| 1946 | Richard Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, is a composer, pianist, vocalist. He is an American pop musician, best known as one half of the brother/sister duo The Carpenters, along with his sister Karen Carpenter. He was also a backup singer for her. Richard began studying classical piano at age nine and continued while attending Yale. The Carpenter family moved to Downey, CA, in 1963, and Richard continued his studies at the USC.      |
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