The discography of the American pop group the Carpenters consists of 14 studio albums, two Christmas albums, two live albums, 49 singles, and numerous compilation albums. The duo was made up of siblings Karen (lead vocals and drums) and Richard Carpenter (keyboards and vocals).
| The Carpenters discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 16 |
| Tribute albums | 1 |
| Singles | 49 |
| B-sides | 15 |
| Video albums | 3 |
The siblings started their musical career together in the latter half of the 1960s. In October 1969, six months after they signed a contract with A&M Records, the Carpenters released their debut album Offering (its title was later changed to Ticket to Ride). Within a year, they rose to prominence with their chart-topping single "(They Long to Be) Close to You", a Burt Bacharach and Hal David composition that had not been commercially successful when it was recorded by television star Richard Chamberlain in 1963.
The Carpenters garnered worldwide commercial success, scoring big hits mainly in the first half of the 1970s. RIAA-certified sales of their records (albums, singles and videos) have been estimated at around 34.6 million units.[1] In the United Kingdom, they are ranked as the seventh top-selling albums artist on the official record chart of the 1970s.[2] During their career, the duo scored 1 number one album and another 4 Top 10 albums on Billboard 200, 3 number ones singles, 12 top 10 singles and 20 top 40 hits on Billboard Hot 100. They have also been the third-best-selling international music act in the Japanese market, only behind Mariah Carey and the Beatles.[3][4][5] By 2005, they had reportedly sold more than 100 million copies of records worldwide.[6]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
AUS [8] |
CAN [9] |
JPN [10] |
NOR [11] |
NZ [12] |
UK [13] | |||
| 1969 | Ticket to Ride (First released under the title Offering)
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150 | 19 | — | 88 | — | — | 20 | |
| 1970 | Close to You
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2 | 16 | 1 | 53 | — | — | 23 | |
| 1971 | Carpenters
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2 | 16 | 6 | 47 | — | — | 12 | |
| 1972 | A Song for You
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4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 13 |
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| 1973 | Now & Then
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2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | — | 2 | |
| 1975 | Horizon
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13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1976 | A Kind of Hush
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33 | 57 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | |
| 1977 | Passage
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49 | 48 | 57 | 7 | — | — | 12 |
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| 1978 | Christmas Portrait
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56 | — | 74[16] | — | — | — | 104 | |
| 1981 | Made in America
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52 | 50 | — | 44 | — | — | 12 |
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| 1983 | Voice of the Heart
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46 | 54 | — | 41 | — | — | 6 | |
| 1984 | An Old-Fashioned Christmas
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190 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1989 | Lovelines
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | |
| 2001 | As Time Goes By
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— | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Live albums
editThere are two live albums that the Carpenters have released officially, though neither of them were issued in their homeland.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [10] |
UK [13] | |||
| 1975 | Live in Japan | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | Live at the Palladium | 24 | 28 |
|
Compilation albums
editFollowing releases are "greatest-hits" albums of the Carpenters released in the United States, Canada, and/or the United Kingdom.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
AUS [20] |
CAN [21] |
JPN [10][22] |
NED [23] |
NOR [11] |
NZ [12] |
UK [13] | |||
| 1973 | The Singles: 1969–1973 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | |
| 1978 | The Singles: 1974–1978
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
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| 1985 | Yesterday Once More
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144 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | 10 | |
| 1990 | Only Yesterday
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— | 9 | — | — | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | Interpretations
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 |
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| 1995 | Reflections
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997 | Love Songs
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106 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 47 | |
