Let Me Be the One - The Carpenters song - was created in 1971.
Let Me Be the One - Angela Bofill song - was created in 1985.
I know the Carpenters sang this song, but there was a r&b soul group that also sang this song in the late 70's or early 80's. What group?
The Carpenters song 'Close to You' was released on May 15, 1970. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA. It was part of the album which had the same title.
Even Now, released in 1978. It is a cover of a Carpenters song from 1976 on the album A Kind of Hush.
Karaoke versions of Carpenters songs are available on YouTube and Dailymotion. Several other video sharing sites also have the karaoke versions of this song available.
One to One - song - was created in 1982-06.
In US iTunes, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is, as of 1/1/2008, their most downloaded song, and the 1991 remix is in 10th place. It is also the top song in UK, Australia, Italy, and France iTunes. In Germany it was third, but also sixth (from a different album). In Canada, it came after "Merry Christmas Darling," which was likely temporary. Also, Googling ["Close to You" Carpenters] gets over 1,000,000 hits, versus under 300,000 for ["Only Just Begun" Carpenters] or [Superstar Carpenters]. (Googling just [Close Carpenters] reduces that, for some reason, to 585,000.) They had other songs that reached #1 in the US, though not for four weeks, but this song was a big hit in many countries and seems, to answer the question, the song for which they are most remembered. Close to You, Please Mr. Postman, We've Only Just Begun, were all no. 1s. Superstar is considered very famous, because it was redone on American Idol.
Soup for One - song - was created in 1982.
The Quiet One - The Who song - was created in 1981.
Lucky One - song - was created in 1994.
Be the One - Poison song - was created in 2000.
We Are One - Kiss song - was created in 1998.