Voting for Awards Now Closed

[Rick Henry]

Voting for The First Annual Carpenters Online awards is now closed.

Thank you to all who participated by voting in this event. On or around March 15, 2005 the results will be posted on the website's main HOME page.

Just to keep interest in the awards here is the list of nominees:

Best Pre-Carpenters Song
I'll Be Yours
Looking For Love
Nowhere Man
The Parting Of Our Ways
You'll Love Me"

Best Cover Song
(This would be songs which were already famous before the Carpenters recorded them)
Desperado
I Believe You
Please Mr. Postman
Still Crazy After All These Years
There's A Kind Of Hush

Best Instrumental
Caravan
Flat Baroque
Heather
Iced Tea
Karen's Theme

Best Jazz Influenced Song
Caravan
I Can Dream Can't I
Karen/Ella Medley
Ordinary Fool
This Masquerade

Best Country Song
All Because Of You
Sweet Sweet Smile
Those Good Old Dreams
Top Of The World
Two Sides

Best Album Cover
As Time Goes By
Carpenters
Horizon
Now And Then
Passage

Best Posthumous Release
(This would be songs released after Karen's passing)
If I Had You
Leave Yesterday Behind
Now
Ordinary Fool
Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again

Best Original Richard Carpenter/John Bettis Composition
Goodbye To Love
I Need To Be In Love
Only Yesterday
Top Of The World
Yesterday Once More

Best Single (A-Side)
Only Yesterday
Rainy Days And Mondays
Superstar
We've Only Just Begun
Yesterday Once More

Best Album Track (Or B-Side)
Desperado
(I'm Caught Between)Goodbye And I Love You
Maybe It's You
Road Ode
This Masquerade

Best Musical Arrangement Including Vocals
Only Yesterday
Rainy Days And Mondays
Road Ode
Superstar
We've Only Just Begun

Best Vocal Performance
I Can Dream Can't I
Rainy Days And Mondays
Road Ode
Solitaire
Superstar

Best Song (Overall)
Only Yesterday
Road Ode
Superstar
This Masquerade
We've Only Just Begun

Best Album
A Song For You
Horizon
Karen Carpenter (solo)
Now And Then
Passage

World Prize
(This would be the song which has the most universal [worldwide] appeal)
Close To You
Goodbye To Love
Sing
We've Only Just Begun
Yesterday Once More

Check back to read about the winners on or around March 15th.