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Karen Carpenter

Gifted with a crystalline voice spanning three octaves, the singer of the Carpenters duo recorded just one solo album before her premature death. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, on March 2, 1950, Karen Anne Carpenter grew up with her older brother Richard in Downey, California. She learned to play the drums at college and sang in the Long Beach choir, before forming a duo with her brother in 1965. Signed to A&M Records, The Carpenter quickly caught the public's attention and recorded ten successful albums, with a dozen songs ranking in the top ten best sellers on their release. I...