Richard Carpenter

American pop musician

Person Human Q577671

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: October 15, 1946
Place of birth: Yale – New Haven Hospital
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: conductor, singer, songwriter, jazz musician, pianist, record producer, composer, musician^[11]^[12]^[13]
Educated at: California State University, Long Beach, Downey High School^[14]
Father: Harold Bertram Carpenter^[8]
Mother: Agnes Reuwer Tatum^[9]
Sibling: Karen Carpenter^[28]
Genre: popular music^[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[24]
Copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers^[29]
Different from: Richard Carpenter^[26]
Family name: Carpenter^[19]
Given name: Richard^[20]
Instrument: piano, voice^[21]^[22]
Member of: The Carpenters^[15]
Name in native language: Richard Lynn Carpenter^[25]
Partner in business or sport: Karen Carpenter^[23]
Record label: A&M Records^[18]
Start of work period: 1965^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 59

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VIAF cluster ID: 35546215
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n89635213
GND ID: 119253798
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000350821
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14045640n
Billboard artist ID: richard-carpenter
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 67304
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216665726720
DBC author ID: 87097969415229
DR music artist ID: 15053
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119253798

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Discogs artist ID: 271964
Europeana entity: agent/base/84723
FAST ID: 252579
Film.ru person ID: richard-karpenter-0
Freebase ID: /m/02p8q1n
GeneaStar person ID: carpenterr
Genealogics.org person ID: I00695220
Geni profile ID: 6000000011234150024
Grammy Awards artist ID: richard-carpenter/7403
HAND ID: AA0D-B3EF-64A3-52E6-BBA0
IMDb ID: nm0139443
IPI name number: 00067657831
J9U entity ID: 987007352160305171
KANTO ID: 000186937
Kinobox person ID: 1196574
Last.fm ID: Richard+Carpenter
Libraries Australia ID: 57826232
MusicBrainz artist ID: 412faa8b-0bf2-490a-aaea-45185504f2b2
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 218147
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA13192061
NDL Authority ID: 001283781
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2011655819
NLA Trove people ID: 1690036
NNDB people ID: 765/000024693
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000066974
NSK ID: 981005667083309366
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004246456
National Library of Latvia ID: 000050905
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX878716
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 075075296
OpenMLOL author ID: 137945
PORT person ID: 163713
Plex person key: 5d7768aff617c90020157604
Prabook ID: 627976
Rate Your Music artist ID: richard_carpenter
Rotten Tomatoes ID: celebrity/1063548-richard_carpenter
SBN author ID: CFIV357477
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 774836
SNAC ARK ID: w6bh5m3s
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 5063
Songkick artist ID: 168540
TMDB person ID: 152397
Trading Card Database name ID: 164675
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000068360
WikiTree person ID: Carpenter-7912
Yale LUX ID: person/8fcb17df-26c8-4717-9a9d-2a5f3783b3a3
ČSFD person ID: 549868

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🔗 Connections

Mb:composer 20

Yesterday Once More, Yesterday Once More, Top of the World, Top of the World, Goodbye to Love, Goodbye to Love, Only Yesterday, Only Yesterday +12 more

← Producer 11

Now & Then, A Kind of Hush, Horizon, Christmas Portrait, Made in America, Passage, Voice of the Heart, Lovelines +3 more

Occupation 6

singer, record producer, conductor, pianist, songwriter, jazz musician

Compositions 3

Yesterday Once More, Top of the World, Goodbye to Love

Instrument 2

piano, voice

Mb:dedicated to 2

Karen Carpenter, Karen Carpenter

Mb:lyricist 2

Mr. Guder, Mr. Guder

Mb:writer 2

Crescent Noon, Crescent Noon

← Lyricist 2

Yesterday Once More, Top of the World

Belongs to 1

The Carpenters

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Different from 1

Richard Carpenter

Educated at 1

California State University, Long Beach

Family name 1

Carpenter

Genre 1

popular music

Given name 1

Richard

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:member of band 1

The Carpenters

Member of 1

The Carpenters

Partner in business or sport 1

Karen Carpenter

Record label 1

A&M Records

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

Karen Carpenter

Siblings 1

Karen Carpenter

← Different from 1

Richard Carpenter

← FactGrid item ID 1

Rozwadów, Masovian Voivodeship

← Mb:sibling 1

Karen Carpenter

← Partner in business or sport 1

Karen Carpenter

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Summary

Richard Carpenter was born on October 15, 1946^[1], in Yale – New Haven Hospital^[2]. He has worked as a conductor^[3], singer^[4], songwriter^[5], jazz musician^[6], and pianist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Richard Carpenter born?

Richard Carpenter's place of birth was Yale – New Haven Hospital^[2].

Who were Richard Carpenter's parents?

Richard Carpenter's father was Harold Bertram Carpenter^[8]. Richard Carpenter's mother was Agnes Reuwer Tatum^[9].

What did Richard Carpenter do for work?

Richard Carpenter worked as a conductor^[3], singer^[4], songwriter^[5], jazz musician^[6], and pianist^[7].

Where did Richard Carpenter go to school?

Richard Carpenter was educated at California State University, Long Beach^[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Richard Carpenter — place of birth (P19): Yale – New Haven Hospital. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Richard Carpenter — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Richard Carpenter — father (P22): Harold Bertram Carpenter. Genealogics. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Richard Carpenter — mother (P25): Agnes Reuwer Tatum. Genealogics. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Richard Carpenter — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Richard Carpenter — educated at (P69): California State University, Long Beach. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): conductor. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): jazz musician. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): pianist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Richard Carpenter — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Richard Carpenter — genre (P136): popular music. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Richard Carpenter — record label (P264): A&M Records. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Richard Carpenter — member of (P463): The Carpenters. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Richard Carpenter — date of birth (P569): October 15, 1946. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Richard Carpenter — family name (P734): Carpenter. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Richard Carpenter — given name (P735): Richard. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Richard Carpenter — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Richard Carpenter — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Richard Carpenter — partner in business or sport (P1327): Karen Carpenter. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Richard Carpenter — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Richard Carpenter — name in native language (P1559): Richard Lynn Carpenter. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Richard Carpenter — different from (P1889): Richard Carpenter. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Richard Carpenter — start of work period (P2031): 1965. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Richard Carpenter — sibling (P3373): Karen Carpenter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Richard Carpenter — copyright representative (P6275): American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ISWC Network. Retrieved 2021-09-03. wikidata.org.

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Richard Carpenter

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