Only Yesterday: Richard & Karen Carpenter’s Greatest Hits

Compilation by Carpenters

Released 1 March 1990

Bob Messenger
bass [5]
Carlena Williams
background vocals [17]
Carolyn Dennis
background vocals [14]
Dave Iveland
assistant [11, 14], engineer [17]
Dick Bogert
engineer [16]
Earle Dumler
oboe [14, 16]
Ed Green
drums (drum set) [17]
Gary Sims
guitar [5]
Gayle Levant
harp [11, 14]
Hal Blaine
drums (drum set) [15-16]
Jack Daugherty
orchestrator [5], producer [2-6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18]
James Getzoff
concertmaster [11, 14]
Jay Dee Maness
pedal steel guitar [11]
Jerry Steinholtz
percussion [17]
Joe Osborn
bass [5, 17], bass guitar [11, 14, 16]
Julia Waters
background vocals [17]
Karen Carpenter
associate [9, 12, 17, 19-20], background vocals [11, 14, 16, 16-17], drums (drum set) [5], lead vocals [1-16, 16-20], percussion [11], producer [1, 4, 7, 15]
Larry Londin
drums (drum set) [14]
Maxine Waters
background vocals [17]
Norm Kinney
assistant [16]
Paulinho da Costa
percussion [11, 14]
Ray Gerhardt
engineer [5, 12, 16-17]
Ray Parker Jr.
electric guitar [17]
Richard Carpenter
arranger [1, 4, 6-19], background vocals [11, 14, 16-17], electric piano [17], keyboard [11, 14, 16], orchestrator [1, 4, 6-19], piano [17], producer [1, 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 14-15, 17, 19-20], vocal [17]
Robert de la Garza
remixer [20]
Roger Young
engineer [11, 14, 17], remixer [1-3, 6, 10]
Ron Tutt
drums (drum set) [11]
Tim May
acoustic guitar [11, 14], electric guitar [11, 14]
Tom Scott
tenor saxophone [14, 17]
Tommy Vig
congas [17]
Tony Peluso
acoustic guitar [14], electric guitar [14, 17]