What are the Carpenters Top 10 hits?

What are the Carpenters Top 10 hits?

The Carpenters – 10 of the best

• (They Long to Be) Close to You. ...
• Rainy Days and Mondays. ...
• Superstar. ...
• Goodbye to Love. ...
• Yesterday Once More. ...
• Only Yesterday. ...
• B'wana She No Home. ...
• Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem of World Contact Day)

What was the carpenter's biggest hit?

The Carpenters' 20 greatest songs – ranked!

1. Goodbye to Love (1972)
2. Superstar (1971) ...
3. Rainy Days and Mondays (1971) ...
4. Yesterday Once More (1973) ...
5. Hurting Each Other (1971) ...
6. We've Only Just Begun (1970) ...
7. For All We Know (1971) ...
8. Ticket to Ride (1969) ...

What movie is top of the world by the Carpenters in?

Dark Shadows Top of the World/Film It is heard in Shrek Forever After as Shrek enjoys being a "real ogre" and terrifying the villagers, as well as in a prominent scene of the 2012 film Dark Shadows, where a performance by the Carpenters is seen on a television screen.

Did the carpenters have a number one hit?

The Carpenters, siblings Karen and Richard, were one of the top pop/soft rock artists in America during the 1970s. The duo had three No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 list including "(They Long To Be) Close To You" in 1970, "Top Of The World" in 1973 and "Please, Mr. Postman" in 1974.

Who is the most famous carpenter?

Four Famous Joiners And Carpenters

• Ole Kirk Christiansen. You may or may not have heard the name Ole Kirk Christiansen before but one thing's for sure, you'd of certainly used one of the products he created. ...
• Nick Offerman. ...
• Jesus Christ. ...
• Harrison Ford.

How many Top 10 hits did the carpenters have?

12 top- They had three number-one singles and five number-two singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 15 number-one hits on the Adult Contemporary chart, in addition to 12 top-10 singles.

What ever happened to Richard Carpenter?

Richard Carpenter, 49, still lives in Downey, Calif., near his mother. In 1984, the year after Karen died, he married his cousin Mary Rudolph and is now the father of four. In 1987 he made his own solo album, "Time," a critical and commercial failure.

What films has top of the world been in?

The song was used in trailers for the films The Croods (2013) and Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014).

Who played steel guitar on top of the world?

• Keyboards: Richard Carpenter.
• Bass: Joe Osborn.
• Drums: Hal Blaine.
• Pedal Steel Guitar: Buddy Emmons.
• Engineer: Ray Gerhardt.
• From the album A Song For You (1972)
• Remixed in 1991 by Richard Carpenter and Roger Young.
• Engineer: Roger Young.

What really happened to Karen Carpenter?

Karen Carpenter, a singer who long suffered under the burden of the expectations that came with pop stardom, died on Febru, succumbing to heart failure brought on by her long, unpublicized struggle with anorexia.