So sad she couldn’t see how beautiful she was and how much everyone loved her! So talented ❤️❤️

She was so precise and melodic. No one like Karen Carpenter.

I struggled with an eating disorder. Although her death was sad, it slapped me into reality. She is an Angel in Heaven.

@sixstrings1063

5 ай бұрын

Sad that she struggled for years unneccesarily and took things till her heart quit. She doesn't look right here, three years into her anerexia. If only she could gotten proper help mentally and with the nutrition needs of the body. A few extra pounds is no big deal.

@richardea4223

4 ай бұрын

Please pardon me what I am about to ask. If you don't mind, will it be okay if I pray for God's comfort and healing for you. This hits home as well even though I never experienced Anorexia. God Bless!❤️

@robertcarlsonrobert5846

2 ай бұрын

We didn’t know about eating disorders until Karen past away. We never thought about anyone not eating at all

@julieb7785

2 ай бұрын

@@robertcarlsonrobert5846 I was 20 (1981) when an article appeared in the Boston Globe. Mass General had identified this eating disorder that had become rampant among girls...and they had opened a clinic. My college roommate was skin and bones; ate and binged - (would run the shower to cover the sound of her retching) and took laxatives and diet pills. She was obsessed with food in a way that was abnormal. Could devour a doz donuts in a couple of hours and puke them up. People stared at her in public. Our other roommate and I read the article in silence and shock. It took a couple of years, but she was treated at MGH and recovered.

@Cyndithia68

2 ай бұрын

Take care of yourself.

The late great Karen Carpenter with that fantastic voice. Unlike today's so-called "singers", who all try to out-scream each other, Karen's wonderfully mellow tones could beat them all. How the music world is poorer without her. R.I.P Karen ❤

@glenrosarian2352

3 ай бұрын

I feel the same way. Karen's voice and singing melt my heart.

@TheBandit7613

3 ай бұрын

Steve, the singers now go thru a computer that auto-corrects the defects they have. We aren't really hearing them. This is 100% Karen's beautiful voice without digital help... and it's perfect.

@stevenoneill7166

3 ай бұрын

@TheBandit7613 absolutely spot on 👍

@aliali-ce3yf

2 ай бұрын

@@TheBandit7613those are the pop acts. there are plenty of musicians who perform without auto tune you just never heard of them because its not your generation, and that's ok everyone thinks their generation is the best, the one before is overrated, and the one after is garbage its a cycle that repeats over and over. its not unique.

As a drummer myself she was a great great drummer, I met her back in 1977 and she was so nice to talk to, she died way way to young Karen your the best R I.P. GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL, I KNOW THE GOOD LORD IS ENJOYING YOUR MUSIC. 💔💔💔

@deanpratt8534

Ай бұрын

In 1975, Karen was ranked #5 greatest drummers of all time,John Bonham was ranked #6.

Easily the greatest voice of all time

@freeguy77

9 күн бұрын

For the female side, but there is strong competition as from Patsy Cline, Aretha, Ella Fitzgerald, and a select few others who are mentioned in that #1 debate!

Just the talent, Mam. No autotune, no wardrobe malfunctions and no twerky dancers.

There NEVER will be a GREATER Vocalist than Karen! I was driving in Pitt Street Sydney, Australia when I heard the news she has died. Had to stop the car, shed so many tears, Karen, We Loved You!!

@ramonaglasgow6854

4 ай бұрын

Her vibrato is impossible to replicate. She is just a tiny bit slower than 16th notes.

@ellen823ful

3 ай бұрын

I remember hearing about her death too. It still bothers me to this day. 😢

@RobertaChristy-ns7by

3 ай бұрын

Yes. And knowing she basically killed her heart with her addiction to ipecac root, makes it even more sad.

@QuintEssential-sz2wn

Ай бұрын

Agreed that Karen had a one in a million vocal tone and talent. The ultimate pro. Though I find this clip interesting because she starts off singing an ABBA song, and Agnetha of ABBA is I think up there with Karen. (And I think Agnetha overall does the song better).

Angelic voice. She died when I was hospitalized with anorexia.

@jannier9766

9 күн бұрын

I’m glad you survived.

The carpenters were a treasure.

I was always impressed by the way Karen would always give a little bow to acknowledge the applause as people recognized what she was beginning to sing and began to clap.

It's so hard to believe that it will be 41 years on February 1st, that the world lost this Beautiful angel. Karen died from complications of Anorexia nervosa. Her death brought this eating disorder into the spotlight and may have saved many lives in doing so. She will never be forgotten. Her voice, as evidenced here by this live performance was truly spectacular. Rest well, dear Karen. Gone, but most certainly not forgotten. As a footnote, Karen was just 27 when this was filmed. She was 32 when She died.

