Eventually, power ballads hit their stride in the early to mid-1980s, becoming a dominant force in both rock and pop music.

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Aimee and Boyd Lee were on their third or fourth date, having dinner at his home, when he took a chance: He showed her his copy of the documentary "Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters." Boyd ...

There are those, of course, who were too young or who weren't yet born in the 1970s when the music of the Carpenters rode the airwaves, so experiencing the songs as part of the musical may be, for ...

Shortly after this Carpenters song was released, it became a popular wedding song. It represented a new beginning, a new lease on life, a fresh start. The Richard Carpenter arrangement along with his ...