"automatic transmission package. Citations Sources Richard Carpenter (musician) Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) is an American musician, best known as one half of the sibling duo The Carpenters alongside his sister Karen. He has had numerous roles including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, lyricist, and composer, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Richard Lynn Carpenter was born at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now called Yale-New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, the same hospital where his sister Karen was later born. His parents were Agnes Reuwer Tatum (a housewife) (March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996)"
"The Carpenters The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings of Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (b. 1946). They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded ten albums, along with numerous singles and several television specials. The siblings were born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963. Richard took piano lessons as a child, progressing to California State University, Long Beach, while Karen learned the drums. They first performed together as a duo in 1965 and"
"""Horizon""). Ten singles were certified gold by the RIAA, and twenty-two peaked in the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Posthumous releases Notes Citations Sources The Carpenters The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings of Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (b. 1946). They produced a distinct soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's arranging and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded ten albums, along with numerous singles and several television specials. The siblings were born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963. Richard took piano"
"""Lovelines"" later that year. Richard married his (adopted) first cousin, Mary Rudolph, on May 19, 1984. Together, they have four daughters and one son, and live in Thousand Oaks, California, where the couple are supporters of the arts. In 2004, Richard and his wife pledged a $3 million gift to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation in memory of Karen. Richard has actively supported the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at his alma mater, Long Beach State. He continues to make concert appearances, including fund raising efforts for the Carpenter Center. In 2007 and 2009, the current owners of the"
"for them when they were young. Richard was introduced to Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others through his father's record collection, and by age 12, he knew he wanted to be in the music industry. His first public appearance as a musician was at age 16 in New Haven. Along with two older friends, a group was formed and they played at a local pizza parlor. Richard joined the venture to earn money to buy a car. The Carpenter family moved from New Haven to Downey, California, in June 1963. They wanted Richard to further his music career,"
"the spring of 1967, receiving the John Philip Sousa Band Award, and enrolled as a music major at Long Beach State, performing in the college choir with Richard. The choir's director, Frank Pooler, said that Karen had a good voice that was particularly suited to pop, and gave her lessons in order for her to develop a three-octave range. Carpenter's first band was Two Plus Two, an all-girl trio formed with two friends from Downey High. They split up after she suggested her brother Richard join the group. In 1965, Karen, Richard, and his college friend Wes Jacobs, a bassist"
"of Lillian B. Marion of Minnesota and Harry Carpenter of Avery County, North Carolina. Her father Harry Carpenter moved from North Carolina to work as a laborer in Minnesota, where he met Lillian. They married and settled in St. Paul. As a girl, Marion Carpenter went to local schools and at first planned to be a nurse. Her paternal Carpenter family were descended from Matthias Carpenter (a German immigrant originally named Zimmermann) of North Carolina. He was born ""ca."" 1750-1755 and died in 1835 in Ashe County, North Carolina (now part of Watauga County, North Carolina). Carpenter worked as a"
"a formal offer from A&M. Label owner Herb Alpert was intrigued by Karen's voice, later saying ""It touched me ... I felt like it was time"". On meeting the duo, Alpert said ""Let's hope we can have some hits!"" Richard and Karen Carpenter signed to A&M Records on April 22, 1969. Since Karen was 19 and underage, her parents had to co-sign. The duo had decided to sign as ""Carpenters"", without the definite article, which was influenced by names such as Buffalo Springfield or Jefferson Airplane, which they considered ""hip"". When the Carpenters signed to A&M Records, they were given"
