No backing tracks, no auto-tune, no computer generated sounds, everyone playing instruments, and it still sounds better than today’s music 😂. It’s mind boggling that she was only 22 during this performance

@peterchios9637

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct STUPENDOUS comment. SHINE ON 💎 🎼☮️🤝👊🇨🇦

@peterchios9637

4 ай бұрын

Let's not forget she was a great drummer also. Keep Shinning 🎼☮️👊

@joesmith6357

4 ай бұрын

Agree100%

@joesmith6357

4 ай бұрын

Scotty , beam me back to 1973

@mikefitchNYC1971

4 ай бұрын

Amen. 🙏

Unbelievable Voice!!! Perfect Pitch. No one sounds like KAREN CARPENTER!!! Greatest female singer EVER

@jdfreeman5168

9 күн бұрын

We have another great one rising, Tori Holub. And Richard Carpenter knows of and has met her.

Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa combined is still just a fraction of the talent of this woman.

@peterkoulogeorgiou9255

Ай бұрын

Very true your right

@Therapistmind

Ай бұрын

Amen!

@gasmith7486

20 күн бұрын

None of these people have talent!! What are you talking about?

@paulk9985

20 күн бұрын

The most truthful statement I have seen in YEARS !

@shirtlesslager

18 күн бұрын

Not just talent, but dedication. Karen and Richard practiced their butts off, rehearsed, and really worked. Lots of performances, too.

Best female voice in the business. Period.

@robertreese3523

3 ай бұрын

Linda Ronstadt has her beat.

@johncolquitt3086

3 ай бұрын

I've always said she just had such a unique voice, heavenly. I know it's an opinion but to me she's the best female voice of all time.

@TheLarryBrown

3 ай бұрын

@@robertreese3523 Linda is very good but didn't quite find the right character for her talent. She's nowhere close to the icon that is Karen and her voice. I'll look it up but I'm guessing that Karen beat her record sales ten to one.

@robertreese3523

3 ай бұрын

@@TheLarryBrown That’s like comparing Mozart to Salieri. Linda could sing anything Karen could sing equally as well. Karen however would not be remotely able to cover the various genre’s of music that Linda did. I’m a fan of Karen’s myself but overall musically, she doesn’t hold a candle to Linda.

@jefftaylor844

3 ай бұрын

No, that title belongs to Linda Ronstand.

See how lovely she acknowledges the audience cheers by a angelic bow. RIP sweet lady.

One of the best vocalists of all time. Great harmony.

@ruabonehead

2 ай бұрын

She just doesn’t miss a note. She’s musically unmatched.

@dawnmichelleseidlgodsey120

2 ай бұрын

It's at 333 likes so I am liking in the comments ❤👍

@dawnmichelleseidlgodsey120

2 ай бұрын

Her and Olivia Newton -John

@gcrichman53

2 ай бұрын

Yes Karen had a great singing voice even obviously live.

@zaqwsx2811

Ай бұрын

The best

My grandmother grew up with Karen and Richard Carpenter in Downey, California and always told me nothing but good stories about them. RIP Grandma and Karen.😢

@jenniferhansen3622

3 ай бұрын

Oh wow! That's awesome! 😊

@TerryM-eu5ou

2 ай бұрын

Born and early raised in New Haven Connecticut..parents move to Downey California in 1963…about 20 minutes from my neighborhood in Connecticut..I loved playing their tunes when I was in radio in Hartford..a pleasure..😊

@staysane5603

2 ай бұрын

Wow that must’ve been something else living next to them.

@bricks1012

2 ай бұрын

I lived in Downey too. I met Karen twice in the last two months before she died. The second time was the week before. I worked at the Los Cerritos Mall. I helped Karen and her mother shop for presents for her father. She seemed really shy and humble when I complimented her.

@jenniferhansen3622

2 ай бұрын

@@bricks1012 Thank you for sharing that! 🤗

I can literally "smell" the 70's in this. Sitting on my couch with my grandmother, watching late night TV on a wildly flowered sofa, the smell of linoleum from the kitchen flooring, wood paneling in the living room. Would love to go back to a much simpler time and place.

@joniheisenberg

3 ай бұрын

Love your comment.❤

@jannydots3870

3 ай бұрын

A gold couch for me, or possibly laying on the shag carpet😔😮‍💨

@anthonyszy7191

3 ай бұрын

Best elevator music ever!

