Merry Christmas, Darling - The Carpenters
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2008
- Richard Carpenter composed the music for this song in 1966 when he was 19 years old. Frank Pooler wrote the lyrics twenty years earlier, in 1946, when he also was only 19 years old. The song Pooler had written was to be a Christmas gift for his girlfriend, whom he was missing while being away from her during a visit with his parents at Christmas time. However, their relationship ended before he was able present it to her.
Twenty years later, Pooler was the choir director at California State University in Long Beach, when both Karen and Richard Carpenter were members of the choir. Richard and Karen were performing locally during the Christmas season and had tired of playing the usual Christmas fare. Richard asked Pooler, their favorite professor, if he had any ideas for different Christmas songs.
Pooler remembered the Christmas song he had written many years before and mentioned it to Richard, adding that he didn't think much of the melody anymore. Richard said he would try his hand at writing new music for the lyrics. Within about 15 minutes he was finished creating a song, written by two teenagers who were a generation apart, that was destined to become a Christmas classic.
The song was first released as a single (yes, a 45) on November 20, 1970, and earned gold record status. This song sparked the idea of a Christmas album by The Carpenters, and on October 13, 1978, "Christmas Portrait" was released with this newly recorded version of the song. Karen re-recorded her vocals for the album version as she felt that she could give the vocals a more mature treatment. This newly recorded version was presented on their TV Christmas special in 1978, as seen here, and became a hit all over again.
Karen Carpenter - March 2, 1950 - February 4, 1983 (32 years old)
Frank Pooler - March 29, 1926 - January 19, 2013 (86 years old)
I'm 29 years old and I can't deny the beauty of the carpenters. This music is from a time when you actually needed talent to be a musician. Just letting the older folks know that young people can enjoy pure art just like them :)
Who's listening in Dec. 2020? One of most beautiful songs by Karen Carpenter ever.
Being 64 I remember hearing this for the first time on the radio in the car, I couldn't believe that a Christmas song could be so beautiful. Being a huge Carpenters fan from the beginning, Karen's voice made my heart just stop! And, the ending arrangement, I just said Richard has done it again! What an angelic sound! Classic! Now, this is what superb music looks and sounds like. If this doesn't move your very soul, something is wrong! RIP to one of the greatest voices of all time!!
A lot off my family are gone now, including my parents. This song makes me miss them and all the Christmas's we spent together. Thing's will never be the same. But I love this song and the memories... Thank you Karen for your Angelic voice.❤️❤️❤️
This is what “flawless” sounds like
This song has been popular for over 50 years. It should be in the top 10 favorite Christmas songs of all time.
Tears are rolling down from my eyes. This song always makes me cry.
She had one of, if not the most hauntingly beautiful voices I’ve ever heard. One of a kind. I cried my eyes out the day she passed away.
In my humble opinion, Karen Carpenter's "Merry Christmas, Darling" is one of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever recorded. I bought the album in the early '70s and played it often; I am not ashamed to say that listening to this song still makes me cry, even after all these years. Her death, and the circumstances that surrounded it, still resonates and gives this song a poignancy it didn't have upon its conception. She left for us the gift of her voice and for that I am grateful.
There will never be anyone close to matching her voice or talent.
Karen had the voice of an angel. This is one of the most perfect songs of Christmas
I have been a widow for over 10 1/2 years. I miss my husband dearly. I can't see him physically but I feel him forever in my heart 😢
Karen had the most soothing voices in vocal music history and had a calming effect on those who listened to her music!
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The first time I heard this song I was in Vietnam. We got it on my field radio on armed forces radio.
My favorite Christmas song, she sang like an angel.
Who's listening December 2021?
My fiancé was in Vietnam the Christmas this song came out and I will never forget the first time I heard it! I felt like it was just for me....Now we’ve been married almost 49 years and I still love this song just as much and it brings back such memories of the loneliness I felt that Christmas and also the Christmas of 74 when he was in Korea. Karen, I miss you so much!
It’s impossible to listen to this song in December 2020 without crying.
I just heard this for the first time on the radio in my car! It is currently Christmas of 2022! What an absolutely beautiful song!♡