parents, obligation to, 71
as philanthropist, 298
piano, love of, 18–19
Frank Pooler, influence on, 43
as protective, 4
public image, struggle over, 104–5, 107–8
quaalude use, 5, 183–86, 188, 193
and Mary Rudolph, 162, 224–25
Neil Sedaka, rift with, 140–43
solo albums of, 292, 296
Spectrum, forming of, 43
stage show, changes in, reaction to, 134–35
in talent show, 22
as temperamental, 18
touring, attitude toward, 123
at University of Southern California, 24
vocals of, 55
at White House, 99, 101. See also Carpenters; Karen Carpenter; Richard Carpenter Trio
Carpenters (album), 46, 80. See also Tan Album (Carpenters)
Carpenters, 48, 89, 237–38
ad campaign audition, 50
at A&M, 53–54, 56
breakup, rumors of, 196
and Jack Daugherty, 90–91
debut of, 55–56
demo of, 52
in Downey (California), 69–71
fans of, 97, 108
at Grammy Awards, 74
as headliners, 79
Hollywood Walk of Fame star, 292
influence on, 56
international popularity of, 175
logo of, 174
marketing of, 107
as performers, 84
popularity of, 123
popularity, decline in, 155, 169–71, 175
public image of, 106–8
real estate, investment in, 73
rock press, treatment of, 106
Neil Sedaka, rift with, 140–43
sound of, 43, 66, 90–91
stage presence, criticism of, 107, 124–25
stage show, lack of professionalism in, 132–33
stage show, revamping of, 157–60
on television, 80–81
television specials of, 177–80, 182
on tour, 121–24, 140, 144–45, 155, 160–63, 240
touring band of, 63–64
trademark style of, 55
as unpretentious, 80
wholesome image of, 170–71. See also Karen Carpenter; Richard Carpenter
The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (television program), 177
The Carpenters at Christmas (television program), 180
Carpenters Choral Fund, 185
Carpenters Fan Club, 73, 146–47, 195–96, 225
and Neil Sedaka incident, 143
The Carpenters—Space Encounters (television program), 182
The Carpenters: The Untold Story (Coleman), 294
The Carpenters’ Very First Television Special (television program), 177
Cass, Mama. See Mama Cass Elliot
Catalde, Bill, 18, 20
Century City, 152
Cetera, Peter, 203
Chamberlain, Richard, 57
Chater, Kerry, 89
Chavez, Frankie, 24–27, 35, 37, 44, 85–86
Cherbak, Cynthia, 6
Christmas Portrait (Carpenters), 181–82, 186, 288
“The Christmas Song,” 181
Chrysalis Records, xv, 150
Clark, Dick, 140, 142
Clark, Petula, xiii, 74
“Close to You.” See “(They Long to Be)
Close to You” Close to You (album), 66, 69, 107
Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (documentary), 296
Coleman, Ray, xiv–xv, 34, 144, 146, 156, 158–60, 162, 170, 175–76, 191, 221, 242, 260–61, 286, 294–95
Conlon, Jud, 180
Connley, Dave, 161
Coolidge, Rita, 77
Cottrell, John, 152–53
Country Collection (Carpenters), 174
Crocker Bank of California, 59–60
Crosby, Bing, 87, 106–7
Cummings, Sue, 295
Curb, Carole, 128, 149, 152–53, 166, 179, 207, 216–18, 222–24, 228, 238, 246, 257, 282, 287
Curb, Mike, 118–21, 129, 212, 216, 223, 228, 232, 237, 265, 282, 296
Cuticello, C. J., 206, 256, 281
Cuticello, Debbie, 14, 17, 20, 166, 206, 228, 256–57, 265, 271, 273, 281
Cuticello, Jamie, 256
Darby, Kim, 49
Daugherty, Jack, 50, 52, 54, 58, 65, 88
and Carpenters, 90–92
Daugherty, Michael, 92
Davidson, John, 199, 287
Davis, Sammy Jr., 119
DeVitto, Liberty, 200, 205
De Vorzon, Barry, 74
Dexter, Jerry, 34
Diliberto, Gioia, 283
Dixon, Veta, 22
Donny and Marie, 119