@vasil12361

3 ай бұрын

I'm getting a weird sinking feeling knowing those days are gone forever.

@95KIPPIE

2 ай бұрын

Yes, me too! Wonderful memories!!

Paul McCartney has said that she had "the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive". She has been called "one of the greatest voices of our lifetime" by Elton John....Google.

@paulk9985

20 күн бұрын

Once Karen was leaving a restaurant while John Lennon was walking in. He said to her, "I want to tell you love, I think you've got a fabulous voice." And he just walked on. Surprisingly, she asked her friend if he thought he really meant it. He kept telling her, yes, he really meant it.

@janebraun4482

10 күн бұрын

@@paulk9985 Heard that story, I thought it was in a building but perhaps not. LA it was perhaps when JL lived there for a bit.

@deniss.3458

6 күн бұрын

They both were right.

Her voice is pure velvet.

@JL-zn7me

3 ай бұрын

That is a perfect and beautiful way to describe Karen’s voice. I only wish we had many more years with her on this earth.

@janabell3810

3 ай бұрын

@@JL-zn7meThank you. I wish she was still here too.

@frankmontez6853

Ай бұрын

Dione Warwick a close friend said her music was like silk ❤

The voice of an angel while fighting inner demons. Wonderful performance .

@dannydougin3925

4 ай бұрын

She was not fighting at this time. That came late 1974...

@spydergkh6337

4 ай бұрын

I know... So sad. I've read the Ray Coleman book, and 'Little Girl Blue' by Randy Schmidt. It's a tough read in some places that will bring a tear to your eyes. I recommend it.

@MrAdvance2go

3 ай бұрын

Watching this and knowing she has only 9 years left, combined with her sweetness, causes me sadness. Funny that I should have these emotions evoked 41years later

@freeguy77

3 ай бұрын

@@MrAdvance2go Only 4 days in losing 4 icons I know by memory, and I'm sure you know who each one is: Feb. 3, 1959. Sep. 20, 1973. Dec. 8, 1980. Feb. 4, 1983. "Rainy Days and Mondays" and 'Goodbye to Love" are my favorites of those she sings here, and her Christmas classic, "Merry Christmas Darling" of all she did. "Goodbye to Love" and "Merry Christmas Darling" almost always sends me to tears, and that was when I heard the songs in the early-1970s. I never feel that way from any song in the pop-rock era, but her exquisite, 3-octave, rare contralto voice does that to me. An expert drummer, that people forget she was praised by many of the best, but it was her voice that was the best of any female singer I've heard, or ever will hear. She deserved better in her marriage, never having the children she desperately wanted, and then losing her life over something almost nobody heard of until that day I'll never forget where I was, hearing it on the radio news.

@m42037

3 ай бұрын

Many lost to the demon's since then. Delores O'Riordan is one, sad

To play the drums while singing to that level of perfection is practically unheard of.

@zquark1

3 күн бұрын

Agree. The Warning is a hard rock band from Monterey, Mexico, comprising the three Villarreal sisters. Paulina ("Pau"), the drummer, can play percussion and sing like nobody's business. It's a different genre, but her talent is the closest I've seen to Karen Carpenter's in the past 50+ years. Pau currently is 22, about the same age as Karen when this Tonight Show appearance was recorded.

Voice of the century. Every time I hear her, my heart soaks it in. Loved her since the first time I heard her and became a lifetime fan. I pray she is resting in peace ❤

@rayshuler7293

3 ай бұрын

In Heaven.

@philippesauvie639

3 ай бұрын

I hear she may be a back up singer for Elvis.😃

@williamM-18

3 ай бұрын

​@philippesauvie639 your mother would know 😊

@staysane5603

2 ай бұрын

Yeah she’s the best they’re the best. But it’s bittersweet listening to their music knowing everything she went through. I remember hearing it on the radio when she passed away. Some guys I was riding with were chuckling and I thought that was so horrible that they would laugh at that. Anyway, you know it was a men’s world back then and that’s another reason that she had to get off the drums I think. And they wanted her to just perform mainly you know take that microphone, but they also weren’t very familiar with good women drummers either

@chrysalissartorious7648

2 ай бұрын

@@rayshuler7293 And away from her &^%$! mother.

