The Carpenters

Remember the famous song "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters? Anyone who listened to them throughout the 70s knows that this song was one of their nominations for a Grammy. Although this song was a nomination, they also had 17 other nominations for Grammys throughout their musical career.

The Carpenters consisted of Richard and Karen, who were brother and sister. All through their childhood, both children practiced their musical talent at school. Later on, they began their own band and signed with A&C records later in their music career.

Within the 14 years of their musical career, they made over ten hits which gave them many Grammy nominations and some wins. The Carpenters also went on many tours and had some television appearances. By the mid-70s, all of the touring and very lengthy recording sessions began to stress out the duo, which also led Karen to a very dangerous disease.

Later in 1983, the siblings had a very rough time to go through. In February, the Carpenters went through a very hard loss. One of the most important people to this band died due to her disease. Doctors say that Karen did not die because of her anorexia, but because of the side effects that carried over with the disease. After Karen's death, Richard tried his best to keep the image of the Carpenters alive. He made new albums, along with trying to make Karen's albums famous as well. Today, the Carpenters are still famous when it comes to music.