“Don’t Be Afraid,” 48, 54
“Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,” 173, 175
“Don’t Tell Me,” 33
Douglass, Bill, 27, 30
Downey (California), 21–22
Downey Methodist Church, 22
Dunphy, Linda, 216
Edwards, Irv, 277–79
Edwards, Vince, 33
Eisenhower, Julie Nixon, 99
Elie, Florine, 71, 272, 276, 282
Elliot, Mama Cass, 80
Ellis, Terry, xv, 131–35, 137–39, 141–42, 145, 149–52, 157, 162, 215–16, 287
Engstead, John, 236
Estate of Mind (Sands), 203
“Eve,” 55
Faucher, Rick, 83
Feather, Leonard, 35
Ferguson, Allyn, 80, 85, 91, 170
Ferrare, Christina, 215
52nd Street (Joel), 192–92
Fink, Seymour, 19
First Edition, 49
“Flat Baroque,” 36
Fletcher, Louise, 6, 9
“For All We Know,” 73–74, 79, 86
Ford, Mary, 235
Forsyth, Bruce, 187
40/40 The Best Selection (Carpenters), 296
Franklin (Leffler), Frenda, xv, 5, 68, 85, 108, 110, 114, 118, 131–32, 144, 149–50, 154, 164, 167, 179, 188, 191–92, 201, 204, 211–12, 217, 218, 223–24, 234, 242–45, 249, 254–55, 263, 265–66, 268, 270, 274–75, 279, 286, 300
Karen Carpenter, friendship with, 92–95
Freed, Alan, 16
Freeman, Wanda, 42
Friberg, Dan, 29, 31–32, 65
Friesen, Gil, 219
From Brass to Gold, 53
Galeazzi, Maria Luisa, 96–97, 110–14, 118, 123–24, 127–28, 162, 184, 224, 238
Gerhardt, Ray, 59, 74
“Get on the Floor,” 199
Gibb, Cynthia, 6–8
Gifford, Bruce, 23–25, 37
Gillis, Bob, 276
Glass Houses (Joel), 200
Goldsmith, Jerry, 35
“Goodbye to Love,” 4, 87, 89, 122, 136
fuzz guitar on, 88, 171
as watershed, 88
“Goofus,” 157
Green, Derek, 163–65, 210, 221
Grein, Paul, 174, 178, 196, 238, 291–92, 297
Griffen, James, 73
“Groupie.” See “Superstar”
Guder, Victor, 40, 66–67
“Guess I Just Lost My Head,” 291
Hammond, Albert, 155
Handley, Randy, 226
Hanna, Jeff, 46
Harmon, Mark, 165, 252–53
Harrah, Walt, 185, 231
Hayes, Vance, 22
Haynes, Todd, 292–93
Hearst, Patty, 97
Heath, Dennis, 271
“Help!” 56
Hendrix, Jimi, 282
Henry, Bob, 177
Hilburn, Robert, 65, 173
Hoerburger, Rob, 106, 108, 127, 192, 291
Holland, Sandy, 114, 161
Holman, Bill, 35
Horizon (Carpenters), 135, 137
“Hurting Each Other,” 89–90
Hylen, Jackie, 161
“I Can Dream, Can’t I?” 136
“I Can’t
Make Music,” 103–4
“Iced Tea,” 34–35
Ichiuji, Karen. See Karen Ramone
“I Do It for Your Love,” 204
“If I Had You,” 204
If I Were a Carpenter (tribute album), 295
“If We Try,” 199
“I Just Fall in Love Again,” 174
“I Kept on Loving You,” 59
“I’ll Be Yours,” 33
“I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” 56–57
“I Love Makin’ Love to You,” 203
“I Need to Be in Love,” 155–57, 169, 187, 296
Instant Joy, 88
Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration (Carpenters), 136
“Invocation,” 48
“It’s Going to Take Some Time,” 90
“I Won’t Last a Day Without You,” 90, 125
Jackson, Calvin, 35
Jackson Five, 93
Jackson, Michael, 198, 199
Jacobs, Wes, 28, 33–36, 42, 63, 173, 297
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou),” 103
James, Bob, 200, 204
Jaskulski, Jerry, 177–78
Javors, Russell, 200–202, 204, 208–9, 220
“Jimmy Mack,” 204, 237
Joel, Billy, 200, 203
Johns, Arthur, 285
Johnson, Louis, 199
Johnston, Leslie “Toots,” 43, 45, 47–48, 63
Jones, Mickey, 32–34
Jones, Quincy, 198
Jones, Spike, 179–81
Jones, Tom, 140, 142
Joplin, Janis, 282
June, Florence, 18
“Just the Way You Are,” 194
J. Walter Thompson: “The Going Thing” ad campaign, 50, 53
Karen Carpenter (K. Carpenter), 290–91
