Question: How long is the career of the singer who recorded "Carousel Man"?
Context: This is the final album of Perry Como's long career.  Recorded live at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, before an audience of 4,500, including Irish President Mary Robinson, it was also recorded on videotape and aired on PBS.  The videotaped version of the concert shows a man who appears frail and unwell.  Como struggled to perform and lost his voice at one point during the concert.  The finished version of the concert is less than 90 minutes long; the recording took more than four hours to complete.  Despite it all, Como managed to complete his last recorded performance with dignity and professionalism, earning him the applause of his audience. Kom följ med i vår karusell (Come Join Us On Our Carousel) is a children's album released in early 1987, recorded by Swedish singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog and her son Christian Ulvaeus, nine years old at the time.  The album was co-produced by Fältskog and ABBA sound engineer Michael B. Tretow.  The record featured the single releases "På söndag" (On Sunday) and "Mitt namn är Blom" (My Name Is Blom). "Carousel Man" is a U.S. promo single recorded by an American singer/actress Cher, from the album "Half-Breed".  It was issued only to radio DJs in 1973 as a single.  It charted on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart at #41, as well as on Canadian singles chart at #83. Cher ( ; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress.  Sometimes referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has been described as embodying female autonomy in a male-dominated industry.  She is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances during her five-decade-long career. Ayşegül Aldinç (] ) (born 28.  September 1957 in Istanbul) is a Turkish singer and actress.  Her father was the well-known journalist and sports commentator Orhan Aldinç.  Aldinç first became known for performing with the Modern Folk Trio at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in Dublin.  Their song, Dönme dolap ("The carousel"), received eighteenth place.  In 1988, she started her career in Turkish pop music, and has since released five solo albums.  She has also acted in many theatrical productions (her debut being in the 1987 movie "Katırcılar"), and also in many Turkish miniseries and soap operas (three for TRT, three for ATV Turkey, two for Star TV, and one for Kanal D).  In Turkey, she is equally recognized for her singing and acting roles. Then & Now is a studio album by American singer Shirley Jones of The Partridge Family pop music group.  The album is a half retrospective collection featuring 14 tracks from her movie musicals while the other 10 tracks are new studio recordings.  The album was released in the fall of 2008 on Stage Door Records.  "Then & Now" includes some songs by Shirley Jones from her films "Oklahoma!" , "Carousel" and "April Love".  The album also includes new recordings of songs like "Beauty and the Beast", "Memory" and a tribute to "The Music Man". Jessica Ruth "Jessie" Mueller pronounced MEW-ler (born February 20, 1983) is an American actress and singer.  She started her career in Chicago and won a Joseph Jefferson Award in 2008 for her role as Carrie Pipperidge in "Carousel".  In 2011, she moved to New York City to star in the Broadway revival of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever".  She won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the lead role of Carole King in "," and originated the lead role of Jenna in the musical "Waitress" on Broadway. Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American singer and actress of stage, film and television.  In her six decades of show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as "Oklahoma! " (1955), "Carousel" (1956), and "The Music Man" (1962).  She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in "Elmer Gantry" (1960).  She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series "The Partridge Family" (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy. Silent Strength is the first solo studio album by American singer Shirley Jones of The Partridge Family music group.  The album features 11 tracks of contemporary christian music songs.  The track "You'll Never Walk Alone" is an updated cover version of the song Shirley Jones originally recorded for the film "Carousel".  "Silent Strength" was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.  It was produced by George King and arranged by David T. Clydesdale who also co-produced.  "Silent Strength" was released in 1989 and issued on Diadem Records.  It was available on compact disc and on cassette tape but not on vinyl. Dorothy Emmerson is an American actress and singer who was active in the New York City theatre scene during the 1960s and 1970s.  She first appeared in the ensembles of the original 1963 Vernon Duke musical "Zenda" and the 1965 Lincoln Center Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel".  She next starred for a couple years in the long running Off-Broadway production "The Mad Show" at the New Theater.  In 1968 she portrayed her first featured role on Broadway, Eileen Higby in the original production of Paul Nassau and Oscar Brand's "The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N".  This was followed by her portrayal of Rita in the original production of John Sebastian's "Jimmy Shine" in 1968-1969, where she shared the stage with Dustin Hoffman and Rue McClanahan.
Answer: five-decade-long