| 2000 | The Singles: 1969–1981
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45 | 19 | — | 73 | — | — | — | 65 |
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| 2000 | Gold: Greatest Hits
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101 | — | — | 79 | — | — | 17 | 4 | |
| 2003 | Carpenters Perform Carpenter
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | The Ultimate Collection
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— | 41 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — |
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| 2009 | 40/40
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— | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 21 | |
| 2014 | Icon
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | The Complete Singles
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | The Nation's Favourite Songs
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
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| 2018 | Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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— | 29 | — | 25 | — | — | — | 8 |
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| 2019 | Collected[27]
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— | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | |
^ I Album only downloadable in the UK.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Limited releases
edit- Golden Prize (Japan only)
- Released: September 10, 1971
- Label: A&M/King
- Format: LP, cassette
- Chart position(s): #3 (JPN)
- Golden Double Deluxe (Japan only)
- Released: February 10, 1972
- Label: A&M/King
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #10 (JPN)
- Great Hits of the Carpenters (Australia)
- Released: 1972
- Label: A&M/King
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #3 (AUS)
- GEM I (Japan only)
- Released: October 10, 1972
- Label: A&M/King
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #13 (JPN)
- MAX 20 (Japan only)
- Released: March 10, 1973
- Label: A&M/King
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #26 (JPN)
- GEM II (Japan only)
- Released: October 25, 1973
- Label: A&M/King
- Format(s): LP
- Chart position(s): #3 (JPN)
- Great Hits of the Carpenters Volume 2 (Australia)
- Released: 1972
- Label: A&M/King
- Format: LP
- Chart position(s): #24 (AUS)
- Golden Prize Volume II (Japan only)
- Released: April 10, 1974
- Label: A&M/King
- Format(s): LP, cassette
- Chart position(s): #1 (JPN)
- Big Star (Japan only)
- Released: June 1, 1974
- Label: A&M/King
- Format(s): Cassette
- Chart position(s): #20 (JPN)
- Special Series (Japan only)
- Released: November 1, 1976
- Label: A&M/King
- Format(s): Cassette
- Chart position(s): #36 (JPN)
- Beautiful Lovesongs (Netherlands only)
- Ketteiban (The Definitive) (Japan only)
- Released: June 21, 1982
- Label: A&M/Alfa
- Format(s): Cassette
- Chart position(s): #61 (JPN)
- The Very Best of the Carpenters (Australia and New Zealand only)
- The Carpenters Collection - Their Greatest Hits (Benelux only)
- Seishun no Kagayaki: The Best of (22 Hits of the Carpenters) (Japan only)
- Released: November 10, 1995
- Label: A&M / Polydor Japan
- Format(s): CD, MD, cassette
- Chart position(s): #3 (JPN)
- Certification(s): 12× Platinum (RIAJ)
Box sets
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] |
NED [23] | ||
| 1991 | From the Top
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— | — |
| 1996 | Christmas Collection
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158 | 118 |
| 2002 | The Essential Collection: 1965–1997
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— | — |
| 2017 | The Vinyl Collection[31]
|
— | — |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Chart position | B-side | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [32] |
US AC [33] |
AUS [8] |
CAN [34] |
CAN AC [35] |
GER [36] |
IRE [37] |
JPN [38] |
NED [39] |
NZ [40] |
UK [13] | |||||
| 1966 | "Looking for Love" (Karen Carpenter) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "I'll Be Yours" | Non-album single | |
| 1969 | "Ticket to Ride" | 54 | 19 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Your Wonderful Parade" | Offering | |
| 1970 | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 71 | 30 | 9 | 6 | "I Kept on Loving You" | Close to You | |
| "We've Only Just Begun" | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 71 | — | — | 28 | "All of My Life" | |||
| "Merry Christmas, Darling" | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | "Mr. Guder" | Christmas Portrait | ||
| 1971 | "For All We Know" | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | "Don't Be Afraid" |
|
Carpenters |
| "Rainy Days and Mondays" | 2 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 72 | — | — | 53[A] | "Saturday" |
| ||
| "Superstar" | 2[B] | 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 19 | 9 | 18[C] | "Bless the Beasts and Children" |
| ||
| "Bless the Beasts and Children" | 67[D] | 26 | — | — | 25 | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | B-side of "Superstar" | A Song for You | ||
| 1972 | "Hurting Each Other" | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 56 | — | 7 | — | "Maybe It's You" |