The Karen Carpenter Story (television movie), xiii–xiv, 9, 293–94
Kaye, Chuck, 52
A Kind of Hush (Carpenters), 155, 157, 169, 171, 182, 237
King, Carole, 76
“Kiss Me the Way You Did Last Night,” 237
Knechtel, Larry, 32, 58
Knight, Peter, 173, 180, 187, 226, 230
“Knowing When to Leave,” xi
Koblin, Robert, 144
Konjoyan, David, 295
Kornblum, Ronald, 283
Kramer, Stanley, 74
Lansing, Michael, 157, 161
“Last One Singin’ the Blues,” 290
Lawley, Sue, 241
Layton, Joe, 157, 272
“Laughter in the Rain,” 140
Laughter in the Rain: My Own Story (Sedaka), 140
Ledbetter’s (club), 46, 47
Leffler, Ed, 5, 68, 71–72, 84, 118, 189–90, 243, 279, 288
Leffler, Frenda. See Franklin (Leffler), Frenda
Leibovitz, Annie, 120
Lennon, Julian, 207
“Let Me Be the One,” 75–76, 295
Levant, Gayle, 173
Levenkron, Steven, 8, 194–95, 247–49, 251, 253–55, 257–58, 261–63, 266–67, 269, 283–85
Carpenter family therapy session with, 259–60
Lightup Music, 33
Lindsay, Mark, 60, 66, 88
Littwin, Susan, 8
“Looking for Love,” 33–34
Los Angeles Philharmonic, 173
“Love Is Surrender,” 56, 101
“Lovelines,” 199
Lovelines (Carpenters), 294
Lovers and Other Strangers (film), 73
Love Songs (Carpenters), 296
Love Story (film), 73
Made in America (Carpenters), 236–38
Magic Lamp Records, 31–33, 36
end of, 34
“Make Believe It’s Your First Time,” 202
Make Way for Dionne Warwick, 57
“Make Your Own Kind of Music,” 80
Make Your Own Kind of Music (television program), 80–81, 85–86, 176
“Making Love in the Afternoon,” 202, 203, 291
Making Records: The Scenes behind the Music (Ramone), 198
Manilow, Barry, 136, 157, 165
“Man Smart, Woman Smarter,” 175, 237
Martin, Steve, 165
Mary and Richard Carpenter Plaza Park, 298
Matthews, Eileen, 27–28
May, Billy, 136, 180
McAlister, Charlene, 97
McAlister, Tex, 73, 97
McCrary, Jim, 55
Megdal, Alana, 223
Menninger Clinic, 5, 188–89
“Merry Christmas, Darling,” 36–37, 180–82, 187
Messenger, Bob, 64, 75, 103
Midler, Bette, 77–79
Mitchell, Ollie, 54
Monnet, George, 283
Morello, Joe, 26–27
Morrow, Barry, xiii–xiv, 3–6, 8–9
Moss, Jerry, 51, 53, 145, 173–74, 192–93, 207, 210–11, 221, 234
Mougin, Claude, 210
“Mr. Guder,” 41, 66–67, 86, 101
The Muppet Movie (film), 234–35
Murray, Anne, 174
musical variety shows, 176
Music, Music, Music (television program), 224
Nagashima, Tats, 145
Neal, Charles, 287
New Christy Minstrels, 46
New Haven (Connecticut), 13–14
Newman, Irving George, 266
Newton-John, Olivia, 153–54, 171, 176, 202, 208, 210, 212, 215, 224–25, 229–31, 246, 271, 279–80, 287, 299
Newville Realty Company, 73
Nichols, Roger, 52, 54, 60, 65, 75, 90–91, 254
Niles, Wendell, 49
Nilsson, Harry, 57
Nixon, Pat, 101
Nixon, Richard M., 99, 100–102, 104
Nogawski, Beverly, 69, 71, 73, 96
“Now,” 254
“Nowhere Man,” 54
Now and Then (Carpenters), 103–4, 125, 237
O’Brien, Cubby, 101, 133
Offering (Carpenters), 55–56, 68–69, 135. See also Ticket to Ride (album)
“Off the Wall,” 198
Off the Wall (Jackson), 199
“Old Fashioned Love Song,” 76
Oliver, Howie, 83
O’Neill, Cherry Boone, 130–31, 138, 190, 247, 252–54, 264, 266, 284
“One Love,” 45–46
“Only Yesterday,” 136
Only Yesterday (Carpenters), 294
Ortega, Kenny, 230
Osborn, Joe, 31–33, 45, 48, 54–55
Osmond, Alan, 108–9
Osmond, Donny, 119, 159
Osmonds, 119, 159
Pace, Glen, 46
Parks, Dean, 88
“The Parting of Our Ways,” 33
Passage (Carpenters), 172–75, 182, 201, 236–37
