THE CARPENTERS SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS

Description: The Carpenters Signatures BIOGRAPHY CARPENTERS. American brother and sister vocal duo (Richard & Karen Carpenter) whose distinctive soft style made them the No1 selling American music act of the 1970s with over 100 million records sold. Their classic hit singles include ; Close To You / Weve Only Just Begun / Rainy Days & Mondays / Superstar / Goodbye To Love / Yesterday Once More / Top Of The World / Please Mr Postman and Only Yesterday. Richard was the groups main song-writer / musical director and Karen the drummer whose skills earned her the admiration of many of her music peers. She is however best remembered for her truly outstanding tone and vocal style on the groups many romantic ballads. She suffered from anorexia nervosa an extreme dieting illness ; about which very little was known during the 1970s. She died aged just 32 in 1983 from heart-failure caused by complications relating to her illness which caused her to mistakenly mentally believe that she needed to lose weight. Her sad and high profile death at the time led to much increased visibility and public awareness concerning eating disorders in later years ...... . DESCRIPTION A desirable pair of original vintage 1970s autograph book pages clearly signed in ballpoints by both Richard Carpenter and Karen Carpenter SIZE13x10cm Autograph Book Pages CONDITIONAverage-Good. There is minor show through on the reverse of the pages from Roger Whitaker and David Hamilton autographs CERTIFICATION & PROVENANCE From the 1960-80s autograph book of Gary W containing many entertainment notables of the period mostly obtained at BBC TV broadcasting house during the period. AFTAL Dealer No13 and UACC RD Memorabilia UK COA ID:133199 (BOX)

Price: 500 GBP

Location: Gainsborough

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