Name your favourite song by The Carpenters

Pete Prescott… This masquerade, lovely version. I remember the first time I heard that voice.i was just about to go to school one morning ( in sittingbourne) Tony Blackburn played it. It was we’ve only just begun. Wow!

Sheila Maile… Yesterday once more. When she died it was an awful waste saw the biopic of the carpenters story on TV. A real tearjerker. One of the best female vocalists ever

Jan Warren… Yes, “Goodbye to Love” is my fave too!!

Alan Esdaile… yesterday once more

Anne Gower… Leaving on a jet plane

Chris Fagg… …”Goodbye To Love” great piano cadences…

Chris Meachen… While I always thought they were far too squeaky clean for my tastes, her voice was utterly beautiful, as were the lush harmonies in their music. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be ‘Close to you’..

Charles Sharrod… every note still touches my Trisha’s heart

Chris Sambrook… Bloody good drummer was Karen Carpenter. Close to you gets to me everytime. Reminds me of my first girlfriend i loved. HHMM must have been a longtime ago. Would have been a bit strange if it had been Silver Machine ENUFF said.

Iain Cobby… ” Good bye to love” fantastic lead break that fades oh too soon. Makes me cry…………

Pete Fisher… the late great Tony Peluso…live version here, solo from around 1’37”… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7riL90lH7M

Chris Fagg… YEEES ! THAT’S IT…In my all time favorites that shiver me timbers ! amongst Bach, some Mozart, Lennon/Mac’a, and sax breaks on Will You & Baker St. Thanks, all !

Joe Knight… great years!! when lyrics had meaning

Julie Morris… Let me be the one

Tim Moose Bruce… Goodbye to love

Matt Thomas… Goodbye to love and  Jambalaya

Janine Anne Scott… Rainy Days & Monday’s

Rob Mastenbroek… Close to you

Mike Guy… Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft – although they nicked it from Klaatu.

Sandy Max… yesterday once more

Eric Harmer… If I had a hammer

Mike Guy… If I had a Harmer. Nailed it!

Janet Rennie… Yesterday once more

John Williams… One for the albion pub we sell good pies my love

Perri Ann Haste… Solitaire – No all of them

Gerry Powell… The whole album Voice Of The Heart, but particularly the track: Look To Your Dreams.

Steve Fitzy… for all we know.

Liane Carroll… Love them all. 2 desert island tracks would be Superstar and Calling Occupants. The 1st for its musical brilliance and the 2nd for wonderfully sentimental reasons xxxxxx

Arthur Sutherland… Would anybody buy it if the singles were incomplete?

Pete Brazier…  Close to you! (not you Alan, I like you but not that way) 

Chris Cozens… All the Paul Williams songs and Goodbye to Love. Richard Carpenter was a bit like George Harrison. Didn’t write many songs but jeez, the ones he wrote……….

Rachel Rayburn… Masquerade

Earl Grey… Superstar

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  1. Bloody good drummer was Karen Carpenter. Close to you gets to me everytime. Reminds me of my first girlfriend i loved. HHMM must have been a longtime ago. Would have been a bit strange if it had been Silver Machine ENUFF said.

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