Arthur Fiedler was an American orchestral conductor who was born in Boston in 1894.  His parents were Austrian Jewish immigrants.  His father was a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and his mother played the piano. 

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He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1930, a position he held until his death in 1979.  During his tenure, the Boston Pops reportedly made more recordings than any other orchestra in the world.

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The Carpenters appeared with the Boston Pops in 1974.  This recording, of orchestral arrangements of Carpenters hits, was released in 1975