| |
| "It's Going to Take Some Time" | 12 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | "Flat Baroque" | |||
| "Goodbye to Love" | 7 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 1 | — | 12 | 55 | — | 5 | 9 | "Crystal Lullaby" | |||
| 1973 | "Sing" | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 18 | — | 7 | 55[A] | "Druscilla Penny" |
|
Now & Then |
| "Yesterday Once More" | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | "Road Ode" | |||
| "Top of the World" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 21[E] | 12 | 14 | 5 | "Heather" | A Song for You | ||
| 1974 | "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" | — | — | 95 | — | — | 50 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 12 | "Mr. Guder" | Now & Then | |
| "I Won't Last a Day Without You" | 11 | 1 | 63 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 40 | — | — | 32[F] | "One Love" | A Song for You | ||
| "Please Mr. Postman" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 2 | "This Masquerade" | Horizon | ||
| 1975 | "Only Yesterday" | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 12 | — | 10 | 7 | "Happy" | ||
| "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | "Merry Christmas, Darling" | Christmas Portrait | ||
| "Solitaire" | 17 | 1 | 61 | 12 | 3 | — | 44 | — | — | 6 | 32 | "Love Me for What I Am" | Horizon | ||
| 1976 | "There's a Kind of Hush" | 12 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 1 | — | 7 | 27 | — | 5 | 22 | "(I'm Caught Between) Goodbye and I Love You" | A Kind of Hush | |
| "I Need to Be in Love" | 25 | 1 | 47 | 24 | 1 | — | 14 | 62 | — | — | 36 | "Sandy" | |||
| "Goofus" | 56 | 4 | — | 82 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Boat to Sail" | |||
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | "I Have You" | |||
| 1977 | "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" | 35 | 4 | 89 | 38 | 5 | — | — | 68 | — | — | 54[A] | "I Have You" | Passage | |
| "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" | 32 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | 19 | 9 | "Can't Smile Without You" | |||
| "Christmas Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Merry Christmas Darling" | Christmas Portrait | ||
| 1978 | "Sweet, Sweet Smile" | 44[G] | 7 | 100 | 43 | 7 | 22 | — | 59 | 22 | — | 40 | "I Have You" | Passage | |
| "I Believe You" | 68 | 9 | — | 81 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | "B'wana, She No Home" | Made in America | ||
| 1981 | "Touch Me When We're Dancing" | 16 | 1 | 78 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | "Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song)" | ||
| "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" | 72 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Somebody's Been Lyin'" | |||
| "Those Good Old Dreams" | 63 | 21 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)" | |||
| 1982 | "Beechwood 4-5789" | 74 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | "Two Sides" | ||
| 1983 | "Make Believe It's Your First Time" | 101 | 7 | 80 | — | 2 | — | 20 | — | — | — | 60 | "Look to Your Dreams" | Voice of the Heart | |
| 1984 | "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" | — | 12 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Sailing on the Tide" | ||
| "Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Look to Your Dreams" | |||
| "Little Altar Boy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | An Old Fashioned Christmas | ||
| 1986 | "Honolulu City Lights" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Lovelines | |
| 1989 | "If I Had You" (Karen Carpenter) | — | 18[43] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "The Uninvited Guest" | ||
| 1990 | "Merry Christmas, Darling" (re-issue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | 25[H] | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | Christmas Portrait | |
| 1991 | "Let Me Be the One" (promotional single) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | From the Top | ||
| 1993 | "Rainy Days and Mondays" (re-issue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | "Goodbye to Love" | ||
| 1994 | "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | "Sing" | Interpretations | |
| 1995 | "I Need to Be in Love" (Japan re-issue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | "Top of the World" | 22 Hits of the Carpenters | |
| 1996 | "Ave Maria" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Merry Christmas, Darling" | Christmas Portrait | |
| 2001 | "The Rainbow Connection" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | "Leave Yesterday Behind", "Medley" | As Time Goes By | |
| 2003 | "Top of the World" (Japan re-issue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | "Top of the World", "Sing" (karaoke) | Gold | |
Notes
edit- A^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List"
- B^ "Bless The Beasts and Children" received enough of its own airplay that Billboard Hot 100 listed the single as "Superstar"/"Bless The Beasts and Children", charting first at #16 on 11/20/71, and then #21 on 11/27/71.