@myupandhere

4 ай бұрын

It’s a cruel demon of a disease. And when Karen was unwell next to no treatment. She seemed to have no chance sadly especially with all those pressures of performance 😢

Karen's with the heavenly voice was also a very good goofy comedienne. She was very funny on all those variety shows.

I thought I knew most everything about Carpenters and ABBA, these years, however, I was living in the UK 🇬🇧 in 1978. I love hearing Karen sing an ABBA song- I never knew she ever did. Her voice was amazing. Love Superstar.

I loved this group right from the jump. It is so hard to believe that it will be 40 years this February 2023 since Karen's passing. In my lifetime, there have been two utterly amazing female voices... Patsy Cline and Karen Carpenter.

@anthonygeurtsen7143

6 ай бұрын

I would add Dolly Parton

@hrh-xj4fh

5 ай бұрын

And kd lang and etta james

@carolinedarlene8184

5 ай бұрын

Would you add in Mama Cass?🥺❤️

@misschiversstitches5887

5 ай бұрын

And Judith Durham of the Seekers

@Jeo-fq1zw

5 ай бұрын

Thank YOU our Angel Karen.❤

We Need Karen Carpenter More Than Ever❤️💔

There aren’t many singers that can handle an Abba song but Karen nails it perfectly,,,beautiful.

her voice was simply perfection ❤️

I'm so very jealous of the people who got to hear these two, live and in person. This is American Entertainment Royalty. Probably the greatest American musical group this world will ever see. The Carpenters.😊

@TheBandit7613

3 ай бұрын

My parents brought me to see the Carpenters when I was 14, here in Las Vegas, in 1978. We had good seats.

@user-xh8ii2hj6r

Ай бұрын

​@@TheBandit7613 Never seen them in concert... you're very lucky! I grew up in Downey and Karen and Richard would drive by our house and wave at us...in their Carpenters Van! Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school California USA ♥️🇺🇲... PS. I was on that crew that put that floor in at St. Rose hospital in Henderson if you ever been there...✌️

@richardea4223

13 күн бұрын

​@@user-xh8ii2hj6rEven to have them to drive by your house and wave at you is truly a blessing.

Two of my favorite groups merging: Carpenters singing an Abba song. Makes my heart happy.

Incredible voice , always hits the notes

RIP also to guitarist Tony Peluso. He and Richard were groundbreakers, by introducing a distorted guitar solo in a ballad. They rarely get credit for that- and it became a normal thing after that

@vayabroder729

3 ай бұрын

Wow; didn’t know he had died. Sad.

Magic is what they created. I love them so much. ❤

From late 70s along the whole 80s, John Davidson was everywhere.

@bjr4567

4 ай бұрын

You're dating him a bit late. He was already making a splash by the mid 60's.

I first learned about eating disorders because of her. She was a very special human being.

@eastfiftyseven

3 ай бұрын

None of us has heard of anorexia before Karen, the sweet songstress

What a gem Karen Carpenter was. Her beautiful singing lives on.

That's a TIGHT group of music musicians!!

8:20 I am happy she sings Japanese song as a Japanese fan.

Karen looked very healthy in this clip. She sounded happy and very confident. It’s hard to imagine she got so sick and in 4-5 years she would be gone. Such a beautiful voice!

@rodbirch5876

4 ай бұрын

highly recommend the book "Little Girl Blue", sad but great insight into her life. Her mom was a monster, and her "husband" was a POS. Super sad, she was such an angel beyond just that incredible voice.

She sings for god now ❤❤❤❤❤

Davidson's hair... What can you say- bizarrely beautiful.

It breaks my heart that she never believed that she was really good, the best. If only she heard it from her family.

Karen singing in Japanese just made my day. Thanks Karen from 15 March 2024. 😁

Her voice was PURE GOLD - a PURE GOLD BELL

Wow! She had an incredible, emotional storytelling voice.

Such a unique voice. Always so listenable. Karen certainly had a great gift, she deserved a much better outcome. RIP Ms. Carpenter. And, thank you for the many wonderful memories!

The greatest vocalist ever.

@aliali-ce3yf

2 ай бұрын

that would be Judy Garland

@user-fb3vd8yn5i

Ай бұрын

@@aliali-ce3yf Judy is great, but don't ruin the thread...

The exact date of this was on June 27, 1978. Karen was then 28, less than 5 years to live. Mar. 2, 1950 - Feb. 4, 1983.

A voice made from heaven where she is since a long time now and I'm sure the angel's choir is as excited about her as everybody else here on earth

What a lovely group, a lovely woman, and that voice!

Karen Carpenter looks so good here! So sad she suffered from Anorexia & passed only a few years later! God Bless her!🙏🏻❤️

@jeffreyschwartzberg7827

5 ай бұрын

Karen looked thin & a little drawn in her face.She was probably going through problems a few years before she passed.RIP Karen.

