In the early seventies scored brother Richard and sister Karen Carpenter hit after hit with their carefully constructed confectiepop. Bright intimate voice of Karen was their main weapon, Richard was the musical brain. Behind the immaculate image of The Carpenters was a tumultuous private life hidden. Karen suffered from anorexia, Richard was addicted to sleeping pills. The success story ended
… abruptly with the death of Karen in 1983. The group's heyday had already passed a while. The songs from The Carpenters are to this day popular.more