the Carpenters

…to the 1970s pop duo the Carpenters, who lived in the city in the 1960s. A community college was established in neighbouring Norwalk in 1955. Inc. 1956. Pop. (2010) 111,772; (2020) 114,355.

…stars such as Carole King, the Carpenters, Cat Stevens, Supertramp, Squeeze, the Police, Soundgarden, and Sheryl Crow, among others. Alpert and Moss sold A&M Records to PolyGram in 1989 but retained its publishing company, Rondor Music. In 1994 Alpert and Moss founded the record label