@corra7

5 ай бұрын

She looked ill here …beginning of the end. Too thin.

@dee1955

4 ай бұрын

Karen looked like she was very much in the midst of her anorexia or bullemia

@garetcrossman6626

3 ай бұрын

She looks extremely beautiful here!❤❤❤

@molmer2380

3 ай бұрын

​@jeffreyschwartzberg7827 Was gonna comment the same.

Good god, this is captivating. They were so everywhere at that time I just never got to appreciate them as a young boy. I remember thinking it was too maudlin and depressing. . . With some age, man, how could you not be swept away by her performance? Wow, she was so savvy, adorable and fantastically talented! Not hard to see why people were so devastated by her death. What a treasure! Thanks for posting this!

The Carpenters invented the power ballad that so many hair band rockers of the 80's did. Goodbye To Love. Richard told the guitar player to wail and jam at the end of the song. Viola! The power ballad was born.

Girl can saaaaang 👏👏

She' s so beautiful and funny.

This is what I call musical Royalty!

Such a pure, beautiful, amazing voice!

She looked just as beautiful and sweet and sexy as she sounded. She was definitely a beautiful woman inside and out. She was really great. It was really sad that she passed away at such a young age. She had so much going for her. I think that her music and her memories will live on forever

Two incredibly talented musicians Thank you for all the great times, memories, and joy you have given to us! Talented Personified and so much appreciated❤

I never tire of listening to her voice. RIP Karen.

She seem like such a nice person

This appearance is when Karen was at the very top of her career... she never looked or sounded better. Still heartbroken 41 years after she left us.

WOW! Never seen this before! I’m seeing Richard - Sept 2024 in concert in the UK. Got front row seats! Just saw ABBA VOYAGE virtual concert in London for the second time. To see Karen sing ABBA is just WONDERFUL! 🤷‍♂️ Carpenters - thank YOU for the music!

@user-gh8xi2nq4v

4 ай бұрын

Oh wow. What sort of stuff will he be doing do you think?

Awesome!! 😁 Miss ya Karen...no other vocal has ever matched yours yet..Amazing!!

Wish she could have been saved! Too many young woman have passed away with this horrible condition! What a tragic loss!

Her voice was musical honey!

@prettypennyschannel

5 ай бұрын

And chocolate ❤.

Her voice was that of an angel.

She looks so good here and healthy and happy.

Her Voice has never been equaled..

@jazzlover9050

5 ай бұрын

And I think never will !

Amazing it’s been 40 years since her death and still you hear her music almost everyday.

Such a beautiful voice. Sounds so sweet n clear!! ❤

The most angelic voice ever in my lifetime, she's singing now in heaven and probably has her own band. ❤❤

Thank you for sharing this video. We got to see Karen healthy, playful, and joyful, while our last images of her were sad. It was wonderful how the siblings highlighted the band on the highly popular late night show of the day.

@catnip824

5 ай бұрын

Sadly, she wasn't "healthy" here---she was already losing weight and trying to hide it.

@stevetournay6103

5 ай бұрын

​@@catnip824 Yes. KC had begun to develop anorexia about 1975, and the effects were very visible by the time the famous video of her drumming in concert in London was shot the following year. Also, with this Tonight Show appearance being from 1978, Richard will have been having medical trouble of his own, having become hooked on painkillers following minor surgery. He would take most of 1979 off, and that year Karen would record her abortive solo album. Richard, to his great credit, kicked the addiction that was menacing him, but Carpenters would never again be the juggernaut they were in the early 70s...

They were an amazing team, Karen and Richard were a music sensation, I miss them both, Karen left us way too soon, I thank God we still have Richard, a warm and wonderful man.

WOW!!! Her voice was so magical. 🙂

The most tragic thing ever losing her❤ im sure she never really knew how incredible she was. She helped me thru my teens❤

I was 15 when Karen passed. I weep now as I did then on the thoughts of what Karen still had to offer the world. We were truly robbed of such wonderful music still yet to be. Still, will celebrate every single one of the gifts she gave during her short time on this planet. Thank you for posting this. Absolutely amazing. On a side note...what ever happened to John Davidson. I remember him being everywhere during the late 70's...then gone in a flash.

Richard and Karen were always musically perfect, and John Davidson-wow what a hunk!

@624radicalham

5 ай бұрын

Most people even back then could see through the ridiculousness of a grown man styling his hair like a 70's child.

My mother took my brother and I to Vegas the summer of 1978, I was 12years old, and we saw the Carpenters appear at the old MGM next to the Flamingo Hilton, David Brenner was the opening act. I still tell people about our adventure on occasion. Also saw George Burns and Debbie Reynolds at the Riveria then Any Williams and I forget the other act at Cesars. 3 night and 3 shows before heading to LA.