Paul, Les, 235
Peluso, Tony, 88, 104, 123, 133, 171–73
Peterson, Larry, 41
Pisano, John, 52
“Please Mr. Postman,” 125, 187
Plumb, Neely, 36
Pooler, Frank, 30, 35–36, 39, 41–42, 49, 55, 59, 77–78, 100–101, 146, 185, 280, 288
Carpenters, influence on, 43
“The Rainbow Connection,” 234–35
“Rainy Days and Mondays,” 75–76, 79–80, 108, 173
Ramone, Karen, “Itchie,” xiv, 193, 197–201, 203, 205–10, 213, 215, 218, 220, 222, 224–25, 227, 238, 240, 244, 248–49, 251, 253, 257–62, 267, 269, 273, 280, 284, 286, 290, 300
Ramone, Phil, 192–94, 196–99, 202–9, 211, 213, 218, 220, 224, 229, 232, 238, 244, 251, 267, 274, 280, 289, 299
Raposo, Joe, 103
RCA-Victor Records, 36
Reagan, Ronald, 235–36
“Remember When Lovin’ Took All Night,” 202
Rhythm on the River (film), 87
Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (R. Carpenter), 296
Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center: and Carpenter Exhibit, 298
Richard Carpenter Trio, 28–30, 37, 42
at Battle of the Bands, 34–35
/> and record contract, 36. See also Karen Carpenter; Richard Carpenter
Riney, Hal, 59
Rivera, Rhonda, 199
Roberts, Wendy, 294
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: and Carpenters, 296
“Rock with You,” 198
Rogers, Kenny, 49
Roubal, Nancy, 28
Royer, Robb, 73
Rudolph, Mark, 162
Rudolph, Mary, 162, 224, 297–98
Russell, Leon, 51, 77, 89, 103–4
Sands, Evie, 203
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” 125, 180
Sargent, Joseph, 6
Schuller, Robert H., 230–31
Scotti, Tony, 217
Sedaka, Neil: Carpenters, rift with, 140–43
Shanor, Margaret, 29–30
Shelton, Louie, 88
“She’s Out of My Life,” 199
Silverman, Fred, 177
Simon, Paul, 203, 204
Sims, Gary, 43, 63, 108, 196, 288
“Sing,” 103, 234
The Singles 1969–1973 (Carpenters), 122
The Singles 1974–1978 (Carpenters), 186
Sissoyev, Bill, 49
“Solitaire,” 140, 142
“Something in Your Eyes,” 292
“Something’s Missing in My Life,” 204
“A Song for You,” 89
A Song for You (Carpenters), 89–90, 107, 122, 125, 183
A Song for You: The Karen Carpenter Story, 3, 6
Southall, Brian, 116–17
Sparks, Randy, 46–47
Spectrum, 43–44, 46–48, 63
sound of, 45
Springfield, Dusty, 292
Squeglia, Jim, 86. See also Jim Anthony
Starr, Ringo, 26, 83
Starving for Attention (O’Neill), 190, 264
Stegmeyer, Doug, 200
Stewart, Linda, 27–28
“Still Crazy After All These Years,” 204
Stillman, Dr. Irwin Maxwell: and Stillman diet, 44
Stoddard, Frank, 12
Strawn, Dennis, 196
Strawn, Doug, 40, 64, 185
Sullivan, Rosina, 225, 297
Sulzer, Ed, 45–48, 50, 53, 288
Summerchimes. See Spectrum
“Superstar,” 77–78, 86, 122, 173
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (film), 292–93
Sweet, Matthew, 295
“Sweet, Sweet Smile,” 174–75
Tan Album (Carpenters), 80, 107. See also Carpenters (Carpenters)
Tapestry (King), 80
Tatum, Agnes. See Agnes Carpenter
Tatum, Annie May, 12
Tatum, George Arthur, 12
Tatum, Jenny, 12–13
Temperton, Rod, 198–99
“(They Long to Be) Close to You,” xi, 57–59, 61, 63, 69, 101, 106, 159, 169, 193, 294
popularity of, 64–65
“This Guy’s in Love with You,” 57
“This Masquerade,” 103–4, 173
“Those Good Old Dreams,” 236
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 298
Three Dog Night, 76
“Ticket to Ride,” 54, 56, 65, 89, 122, 182
Ticket to Ride (album), 69. See also Offering (album)
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