Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 2/4/2020 2:34 AM Subject: (They Long To Be) Close To You Song for the Day - February 4, 2020: Barry Manilow's version of the Carpenters' Summer of 1970 hit single, "(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU" (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David) from Barry's 2007 album THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES!        Remembering Karen Carpenter (02 March 1950 – 04 February 1983)