This music-filled documentary traces the Carpenters' career through the eyes of Richard Carpenter and the duo's friends in the music business, including Herb Alpert, Paul Williams, Burt Bacharach, and Petula Clark. The program also contains rare footage of Richard and Karen, including never-before-seen home movies, and concert, studio, and television performances of hits like (They Long To Be) Close to You, Top of the World, Hurting Each Other, Only Yesterday, Rainy Days and Mondays, and We've Only Just Begun.