"Leonard Carpenter Leonard Paul Carpenter is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He writes as Leonard Carpenter and Leonard P. Carpenter. Carpenter was born in 1948 in Chicago, but aside from a year in West Texas in childhood has lived most of his life in California. He married Cheryl Lynn Chrisman on October 10, 1970 in Alameda, California. They attended UC Berkeley, from which they both graduated, and had two daughters and a son. The Carpenters lived in Santa Maria, California from 1975 to 2003, and continued to reside on the California Central Coast thereafter. Cheryl, a schoolteacher,"
"8, 1908 – October 15, 1988). His father was born in China, where his own parents were missionaries, and was educated at boarding schools in England, before working in the printing business. Carpenter was named after his father's younger brother, Richard Lynn Carpenter. Carpenter and his uncle both married women named Mary. Richard and his sister were baptized into the United Methodist Church and as children were part of the Methodist Youth Ministry. Carpenter frequently played the piano while his younger sister, Karen, played baseball outside. He and Karen also liked to listen to the children's records their father bought"
"song ""I Need to Be in Love"" (1976). Richard and Mary Carpenter have five children: Kristi Lynn (the name Karen would have given to a daughter) was born on August 17, 1987; Traci Tatum on July 25, 1989; Mindi Karen (named after her late paternal aunt) on July 7, 1992; Collin Paul in 1994; and Taylor Mary in 2000. The children and Richard sometimes perform music together at various Carpenter-related events. Today the family resides in Thousand Oaks, California. Carpenter is a MOPAR automobile enthusiast, and original owner of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda with the unusual 440+6 V8 engine and"
"Karen Carpenter (album) Karen Carpenter is the only solo album by singer/drummer Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters, recorded in 1979-80 and released by A&M Records in 1996. It has sold around 1 million copies worldwide. The album was recorded in New York with producer Phil Ramone in 1979 and 1980, during the time that her brother Richard was being treated for an addiction to Quaaludes. Some of the songs from the album were later featured on the Carpenters' 1989 compilation ""Lovelines"" and later releases. In the liner notes, Karen dedicated the project to her brother ""To Richard, with all my"
"for their clean-cut and wholesome conservative image in the 1970s, their music has since been re-evaluated, attracting critical acclaim and continued commercial success. The Carpenter siblings were both born at Grace–New Haven Hospital (now called Yale–New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, to Harold Bertram (November 8, 1908 – October 15, 1988) and Agnes Reuwer (née Tatum, March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996). Harold was born in Wuzhou, China, moving to Britain in 1917, and the US in 1921, while Agnes was born and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. They married on April 9, 1935; their first child, Richard"
"join his parents at Oswego, Kansas, where he first worked for his father, and then served two years as cashier of Condon Bank. In 1886, he moved to Coffeyville as a partner in the Condon Bank office established at Coffeyville that year. He was also senior partner in the Charles T. Carpenter Insurance Agency, the largest agency in Montgomery County, Kansas. He served as president of the Coffeyville Board of Education and trustee of the Montgomery County High School at Independence, Kansas. Carpenter married in 1892 at Rockport, Indiana to Temple West, who was born in Pike County, Indiana. She"
"Marion, Kansas - died January 1994 in Topeka, Kansas) daughter of Fred Reed & Frances Elizabeth (née Skidmore) Williams on 15 July 1920 in Marion, Kansas. Randolph Carpenter William Randolph Carpenter (April 24, 1894 in Marion, Kansas – July 26, 1956 in Topeka, Kansas) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas and a U.S. Army World War I veteran. He died in Topeka, Kansas, July 26, 1956 and was interred in Highland Cemetery, Marion, Kansas. Carpenter attended local public and high schools in Marion, Kansas. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1917,"
"1982. The session took place during a two-week break in her anorexia therapy with psychotherapist Steven Levenkron in New York City. Though Richard was concerned about her health, he still thought her voice sounded as good as ever. Carpenter released her first solo record, ""Looking For Love"" / ""I'll Be Yours"" in 1967 on Osborn's Magic Lamp label. Only 500 copies were pressed, and the label folded shortly afterwards. In 1979, while Richard took a year off to treat his addiction to Quaaludes, Karen decided to make a solo album with producer Phil Ramone. These sessions produced music that was"
"would mean better musical opportunities for Richard. He was asked to be the organist for weddings and services at the local Methodist church; instead of playing traditional hymns, he would sometimes rearrange contemporary Beatles songs in a ""church"" style. In late 1964, Richard enrolled at California State College at Long Beach where he met future songwriting partner John Bettis, Wesley Jacobs, a friend who played the bass and tuba for the Richard Carpenter Trio, and Frank Pooler, with whom Richard would collaborate to create the Christmas standard ""Merry Christmas Darling"" in 1966. That same year, Karen enrolled at Downey High"
