In The Wall Street Journal this week, my "Anatomy of a Song" column was on the Carpenters' Merry Christmas Darling (go here). I interviewed Richard Carpenter on the composing of the music and the origin of the words written by Frank Pooler in 1946, the year Richard was born. Twenty years later, Richard met Pooler in college, the Carpenters became succes…
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