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Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo The Carpenters with her older brother Richard. [1] With a distinctive three- octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills.
Back in the recording studio, Karen and John continue to reminisce about her early days in music and she performs "Little Girl Blue". Afterwards, everybody teleports up to the spaceship's own nightclub, "The Galaxy Room", where Richard plays "Piano Picker", and Karen and Suzanne perform "Man Smart, Woman Smarter".
This is a comprehensive list of songs written or performed by pop duo the Carpenters, featuring Karen and Richard Carpenter. This list includes official studio albums, live albums, solo albums, and notable compilations that feature rare or unreleased material.
According to the Karen Carpenter biography Little Girl Blue by Randy L. Schmidt, Williams originally intended the song for the Carpenters, who were in the middle of a string of hits with their own brand of "old fashioned love songs", including two of Williams' own compositions, "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays".
Lovelines is the thirteenth studio album by the American music duo Carpenters released in 1989, the third Carpenters posthumous album released after the death of Karen Carpenter. The album is assembled by Richard Carpenter from unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by Karen from her then-unreleased solo album. [6]
Author James Gavin noted in his New York Times review of Randy L. Schmidt's biography Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter (2010): [5] "His mother is said to have given him his first pill," [4] an observation that was previously portrayed in the CBS-TV television film The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) and commented on in several of that ...
Karen Carpenter has been called one of the greatest female vocalists of all time by Rolling Stone [219] and National Public Radio. [9] Paul McCartney has said she was "the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive", [9] while Herb Alpert said she was "the type of singer who would sit in your lap and sing in your ear". [220]
"Little Girl Blue" – from the TV special Space Encounters – air date: May 17, 1978 "Bless the Beasts and Children" – from the TV series Make Your Own Kind of Music – air date: August 31, 1971 "Please Mr. Postman" – promotional video – air date: 1975