• Carpenters for Christmas was conceived to counteract a series of church bombings and arson attacks in Mississippi during and following the Mississippi...
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    The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946). They produced a...
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  • Christmas Portrait is the first Christmas album and ninth studio album by the American music duo Carpenters, released on October 13, 1978. The album includes...
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    The discography of the American pop group the Carpenters consists of 14 studio albums, two Christmas albums, two live albums, 49 singles, and numerous...
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  • Fruitcake is the second extended play (EP) and first Christmas themed record by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released by Island Records on November...
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  • The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait is a Christmas television special featuring The Carpenters that aired on ABC on December 19, 1978. It was the second...
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  • drummer Karen Carpenter. The album project had its genesis in several unused tracks from the Carpenters' previous Christmas album, 1978's Christmas Portrait...
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  • list of songs written or performed by pop duo the Carpenters, featuring Karen and Richard Carpenter. This list includes official studio albums, live albums...
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  • off Emails I Can't Send, led Carpenter to choose "Nonsense" as the album's next single. Carpenter released a Christmas version of the song, where she...
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    McNichol performed with Jimmy in a second Carpenters' holiday special, titled The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait. McNichol was one of the bigger teen...
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    who went on to write multiple hits for the Carpenters and many other artists. Richard composed many of the Carpenters' hits as well, with John Bettis as...
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  • "Merry Christmas, Darling" is a Christmas song by the Carpenters (music by Richard Carpenter, lyrics by Frank Pooler), and originally recorded in 1970...
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    Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo Carpenters with her...
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    Wide Open". In August, Carpenter performed at the D23 Expo. In December, Carpenter released her second Christmas single, "Christmas The Whole Year Round"...
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    released her first Christmas EP in 2023, Fruitcake, which reached number 19 on the US Top Holiday Albums chart. In 2024, Carpenter released the songs...
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    Seasons, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night and The Carpenters. Following his years as a concert promoter, he began producing films....
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    Streisand's A Christmas Album (Christmas Hits #2) and 1978's Christmas Portrait by The Carpenters (Christmas Hits #2) charted all 13 weeks of the Christmas Hits...
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  • certification in the US. This is the only Carpenters album (aside from their Christmas albums) not to contain a Richard Carpenter or John Bettis song and also the...
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  • Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis...
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    Mississippi. History portal African-American–Jewish relations Carpenters for Christmas Summer in Mississippi Clayborne Carson, In Struggle (Harvard University...
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    Freedom Summer, rebuilt the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in the Carpenters for Christmas project, supported NAACP sponsored sit-ins in Cleveland to integrate...
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  • Chart. Carpenter also performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. A remix featuring Coi Leray was released alongside a sped-version and a Christmas remix...
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  • Home for Christmas (2023/Apple TV+) Merry Christmas... with Love, Julie (1979) Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas (1987) The Carpenters at Christmas (1977)...
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  • Texas church burnings Cross burning R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul Carpenters for Christmas Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church Booth, William. "In...
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  • 'Merry Christmas Darling' by The Carpenters". Smooth. Retrieved 2024-01-03. Myers, Marc (2021-12-22). "How the Carpenters' 1970s Christmas Song Became...
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    Retrieved April 21, 2020. "Carpenters Billboard Adult Contemporary chart history". Billboard.com. May 25, 1974. "Carpenters Billboard Adult Contemporary...
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  • February 8, 2024. "Carpenters Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2024. "British album certifications – Carpenters – Voice of the...
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    interview released in 2005 that Carpenter had asked him for his own ideas for a sequel to his 1974 film Black Christmas (written by Roy Moore) that featured...
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  • 12, 2024. "Carpenters Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2024. "British album certifications – Carpenters – Gold - Greatest...
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    Kukla and Ollie made an appearance on The Carpenters' 1977 television special for ABC, The Carpenters at Christmas, along with Harvey Korman and Kristy McNichol...
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