The Carpenters

Author : Mike Cidoni Lennox,Chris May
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781648960918

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Carpenters by Mike Cidoni Lennox,Chris May Pdf

Introduction by Richard Carpenter The definitive biography of one of the most enduring and endeared recording artists in history—the Carpenters—is told for the first time from the perspective of Richard Carpenter, through more than 100 hours of exclusive interviews and some 200 photographs from Richard's personal archive, many never published. After becoming multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning superstars with their 1970 breakthrough hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You," Richard and Karen Carpenter would win over millions of fans worldwide with a record-breaking string of hits including "We've Only Just Begun," "Top of the World," and "Yesterday Once More." By 1975, success was taking its toll. Years of jam-packed work schedules, including hundreds of concert engagements, proved to be just too much for the Carpenters to keep the hits coming—and, ultimately, to keep the music playing at all. However, Richard and Karen never took their adoring public, or each other, for granted. In Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, Richard Carpenter tells his story for the first time. With candor, heart, and humor, he sheds new light on the Carpenters' trials and triumphs—work that remains the gold standard for melodic pop. This beautifully illustrated definitive biography, with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, is a must-have for any Carpenters fan.

Author : Randy Schmidt
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857127693

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Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy Schmidt Pdf

Karen Carpenter was the instantly recognisable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970s, they delivered the love songs that defined a generation. Karen's velvety voice on a string of 16 consecutive Top 20 hits from 1970 to 1976 – including Close to You, We've Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, and Hurting Each Other – propelled the duo to worldwide stardom and record sales of over 100 million. Karen's musical career was short – only 13 years. During that time, the Carpenters released 10 studio albums, toured more than 200 days a year, taped five television specials, and won three Grammys and an American Music Award. But that's only part of Karen's story. As the world received news of her death at 32 years of age in 1983, she became the proverbial poster child for anorexia nervosa. Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Superstar. Based on exclusive interviews with nearly 100 friends and associates, including record producers, studio musicians, songwriters, television directors, photographers, radio personalities, classmates, childhood friends, neighbours, personal assistants, romantic interests, hairdressers, and housekeepers.'...thorough and affectionate biography of a singer who's been constantly undervalued by the music industry.' MOJO 'Schmidt cannot be faulted... carefully factual, sensitively pitched book.' The Word 'The first truly convincing account of her nightmarish story.' The Guardian

Author : Karen Tongson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781477318867

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Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson Pdf

In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy—the underconsumption that led to Karen's death at age thirty-two from the effects of an eating disorder. In Why Karen Carpenter Matters, Karen Tongson (whose Filipino musician parents named her after the pop icon) interweaves the story of the singer’s rise to fame with her own trans-Pacific journey between the Philippines—where imitations of American pop styles flourished—and Karen Carpenter’s home ground of Southern California. Tongson reveals why the Carpenters' chart-topping, seemingly whitewashed musical fantasies of "normal love" can now have profound significance for her—as well as for other people of color, LGBT+ communities, and anyone outside the mainstream culture usually associated with Karen Carpenter’s legacy. This hybrid of memoir and biography excavates the destructive perfectionism at the root of the Carpenters’ sound, while finding the beauty in the singer's all too brief life.

Author : Randy L. Schmidt
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781613744178

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Yesterday Once More by Randy L. Schmidt Pdf

With a string of number-one hits showcasing Karen Carpenter's warm and distinctive vocals and Richard Carpenter's sophisticated compositions and arrangements, the Carpenters were responsible for some of the most popular music of the 1970s, and this compendium collects more than 50 articles, interviews, essays, reviews, and reassessments that chronicle the lives and career of this brother-sister musical team. Writings from pop journalists and historians such as Daniel J. Levitin, John Tobler, Digby Diehl, Ray Coleman, Robert Hilburn, and Lester Bangs provide insight into the music and personalities of the duo who produced such timeless pop music. From serious musical analyses of the Carpenters' arrangements to lighter pieces in which Karen and Richard discuss dating, cars, and high school, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include nearly a dozen additional pieces, some of which have never been published.

Author : Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : United States
ISBN : PSU:000012964406

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An Act to Incorporate the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia by Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia Pdf

Author : F. Reinnel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Woodwork
ISBN : BL:A0020543081

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The Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers, and Gilders' Companion by F. Reinnel Pdf

Author : Carpenters' Company (Philadelphia)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024527945

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An Act to Incorporate the Carpenters'Company of the City and County of Philadelphia; Together with the By-laws and Rules and Regulations by Carpenters' Company (Philadelphia) Pdf

Author : Carpenters' and Joiners' Union (ALBANY, N.Y.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023674998

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Constitution and By-laws of the Carpenters' & Joiners' Union, of the City of Albany, N.Y., organized November 20th, 1863 by Carpenters' and Joiners' Union (ALBANY, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : F. REINNEL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021939494

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The Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers, and Gilders' Companion, Etc. [Seventh Edition.] by F. REINNEL Pdf

Author : John Farey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Carpentry
ISBN : BL:A0022020523

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The Carpenters' and Joiners' Instructor in Geometrical Lines, the Strength of Materials, and Mechanical Principles of Framed Work by John Farey Pdf

Author : Ray Coleman
Publisher : Perennial
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995-03-01
Category : Anorexia nervosa
ISBN : 0060925868

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The Carpenters by Ray Coleman Pdf

Music journalist Coleman, the author of Lennon and Clapton!, with the full cooperation of Richard and the Carpenter famiy, explores the public and private lives of the Carpenters, portraying Richard and Karen's dynamic pop music career as well as Karen's descent into anorexia nervosa and untimely death. 32 pages of photos.

Author : Walter Galenson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674921968

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The United Brotherhood of Carpenters by Walter Galenson Pdf

Historical account of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (trade union) in the USA, 1881 to 1981 - covers trade unionization, trade union structure and collective bargaining, demarcation disputes and other labour disputes, political ideology and management attitudes; notes successes in wage increases, reduced hours of work and the abolition of racial segregation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Carpenters
ISBN : HARVARD:HN38N2

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An Historical Account of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters of the City of London by Anonim Pdf

Author : Randy L Schmidt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1643073214

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Carpenters by Randy L Schmidt Pdf

"An album-by-album retrospective of the legendary duo's recordings. Randy L. Schmidt has assembled a team of commentators, journalists, authors, musicians, and other entertainment industry figures for a series of in-depth, insightful, and opinionated conversations on every release"--Back cover.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Building trades
ISBN : IND:30000091081467

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Northern New Jersey Jurisdictional Disputes in the A.F. of L. Building Trades by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor Pdf