Long before it became one of their most hauntingly beautiful hits, this 1972 Carpenters ballad was quietly inspired by an old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1972, ballads were typically soft, slow, and rooted in traditional pop or folk melodies, until the Carpenters released a smash ...

The Carpenters sold more than 30 million records with the irresistible combination of her soft-rock contralto and her brother’s lush arrangements.

In 1972, ballads were typically soft, slow, and rooted in traditional pop or folk melodies, until the Carpenters released a smash song that set the stage for every power ballad that followed.