It Happened 50 Years Ago: Carpenters “Top of the World”
The Carpenters hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. Exactly 50 years ago, the second of that trio of hits, “Top of the World,” rose to the top of the chart...
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Daily Eighties Flashback: Carpenters “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”
The Carpenters hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twenty times. On this date in 1981, the last of those twenty songs, “Touch Me When We’re Dancing,” rose to a peak position...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Carpenter “For All We Know”
Three songs from the Carpenters‘ self-titled 1971 album hit the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 50 years ago, the first of that trio of songs, “For All We Know,” rose to a...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Carpenters “We’ve Only Just Begunâ€
The Carpenters hit the Top 5 with both songs from their 1970 album Close to You that appeared on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 50 years ago, the second of that pair of hits,...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Carpenters “(They Long to Be) Close to You”
The Carpenters hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times, with three of those songs reaching number one. Exactly 50 years ago, their first Top 10 hit became their first number...
DEF: The Carpenters “Beechwood 4-5789”
The Carpenters made twenty-eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1982, the last of those hits, a remake of The Marvelettes’ “Beechwood 4-5789,” climbed to a peak position of number 74.
Birthday of the Week: Karen Carpenter
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Karen Carpenter of the brother-and-sister duo The Carpenters. Tomorrow (March 2) would have been Karen’s 70th birthday. To commemorate Karen Carpenter’s birthday, let us know your favorite...
Who Sampled Who
Explore the DNA of music by finding out what songs are contained in and covered by others. For example, the late Mac Miller sampled the Carpenters’ song “We’ve Only Just Begun” in one of...
Title Title on the Tenth: Top of the World
In this past month’s Title Title, Cyndi Lauper beat out Chris Montez and  Timmy T as the best song titled “Time After Time.” For this month, the Title Title is connecting thematically with the...
