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Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and early drummer of the highly successful duo The Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. [1] With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills.
Karen Carpenter is the only solo album by singer/drummer Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters, recorded between 1979 and 1980 and released by A&M Records in 1996. [4]
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.
Karen Carpenter, half of the Grammy-winning '70s duo the Carpenters and wholly one of the greatest vocalists of all time, died 40 years ago at age 32.
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]
Richard Carpenter also changed the bridge and chord structure, changes Williams felt detracted from the song and he believed that Carpenters would have greater success if they had recorded the song unchanged. [2] The song was recorded as a tract for Carpenters' album A Song for You, and was released two years later as a single in the US. [1]
"Those Good Old Dreams" is a song by The Carpenters. Its B-side is "When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)", a song released on the Made in America album in 1981.. The song talks of reliving dreams and feelings of romantic love held long ago ("It's a new day for those good old dreams / One by one it seems they're coming true").
It starts off with the bongo drum and fades into a camera angle zooming towards Karen Carpenter. At the end of the video, the performance fades into a picture of the Carpenters' Hollywood Walk of Fame Star , which is the beginning to the video "Top of the World", performed on The Carpenters' Very First TV Special in 1976.
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