# Karen Carpenter

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Karen Carpenter in HitMasters: 14 songs as collectible cards. Most popular: “Karen/Ella Medley (From "Music, Music, Music" TV Special, 1980)”.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tracks | 14 |
| YouTube Music subscribers | 16,200 |
| YouTube Music | [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC5rnpX7OhaBe1o3hK75WJKQ](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC5rnpX7OhaBe1o3hK75WJKQ) |

## About

Karen Anne Carpenter was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the musical duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, Carpenter was praised by her peers for her vocal skills. She appeared on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963 with her family. She began to study the drums in high school and joined the Long Beach State choir in college. After several years touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed to A&M Records in 1969, when Karen was 19 years old. They achieved enormous commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's full-time drummer, but she gradually took the role of frontwoman as her drumming was reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. In 1975, Carpenter started exhibiting symptoms of anorexia nervosa due to the severe pressures of fame and her complicated family dynamics.

Text: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen\_C), CC BY-SA license.

## Most popular songs

- [Karen/Ella Medley (From "Music, Music, Music" TV Special, 1980) – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-karen-ella-medley-from-music-music-music-tv-O5cSzVfOvg8)
- [Karen/Ella Medley (From "Music, Music, Music" TV Special, 1980) – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-karen-ella-medley-from-music-music-music-tv-1RvlAwa2to0)
- [Still In Love With You – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-still-in-love-with-you-bch9mpMEtmQ)
- [Make Believe It's Your First Time – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-make-believe-its-your-first-time-TISFRYK9LNQ)
- [All Because Of You – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-all-because-of-you-IN2T5NlPK1Y)
- [My Body Keeps Changing My Mind – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-my-body-keeps-changing-my-mind-j__tn7XfFRY)
- [If We Try – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-if-we-try-JxsVZ3cFyYs)
- [Making Love In The Afternoon – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-making-love-in-the-afternoon-roU47V0_k-o)
- [Still Crazy After All These Years – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-still-crazy-after-all-these-years-SmSs0oqMGnE)
- [Lovelines – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-lovelines-VdVWocsAyXY)
- [Remember When Lovin' Took All Night – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-remember-when-lovin-took-all-night-3lIE6fWod5o)
- [Guess I Just Lost My Head – Karen Carpenter (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karen-carpenter-guess-i-just-lost-my-head-hkqebjRaoKU)

## Releases

- [Karen Carpenter (1996)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karen-carpenter-karen-carpenter-MPREb_OeS9j4wNtkk)

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