24. ''(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU'' (1970)
The Carpenters

In 1970's politically charged, post-Kent State months, people still wanted to fill the world with silly love songs. Two of them were Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who wrote this standard. The other two were Richard Carpenter, whose pristine arrangement was so unhip that it's hip, and his sister, Karen, who sang every word as if she were resigned to feeling unrequited — no matter what time of year.