- C^ "Superstar" and "For All We Know" were released as a double A-side in the UK.
- D^ "Bless The Beasts and Children peaked at #67 on 1/15/71 as an A-side, following 13 weeks listed as the B-side of "Superstar".
- E^ "Top of the World" charted four times in Japan, at #21 in 1972 and again in 1973 (to coincide with the song's US success), when it peaked at #52. In 1995 it was the B-side of the reissue of "I Need to Be in Love", and subsequently it charted a fourth time (as an A-side) at #83.
- F^ "I Won't Last a Day Without You" was originally released as an A-side in the UK in 1972 with "Goodbye to Love" as the B-side and charted at #49. However, the sides were switched shortly after the record's release. The former was later released as an A-side in the UK in 1974 to coincide with its first US release as an A-side.
- G^ "Sweet, Sweet Smile" peaked at #8 on Billboard's Country singles chart.[44]
- H^ The UK re-issue of "Merry Christmas, Darling" in 1990 features the second recorded version of the song from their 1978 Christmas Portrait album as opposed to the original 1970 version.
Holiday 100 chart entries
editSince many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over.[45] In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data",[46] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100.[47] A handful of Carpenters recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.
| Title | Holiday season peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 32[48] | 47[49] | 55[50] | 82[51] | 81[52] | 64[53] | 74[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Portrait |
| "Merry Christmas Darling" | 35[48] | 24[49] | 38[50] | 53[55] | 63[56] | 25[57] | 57[58] | 38[59] | 40[60] | 81[61] | 73[62] | 73[63] | 83[64] | |
| "Home for the Holidays" | — | 41[65] | 45[50] | 65[51] | 57[52] | 36[53] | 92[54] | 82[66] | 88[67] | — | 97[68] | — | — | An Old-Fashioned Christmas |
| "Sleigh Ride" | — | — | 78[50] | 99[69] | — | — | 95[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Portrait |
| "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | — | — | — | — | 72[70] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Other appearances
edit| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "Bless the Beasts and Children" (soundtrack version) | Bless the Beasts and Children |
Videos
editVideo albums
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Yesterday Once More |
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| 1995 | Interpretations |
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| 1996 | Live in Japan 1974 （ライヴ・イン・ジャパン～イエスタデイ・ワンス・モア武道館 1974）[72] |
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| 1998 | Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters |
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| 2016 | Carpenters: Christmas Memories |
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Music videos
edit- "Dancing in the Street" (1968)
- "Ticket to Ride" (1969)
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970)
- "We've Only Just Begun" (1970)
- "For All We Know" (1971)
- "Rainy Days and Mondays" (1971)
- "Superstar" (1971)
- "Hurting Each Other" (1972)
- "Top of the World" (1973)
- "Yesterday Once More" (1973)
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (1974)
- "Sing" (1974)
- "Please Mr. Postman" (1974)
- "Only Yesterday" (1975)
- "There's a Kind of Hush" (1976)
- "I Need to Be in Love" (1976)
- "Goofus" (1976)
- "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" (1977)
- "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (1977)
- "Sweet, Sweet Smile" (1978)
- "Little Girl Blue" (1979)
- "When I Fall in Love (1980)
- "Touch Me When We're Dancing" (1981)
- "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" (1981)
- "Those Good Old Dreams" (1981)
- "Beechwood 4-5789" (1982)
- "Now" (1983)
See also
editReferences
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