Who did Karen Carpenter sing with 40 years ago?
The duo’s music effortlessly bridged the gap between generations by offering progressive vocal and orchestral arrangements, undeniably good songs (from composers such as Leon Russell, Paul Williams, Burt Bacharach, and Tim Hardin), and enough unique production elements to engage listeners of all ages. Creating these charts was music aficionado, Richard Carpenter, whose talents behind the piano and at the conductor’s stand and producer’s seat steered the pair’s “sound” aesthetically. And, of course, there were Karen Carpenter’s beautiful vocals, as intimate as a microphone could handle. Before and after her passing in 1983, she has been praised endlessly for her natural gifts (both singing and drumming), and acknowledged for her influence and inspiration by scores of contemporaries and later-generation aspirants. Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhuffpost-exclu
