Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters

Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters


Karen's sweet voice singing the sweetest Christmas song. Richard Carpenter composed the music for this song in 1966 when he was 19 years old. Frank Pooler wrote the lyrics twenty years earlier, in 1946, when he also was only 19 years old. The song Pooler had written was to be a Christmas gift for his girlriend, whom he was missing while being away from her during a visit with his parents at Christmas time. Sadly, their relationship ended before he could present it to her. Twenty years later, Pooler was the choir director at California State University in Long Beach, when both Karen and Richard Carpenter were members of the choir. Richard and Karen were performing locally and had tired of playing the usual Christmas fare. Richard asked Pooler, their favorite professor, if he had any ideas for different songs. Pooler remembered the Christmas song he had written many years before and mentioned it to Richard, adding that he didn't think much of the melody anymore. Richard said he would try his hand at writing new music for the lyrics. Within about 15 minutes he was finished creating a song, written by two teenagers who were a generation apart, that was destined to become a Christmas classic. The song was first released as a single (yes, a 45) on November 20,1970, and earned gold record status. This song sparked the idea of a Christmas album by The Carpenters, and on October 13, 1978, "Christmas Portrait" was released with this newly recorded version of the song. Karen re ...
There's just something about The Carpenters that no other musical collaboration will ever be able to replicate #LOVE


Made the mistake of helping my mom hook up her iPod in the car. Neil Diamond and The Carpenters on repeat.


"That girl from the carpenters and the other gal caught that bulimia.." -dad #holidays


Top of the world by the Carpenters. :))


Apron worn beneath the coat, like carpenters in Austria, becomes visible.


Gotta ask though, where did Jesus live during his carpenters days? Was he homeless? LIVING OFF THE GOVERNMENT?


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