1970: "(They Long To Be) Close To You"
The Carpenters aren and Richard Carpenter grew up... [DOC] [TLE] (They Long to Be) Close to You | Muppet Wiki | Fandom powered by ... [PAR] "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by Hal David and Burt 
Bacharach, and originally recorded by The Carpenters in 1970.