Honesty Is The Best Policy
Talking about their first single, this is what Karen said: “Our first single, ‘Ticket To Ride’, was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it was ash-tray material.”

Honesty Is The Best Policy
Breaking Into The Industry
“We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period… it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you know? And it was such a turn around, I guess it caught people by surprise.” And in spite of all of this, just take a look at what the Carpenters managed to produce.

Breaking Into The Industry