@tanastoiberg7981

4 ай бұрын

Lucky you. I was supposed to see the Carpenters at Harrah's Lake Tahoe when i was on vacation with my parents as i turned 13 in 1977. The show offered coctails and i wasn't allowed to go as a minor. I regret that i never saw her perform. What a beautiful voice! She seemed like she had a comical personality and it would have been a pleasure to meet Karen and her brother Richard. I so wish she was still here to bring so many of her longtime fans joy. However, i'm glad she is at peace and no longer has to suffer from anorexia nervosa. Thank you for posting this video. 🎵🎤🎹💕💕

So so hauntingly beautiful

"Ya get one shot at it", says Karen, with a slight chuckle...knowing she almost never needed more than that. Superstar, which they perform here, is a prime example. The lead vocal on Carpenters' hit single recording of that Leon Russell classic is not just a first take, but the first time Karen ever sang the song. She was a marvel... Davidson's offhand remark about "the rest of their lives" is unintentionally mordant, isn't it.

@chriserskine6377

5 ай бұрын

One of the best pop songs ever. Haunting, beautifully performed.

Damn that's talent right there guys ❤ Get those closing drums 🥁 👌

Karen loved playing the drums. Love that she gave a big shout out to Cubby O'Brien ❤❤

In listening to this clip late night with headphones, it really brings back memories of a talented artist, which left us way too soon. RIP Karen.

That voice. And she gives a great interview.

ABBA and Carpenters are good :)

Such a beautiful woman and so sad she left so soon ..

Wow, I forgot how many hits they had! Karen's voice as clear as a bell. Takes me right back to the early 70s.

Beautiful voices for a beautiful time 😢

What a great performance !!! thanks for sharing this gem.

What a winning, charming, fun, funny, animated, sweet personality

Karen and Richard Carpenter always had great musicians backing them - Tony Peluso on electric guitar, Bob Messenger on stand-up bass and flute, Cubby O'Brien on drums, etc.!

@NKomarov

6 ай бұрын

I don't hear any electric guitar in the first gig. I wonder where the sound went...

@fr0103

5 ай бұрын

@@NKomarov The guitar was running direct but definitely had issues in their first song. It cleared up in the medley. What I found most impressive was the drummer had only overhead and kick drum mics to balance with the rest of the band. Cubby O'Brien really had to pound to cut through all of the trons. A lot of raw energy and super tight; they sounded / played like a real road band.

@chriserskine6377

5 ай бұрын

Never heard of Cubby O'Brien. The dude can play, and I imagine Karen had high standards. She was a terrific drummer herself.@@fr0103

@dmmedic34

5 ай бұрын

@@chriserskine6377 Cubby was an original Mouseketeer!

@Glennn7

5 ай бұрын

Do you happen to know the name of the blonde guy on the far right doing backing vocals and tambourine? Thank you.

I really treasure these live versions of their BEST song: Superstar. Not many on KZread.

She was only 28 there... would live only another give years. Died in 1983 at only 33-years-old. Poor girl...

When the girls saw Karen doing that drums solo in Mar y Sol music festival in Vega Baja beach 1971 in PR they said “ girls power “.

One of my favorites episodes to watch. I remember the original episode and always hoped to see it again.Karen's voice is just beautiful here. 2-4--83 today 2-4-24 Miss You and Love You Forever Karen!❤

I Love Karen... And MUCH respect to Richard...

Karen is so sweet and down to earth ❤

Cubby O’Brien from the Mickey Mouse Club on drums… He’s a word class drummer…🥁

If a voice could be genius...she had it. I know that sounds weird to write.... but this is always how I've felt about her.

@martyc2637

4 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean. Whenever she sings Superstar there are no words.

Richard is kind of “chillin”on the ludes during this show . LOL

Karen Carpenter was so uniquely cool and she just never knew it. So sad she compared herself to so many others that she could not take good care of herself! She was above them all. Hope she is in Heaven feeling loved.

She could sing the phonebook !!

Voice of an angel, wish she had known how amazing she was 😢❤!

She looks fabulous! This was 5 years before her death.

ABBA and Carpenters, that must have been some kind of wonderful show!!!😊😊😊

Her voice was so perfect! I have kinda giggle at the enormous drum set the drummer is playing for such light music. He's set up more for a Rush concert...LOL! Miss Karen.

@barronweand5973

5 ай бұрын

Maybe it was for her as she was a top-notch drummer

Karen was so beautiful and sweet ❤

You Nailed my Man!! Top 2 for Sure!!

I have a talent.... She certainly had an amazing voice. The world is less in in absence.