Birthday Salute to Richard Carpenter, A Musical Genius

The musical genius Richard Carpenter was born today back in 1946. With his beloved sister Karen, the Carpenters duo made a sound never duplicated before or since. Richard was not only a vocalist, and arranger and producers he was also a pretty talented songwriter. When Karen Carpenter sang these songs penned by Richard and songwriting partner John Bettis, the results were nothing but magic: Goodbye to Love, Yesterday Once More, I Need to Be in Love, Top of the World, Only Yesterday, and Those Good Old Dreams- among many others. Thanks, Richard, for bringing such great music to the world. Happy Birthday!