Her voice continues to give me goosebumps. Never saw this performance. We're so lucky to have known her.

@JL-zn7me

3 ай бұрын

I feel the exact same, pure chills. She was one of a kind and no one will ever compare. She had a God given talent… you don’t experience that these days.

@kinezo1961

2 ай бұрын

You need to hear Tori Holub sing Karen Carpenters. 99.99% the same. Gave me major goosebumps.

@margiecarol2944

2 ай бұрын

​@@kinezo1961Who's Tori Holub?🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢

She has by far the best voice I have ever heard....so pure and natural.

@user-yy5fx6qo5l

21 күн бұрын

yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia

This is so incredible. Thanks to Karen and Richard for giving us so much beautiful music.

She was A ONE OF A KIND!!!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. her voice is flawless, and there will never be another like her. ❤ RIP Karen.

@asdfzxcv3617

3 ай бұрын

Her voice was wonderful.

I'm 62 and forget how beatiful her voice was and a killer drummer

@TheBandit7613

3 ай бұрын

They should have let Karen play the drums as much as she wanted. She LOVED playing drums and not allowing her to drum was a serious amount of stress on her. The sessions drummer, Hal Blain, sure was an excellent drummer though.

@lisaburns8597

2 ай бұрын

In this clip, I could swear her singing is stronger when she's drumming. Strange as that sounds.

@TheBandit7613

2 ай бұрын

@@lisaburns8597 Karen got upset when she couldn't play drums. She loved playing drums, almost more than singing. The record companies gave her a hard time, they wanted her to stand there and sing only. It caused stress that she didn't need.

@reneemcgowan5684

Ай бұрын

​@@TheBandit7613 Yes, she is reported to have considered herself "a drummer who sings."

@tomcrown69

7 күн бұрын

Karen is a drummer who sings. In the seventh and even today she is considered one of the best drummer ever.

This was a live performance. While most singers only sound good with the help of a studio engineer, her voice was near perfect straight out of her mouth. Amazing!

@SueRosalie

3 ай бұрын

In the studio she was known as "one take Karen" and just never made mistakes.

Loved Karen Carpenter's voice. She was a gift to us from the heavens .... But it does make me cry every time I hear her knowing how she died.

@Jaquableu

3 ай бұрын

I prefer to bask in the lovely memories of her life.

@SlickArmor

3 ай бұрын

How'd she die? Home comfortably in bed with mom? How awful. 😅

@TheRochester45

3 ай бұрын

Me too!

@suemasson5823

2 ай бұрын

I cry not because she died so young but because her vocal timbre just reaches all humanity. Everyone cries when they hear her sad 😢songs cuz she's amazing. No one can touch her where she takes in a song.

@CCM104

Ай бұрын

How about she died alone from heart failure. Her mother found her dead on the floor.

She was an absolute doll in every way....

Scotty! Beam me back to 1973😊

And here I am, 70 years old in 2024, still infatuated with this beautiful woman. A very long love affair with Karen's voice and genuine, vulnerability & charm. Thanks to Richard for so selflessly promoting her as the uniquely talented musician & singer loved by so many.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Carpenters! What a beautiful voice!

@cornight881

4 ай бұрын

Me too..what an angei

@user-yy5fx6qo5l

21 күн бұрын

yeah absolutely I’ve been married for 32years I was 22 and he was 26. he got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without him. He took a major hit the treatment was horrible for him. I could not do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss Him everyday.. seeing this makes me miss him even more I come to this page all the time just to have that nostalgia

One minute into the medley and I'm reduced to teary eyed goosebumps, which is something that Karen's voice has been doing to me since I was 11 years old... She was definitely blessed with a kiss on the cheek from God, that's for sure... Rest In Paradise, little drummer girl... ❤🥁

@karenleemallonee684

4 ай бұрын

Beautifully said! 🤍🩷🤍

@cruiseguitar

4 ай бұрын

Your comment is very touching ..”definitely blessed with a kiss on the cheek from God”..”Rest in Paradise, little drummer girl” wow❤️👍🙏🌈🥲 thank you.

"The drummer that could sing " .. she was an incredible talent . Beautiful voice. We miss you Karen !

@logangodofcandy

3 ай бұрын

Lots of people can sing well and play an instrument as well. Ronnie James Dio was told that he can be a good singer and bass guitarist or he can be great at one. He chose to be one of the greatest metal vocalists. Karen dropped drums to sing better than anybody in recordings and stage. There are probably so many more like them out there.

