2nd Edition: up-dated to January 2017.Richard and Karen Carpenter, as the Carpenters, are one of the best-selling music acts of all-time.Richard and Karen made their breakthrough in 1969 when, on 22nd April, they signed to A&M Records. They agreed they would be known as 'Carpenters', as opposed to 'The Carpenters'. Richard composed ten of the 13 songs on the duo's debut album, OFFERING, but their debut single was a ballad version of the Beatles' Ticket...