"Carpenter, Colorado Carpenter is a ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States, twelve miles northeast of Grand Junction at the end of an extension to 27¼ Road. The settlement was established by William Thomas Carpenter early in 1890 to provide the miners who worked in his two Book Cliff mines with a place to live. He began building shacks to house his single miners and later erected small houses for the employees with families. As a result of the town's rapid growth, a request to the U.S. post office to establish a branch there in June 1890 was quickly"
"hits on the Adult Contemporary chart, in addition to twelve top-10 singles. They have sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The duo toured continually during the 1970s, which put them under increased strain; Richard took a year off in 1979 after he had become addicted to Quaaludes, while Karen suffered from anorexia nervosa. Their career together ended in 1983 following Karen's death from heart failure brought on by complications of anorexia. Extensive news coverage surrounding these circumstances increased public awareness of eating disorders. Though the Carpenters were criticized"
"finding it difficult to get gigs as their music was not considered ""danceable"" by rock and roll standards. Having enjoyed their multi-layer sound experiments at Osborn's studio, Richard and Karen decided to formally become a duo, calling themselves Carpenters. Later in the year, the duo received an offer to be on the television program ""Your All American College Show"". Their performance on the program, playing a cover of ""Dancing in the Street"", was their first television appearance, with new bassist Bill Sissoyev. The program had a weekly winner with all weekly winners competing in semi-finals and finals at the end"
"Ford, whose music featured multiple overdubbed voices and instruments. Richard began piano lessons aged eight, but quickly grew frustrated with the formal direction of the lessons and quit after a year. He had begun to teach himself how to play by ear by 11, and resumed studying with a different teacher. He took a greater interest in playing this time, and would frequently practice at home. By age 14, he was interested in performing professionally, and started lessons at Yale School of Music. In June 1963, the Carpenter family moved to the Los Angeles suburb of Downey hoping that it"
"and the family was tired of the cold New England winters. Carpenter studied music at the California State University at Long Beach. There, he met Frank Pooler, a conductor and composer who wrote the lyrics to the Christmas classic ""Merry Christmas Darling"" in 1968. Richard also met good friend, John Bettis, who co-wrote songs with Richard. Carpenter created the Richard Carpenter Trio in 1965 with sister Karen and friend Wes Jacobs. Richard played the piano, Karen played the drums, and Wes played the tuba and bass. In 1966 the Richard Carpenter Trio played ""Iced Tea"" and ""The Girl from Ipanema"""
"release the Carpenters, but he believed in their talent and insisted on giving them another chance. Alpert suggested that the Carpenters record a Burt Bacharach and Hal David song called ""(They Long to Be) Close to You"" written in 1963. Though Richard worked up an arrangement only after Alpert's insistence, his arranging talents clearly shone in the finished product. His arranging and musical talents, as well as Karen's vocals, helped the song climb to #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where it stayed for a month. ""(They Long to Be) Close to You"" gained public recognition seemingly overnight. According to"
"C. Smith, C. A. Harbert, Blanche Van Court Snider, and Emma Richardson Cherry. Carpenter's first faculty position was at Mansfield College (now Louisiana College) in Pineville, Louisiana in 1919. She moved to Abilene, Texas, where she became the head of the Department of Art at Simmons University in 1922. She traveled extensively and lived in the Philippines for a year, and worked on sabbatical in New York City in 1923 and Los Angeles from 1929 to 1930. She retired from Hardin-Simmons in 1961. Her works are reported to be in the First Baptist Church of Abilene; in Lamar, Travis, and"
"brochures. Richard Carpenter accompanied Pooler's University Choir at California State University, Long Beach. Several years later, Karen Carpenter also joined the choir and recorded ""Goodnight,"" ""Crescent Noon,"" and ""And When I Die"" with the choir in 1969. Karen's parents hired Frank to give Karen music lessons Richard Carpenter later composed the music to ""Merry Christmas Darling,"" a lyric Pooler had written when he was 18. Karen later said, ""'Merry Christmas Darling' I think, is a little extra special to both of us, because Richard wrote it, and the lyrics were written by the choral director at Long Beach State choir,"
