Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #73: “Ticket To Ride”- The Carpenters. February 14, 1970.
- Single: “Ticket To Ride”- The Carpenters
- Record Company: A&M
- Genre: Pop
- Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- Time: 3:37
- B-side:” Your Wonderful Parade:
- Album- Ticket To Ride
- Grade : C
- Peaked at #54 spent 12 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100
The first Hot 100 single in The Carpenters career- from their debut album. An odd selection if you asked me. The Carpenters- a brother-sister duo Richard and Karen Carpenter would win the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1970- they would have a #1 hit that year in “Close To You” and a #2 with “We’ve Only Just Begun.” In their career they would have 28 Hot 100 singles 20 Top 40 hits, 12 Top 10 hits and three #1’s- “Close To You”, “Top Of The World” 1973 and “Please Mr. Postman” in 1974.
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we just picked up The Carpenters – Then and Now album at the thrift store for 2 bucks. one side is their hits, the b side is their cover versions of oldies. Great gem in a coal mine of records.
A steal for #2! You never know what you might find!
While nowhere near as good as the original, I still think their version is pretty good.
This is so much softer than the Beetles version and I love the symphony sound. Karen had such a lovely voice.
Its like a totally different song.
I love her voice but this one is just too mellow for me.
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