You) Back In My Life Again | When You've Got What It Takes | Somebody's Been Lyin' | I Believe You | Touch Me When We're Dancing | When It's Gone (It's Just Gone) | Beechwood 4-5789 | Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)

Voice Of The Heart (1983)

Now | Sailing On The Tide | You're Enough | Make Believe It's Your First Time | Two Lives | At The End Of A Song | Ordinary Fool | Prime Time Love | Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore | Look To Your Dreams

An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984)

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | Overture | An Old-Fashioned Christmas | O Holy Night* | (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays | Medley* | Little Altar Boy | Do You Hear What I Hear? | My Favorite Things* | He Came Here For Me | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? | Selections from "The Nutcracker"* | I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

Time (1987, Richard Carpenter solo)

Say Yeah! | Who Do You Love? | Something In Your Eyes | When Time Was All We Had (A Dedication To Karen) | Time* | Calling Your Name Again | In Love Alone | Remind Me To Tell You | That's What I Believe | I'm Still Not Over You

Lovelines (1989)

Lovelines | Where Do I Go From Here? | The Uninvited Guest | If We Try | When I Fall In Love | Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night | Remember When Lovin' Took All Night | You're The One | Honolulu City Lights | Slow Dance | If I Had You | Little Girl Blue

From The Top (1991, 4-disc set)

Caravan | The Parting Of Our Ways | Looking For Love | I'll Be Yours | Iced Tea | You'll Love Me | All I Can Do | Don't Be Afraid | Invocation | Your Wonderful Parade | Goodnight | All Of My Life | Eve | Ticket To Ride | Get Together | Interview | Maybe It's You | (They Long To Be) Close To You | We've Only Just Begun | Merry Christmas, Darling | For All We Know || Superstar | Rainy Days And Mondays | Let Me Be The One | Bless The Beast And Children | Hurting Each Other | Top Of The World | Goodbye To Love | Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town | This Masquerade | Canta/Sing (Spanish Lyric) | Yesterday Once More | Medley: Fun, Fun, Fun... | Yesterday Once More (Reprise) | Radio Contest "Outtakes" || Please Mr. Postman | Only Yesterday | Solitaire | Good Friends Are For Keeps | Ordinary Fool | I Need To Be In Love | From This Moment On | Suntory Pop Jingle #1 | Suntory Pop Jingle #2 | All You Get From Love Is A Love Song | Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft | Christ Is Born | White Christmas | Little Altar Boy | Ave Maria || Where Do I Go From Here? | Little Girl Blue | If I Had You | My Body Keeps Changing My Mind | Still Crazy After All These Years | Medley: Sing... | Touch Me When We're Dancing | When It's Gone | Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) | Now

Interpretations (1995)

Without A Song (A Cappella Version) | Superstar | Rainy Days And Mondays | Bless The Beasts And Children | This Masquerade | Solitaire | When I Fall In Love | From This Moment On | Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again | When It's Gone | I Believe You | Reason To Believe | (They Long To Be) Close To You | Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft | Little Girl Blue | We've Only Just Begun

Karen Carpenter (1996, solo, recorded 1979-80)

Lovelines | All Because Of You | If I Had You | Making Love In The Afternoon | If We Try | Remember When Lovin' Took All Night | Still In Love With You | My Body Keeps Changing My Mind | Make Believe It's Your First Time | Guess I Just Lost My Head | Still Crazy After All These Years | Last One Singin' The Blues

Pianist Arranger Composer Conductor (1997, Richard Carpenter solo)

Prelude* | Yesterday Once More* | Medley*: Sing... | I Need To Be In Love* | Sandy | Time* | For All We Know* | One Love | Bless The Beasts And Children* | Flat Baroque* | All Those Years Ago* | Top Of The World | We've Only Just Begun* | Karen's Theme*

As Time Goes By (2001 Japan)

Without A Song | Medley: Superstar/ Rainy Days And Mondays | Nowhere Man | I Got Rhythm | Dancing In The Street | Dizzy Fingers | You're Just In Love | Karen/Ella Medley | Medley: Close Encounters/ Star Wars | Leave Yesterday Behind | Carpenters/Como Medley | California Dreamin' | The Rainbow Connection | Hits Medley '76 | And When He Smiles

Other recordings and performances

Concerts, commercials, specials, outtakes, unreleased material, and other music not listed