静香陈陈
The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister and brother Karen and Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the No.1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and press materials is simply "Carpenters", without the definite article. During a period in the 1970s when louder and wilder rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them among the best-selling music artists of all time.Carpenters' melodic pop produced a record-breaking run of hit recordings on the American Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, and they became leading sellers in the soft rock, easy listening and adult contemporary genres. Carpenters had three No.1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and fifteen No.1 hits on the Adult Contemporary Chart . In addition, they had twelve top 10 singles (including their No.1 hits). To date, Carpenters' album and single sales total more than 100 million units.During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 11 albums, five of which contained top 10 singles (Close to You, Carpenters, A Song for You, Now & Then and Horizon), thirty-one singles, five television specials, and one short-lived television series. They toured in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium. Their recording career ended with Karen's death in 1983 from cardiac arrest due to complications of anorexia nervosa. Extensive news coverage of the circumstances surrounding her death increased public awareness of the consequences of eating disorders.
心无车马喧
楼上再楼上的朋友,虽然有些字典上的音标是Carpenter[ 'kɑ:pintə ],但在更权威的英语辞典的读法应为[ 'kɑ:pəntə ]，而且我看过一些MTV和视频，里面的主持人也是这样喊他们的。Karen Carpenter Karen[ 'kɑ:rən ] Carpenter[ 'kɑ:pəntə(r) ]
壬生京三郎
卡朋特"（The Carpenters）组合由兄妹二人组成，哥哥理查德·卡朋特（Richard carpenter）出生于1946年，妹妹卡伦·卡朋特（Karen Carpenter）比哥哥小4岁，康州纽黑文人。1963年，两人随家迁往加利福尼亚，与一位朋友组成三人小组，录制了两张唱片，因负责给他们录音的唱片公司认为在硬摇滚盛行的当地，温和摇滚不会有销路而未能发行。他们又组成了6人乐队，录制小样寻找机会，但到处遭到拒绝。这样，乐队只得解散。卡朋特兄妹决定单独演出，由卡伦演唱、理查德演奏键盘乐器并负责作曲编配。他们利用多轨录音技术进行创作，吸收了"披头士"、"沙滩男孩"的抒情成分，坚持温和风格。通过卡伦的歌声，终于使A&M唱片公司同意与他们签约，发行唱片。1970年，他们的《靠近你》（Close to you）获得了排行榜冠军，另一首歌曲《我们刚刚才开始》（We've Only just begun，例38）获第二名。这两首歌曲可以说都处于温和摇滚和波普（POP）的分界线上。如在《我们刚刚才开始》中，中间段落里有较强的节拍，铜管的重音在第二拍，加上持续不断的鼓点，完全算得上是温和摇滚，但其他部分听起来则更像波普。同年，卡朋特兄妹获得格莱美最佳新唱片表演奖。直到1975年，他们的作品都很受欢迎，如《昔日重来》（Yesterday Once More）、无赖（Desperado）等都是传唱一时的经典之作。1983年，卡伦因长期患神经性厌食症导致心搏停止而死，时年32岁。
Toffee0528
Card's band (friends Carpenters) is American singer Richard card penggui stromstad and Karen card, sibling two friends composed of singing combination, the early 1970s and 1980s rage. Card penggui special sibling in 1965 began to organize band, 1969, nov. 15, card of the single pendry's band Close to You "(near You), followed by every popular throughout the 1970s, their great success. "Yesterday Once More" (flashbacks) Yesterday, the Top of the World "(the Top of the World), the Postman" (Please Mr. Please wait a moment, the Postman) song well known. February 4, 1983, Karen card's long-term serious because friends anorexia nervosa and sudden death, card's band ended with friends.