"from ""cowboying,"" they settled on their ranch west of the Pecos in Terrell County, Texas. He died on March 30, 1933 in the Kerr Hotel in Sanderson, Texas, where he had gone for medical treatment. Mattie (Christensen) Carpenter survived her husband by three years and inherited his estate. She left no will and no relative could be found after her death on September 1, 1936, so the state of Texas became her heir. William Thomas Carpenter William Thomas 'Will Tom' Carpenter, born November 16, 1854 in Johnson County, Missouri, the youngest son of James and Cynthia (Johnson) Carpenter, was a"
"group. Originally, neither Karen nor Richard sang; Richard's friend Dan Friberg occasionally filled in on trumpet, along with guest vocalist Margaret Shanor. Karen subsequently became more confident in singing, and began to take lessons with Pooler. He taught her a mixture of classical and pop singing, but realised she most enjoyed performing Richard's new material. Pooler later said, ""Karen was a born pop singer"". In early 1966, Karen tagged along at a late-night session in the garage studio of Los Angeles bassist Joe Osborn, and joined future Carpenters collaborator and lyricist John Bettis at a demo session where Richard was"
"and through this introduction Carpenter married Susanna, born about 1688, daughter of Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet and Urith Chichester. his pupil's youngest sister, and obtained his benefice from Sir Robert Chichester. The marriage took place at Nettlecombe, Somerset, on 1 September 1606. The children of Richard and Susanna Carpenter were: This Richard Carpenter was not the Richard Carpenter of Amesbury, Wiltshire, father of William Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island. Nor should he be confused with Richard Carpenter (vicar of Poling). This Richard was at Kings College, Cambridge, in 1622, twice lived in Europe for a few years and was"
"thousand mourners attended, among them her friends Dorothy Hamill, Olivia Newton-John, Petula Clark, Dionne Warwick and Herb Alpert. On October 12, 1983, the Carpenters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Richard, Harold and Agnes Carpenter attended the inauguration, as did many fans. Karen's death brought media attention to anorexia nervosa and related conditions such as bulimia nervosa, which were little known about at the time. Following Karen's death, Richard has continued to produce recordings of the duo's music, including several albums of previously unreleased material and numerous compilations. The posthumous ""Voice of the Heart"" was released in"
"Lewis C. Carpenter Lewis Cass Carpenter (February 20, 1836 – March 6, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Putnam, Connecticut, Carpenter attended public schools before moving to New Jersey, where he taught school. He was appointed State inspector of public schools in New Jersey in 1863. At an early age he began writing for the press, and was connected with some New York papers for several years. He went to Washington, D.C., in 1864 and was employed in the Treasury Department. He studied law at Columbian University (now George Washington University), and after graduating he was"
"entitled """", and topped the charts in the US for one week, on January 5, 1974. It also topped the UK chart for 17 weeks (non-consecutive) and became one of the best-selling albums of the decade, ultimately selling more than seven million copies in the US alone. In 1975, the Carpenters had a hit with a remake of the Marvelettes' chart-topping 1961 single, ""Please Mr. Postman"". The song topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in January and became the duo's third and final No. 1 pop single. It also earned Karen and Richard their record-setting twelfth million-selling gold single in the"
"of the film. The film was withdrawn from circulation in 1990 after Haynes lost a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Karen's brother and musical collaborator, Richard Carpenter. The film's title is derived from The Carpenters' 1971 hit, ""Superstar"". Over the years ""Superstar"" has developed into a cult film, and is included in ""Entertainment Weekly""s 2003 list of top 50 cult movies. The film follows Karen Carpenter from the time of her ""discovery"" in 1966, her quick rise to stardom, to her untimely death by cardiac arrest (secondary to anorexia nervosa) in 1983. It begins in Karen's parents' home in Downey,"
"Richard Carpenter (screenwriter) Richard Michael ""Kip"" Carpenter (14 August 1929 – 26 February 2012) was an English screenwriter, author, and actor who created a number of British television series, including ""Robin of Sherwood"" and ""Catweazle"". Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Carpenter attended the Old Vic Theatre School before starting an acting career by working in repertory theatre. Carpenter appeared in occasional films, but was mostly active on British TV in the 1960s as a character actor, on one occasion opposite Tony Hancock in one of his last shows for the BBC, commonly known as ""The Bowmans"". Other TV shows in"