Carpenters on the net

[SakuraSYayoi]

In these several days I saw Carpenters mentioned in articles on the net.
And BBC seemed to repeat Carpenters Specials.

from BBC site;

The Carpenters: A World of Music

Karen and Richard Carpenter in concert from 1976. Songs include There's A Kind of Hush, Close to You, Top of the World, Only Yesterday, Superstar and Yesterday Once More.
BBC Four, broadcast on 9 Dec 2008

The Carpenters

1971 concert featuring the Carpenters performing Close to You, Help, Love is Surrender, Superstar, And When He Smiles, Rainy Days and Mondays, Sacre Bleu and many others.
BBC Four, broadcast on 9 Dec 2008

They had Watch Now icon. So fans in U.K. must be able to watch these at iPlayer now.


Today in History
Round Table For Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Capitol Hill Blue, VA

1973 - Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single,
"Top of the World".

I saw this last month,
Billboard.com

This Day in Music History
November 27

1973 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Top of the World,''

Carpenters. Richard Carpenter writes the song with John Bettis, who also
writes the lyrics for such Carpenter hits as ``Goodbye to Love'' and
``Yesterday Once More.''

"The Carpenters Were In Tune"
http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=21&issue=20081210

Above article mentioned President Nixon. Until Robert shared Live at White House, I had not watched whole video. Thank you, Robert!!
Here is the link to the 1st part of his 3-part videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPorhpSQkj0&fmt=18

Sakura