 Several years later, Karen Carpenter also joined the choir and recorded "Goodnight," "Crescent Noon," and "And When I Die" with the choir in 1969.Karen's parents hired Frank to give Karen music lessons

Richard Carpenter later composed the music to "Merry Christmas Darling," a lyric Pooler had written when he was 18.Karen later said,
"'Merry Christmas Darling' I think, is a little extra special to both of us, because Richard wrote it, and the lyrics were written by the choral director at Long Beach State choir, where we went to school, Frank Pooler.