27 Songs Billboard Hot 100™ Debut Date Peak Pos. Peak Date Wks on Chart Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children Carpenters 09.04.71 2 10.16.71 21 Top Of The World Carpenters 10.06.73 1 2 WKS 12.01.73 20 Please Mr. Postman Carpenters 11.23.74 1 1 WKS ...
The Carpenters made their UK chart debut with the Bacharach & David standard (They Long To Be) Close To You after it had been a Number 1 in the US, kicking off a string of successful hit songs through the seventies. The Carpenters had one of the best-selling albums of the decade wit...
5. In this 1999 video, a YouTube upload by etcmail2047 about a year ago, Faye Wong (王菲) sings two English songs, “Top of the World” and “Please Mr. Postman,” which were big Carpenters hits in the early-mid 1970s. The performance isn’t especially memorable since this is a ...
The tragic story of Karen Carpenter, one of the greatest vocalists of all time.Picture: Getty By Tom Eames Karen Carpenter had one of the greatest voices of all time during her days as part of the Carpenters with brother Richard. Her death at the age of 32 in 1983 shocked the music wo...
Although their immaculate pop vocals, particularly Karen’s warm contralto, dominated the airwaves in the early ’70s with such songs as “Top of the World” and a cover of theSesame Streetstaple “Sing,” their personal lives began to crumble by the middle of the decade: Richard developed ...
Having risen to fame practically overnight with the viral hit “Pretty Girl”—its lo-fi music video currently sits at 75 million-plus views on YouTube—Cottrill previewed the album for thousands of people nightly as she opened for Khalid on his Free Spirit World Tour. “It was so ...
Marian Andersonstill wowed crowds—and even Eleanor Roosevelt—with her powerful voice. Anderson eventually became the first Black performer to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Anderson also became a regular performer at the White House, singing patriotic songs with gusto despite her own country’s ...
THE ‘INVISIBLE’ FAN Dear Fred, I just heard “Invisible,” the new single by Clay Aiken, and it’s one of the best songs I’ve heard this year. Radio wasn’t to kind to his first single, “This Is the Night.” How do you think the new single will fare on the charts? Do yo...
Although their immaculate pop vocals, particularly Karen’s warm contralto, dominated the airwaves in the early ’70s with such songs as “Top of the World” and a cover of theSesame Streetstaple “Sing,” their personal lives began to crumble by the middle of the decade: Rich...