@myownboss1

3 ай бұрын

Phil Collins….

Karen and Richard were nothing short of phenomenal. Their music is immortal.

All I can say that this duo of brother and sister was one of the most precious heavenly gifts to humanity.

The finest voice in music ever to walk this earth

Live music was amazing. No lip sync!

@lemdixon01

4 ай бұрын

And no prerecorded backing track. The harmonies sound better here even though its live.

Karen had such a beautiful voice of an angel. She left us too soon.

Karen was SO beautiful at that point in time. It's so sad that she had no one in her life to tell her how beautiful (inside & out) she was everyday. Such a sad little girl with an angel's voice. LOVE you Karen.

@Randysgirl

3 ай бұрын

"Sad little girl"?

@rayc4244

3 ай бұрын

Sorry - I meant "Incredibly happy big woman." Better?@@Randysgirl

@graemeflatman5128

3 ай бұрын

Sad and exhausted even with work load.

@beverlywilliams7278

3 ай бұрын

She truly was a beautiful woman and singer. I had heard that her mother was very hard on her..always putting her down for her "weight" and pretty much telling her she was no one without Richard.

@reginasemenenko148

3 ай бұрын

Yes. I heard her Mother was very controlling.​@@beverlywilliams7278

Hard to believe last year was 40 years since dear Karen left us. I remember it so well. Truly so talented and missed.

@Theaddora

3 ай бұрын

One of the few times a performer died that brought tears to my eyes.

@nicholasandrian5580

2 ай бұрын

Sad to think that she could easily have been alive all these years, born same year as my younger sister, Cheryl.

Had the pleasure to meet Karen while on a service call to repair a video projector she owned... Sometime in 1980. She was very friendly and seemed very interested on what I was doing. As I was leaving, she asked me if I would like a picture oh her, which she signed. Wish I still had it! There was void left in this world since she passed.

@bjr4567

4 ай бұрын

She was amazingly down to earth as many have attested.

@mangojulie123

2 ай бұрын

What? You had a signed picture of Karen and you lost it??? You should still have it and it should have been framed!

@vanessaconnor8775

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Can you remember where this occurred? Was it at the house in Downey or her apartment in Century City? Not really important I guess, I'm just curious 😆

@wargeocarl

Ай бұрын

@@vanessaconnor8775 It was the Century City apartment. I remember thinking how modest it was.

I'm 63 years old. I was 13 when this was recorded. My late sister was a HUGE Carpenters fan. I never really appreciated them back then as Carpenters weren't one of the "cool bands". As I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate them, especially Karen's amazing voice. Unfortunately, my sister died when we were both in our early 30's. I'd give anything to sit down with my sister now and listen to them.

Karen had the purest natural voice. And her phrasing is perfection.

Her voice brings so much emotion to the surface within me. I get teary eyed listening to that beautiful vibrato in her voice.

@metalEric69

4 ай бұрын

I had that feeling back in '74 when I first heard her, I couldn't have been six, and I never forgot

@metalEric69

4 ай бұрын

I might have been a year or two older but who's counting

@tonikimpel7891

4 ай бұрын

I can't remember how old I was when I saw them at Circle Star Theater either. Who knew what would have happened to Karen 😢

@amandacroft1019

3 ай бұрын

Me too, brings a tear to my eye because her voice is ever so beautiful to our minds and souls, thank God that she existed ❤

@denisephillips1711

3 ай бұрын

The Whitney Houston of that generation.

Karen had an amazing voice and such a sweet heart. They really did well. Grew up listening to them. Awesome guests

@lvelez1999

4 ай бұрын

So does Richard

@genewortell-do7nn

3 ай бұрын

Great!!! Singer!! And a nice!! Lady!! Too!!!!!!!!!!, Miss her! Bad. !!!!!!!!!!!...........

One of the few artists that sounded the same live as in recordings!

@user-yy5fx6qo5l

21 күн бұрын

I remember seeing this when it originally aired. Karen was special.. and she was 22 or 23 at the time I was so excited that my wife started laughing right along when she realized what she was seeing which Honestly has been a really good source of happiness for me ever since I lost my wife so many years ago i was married for 42years I was 24 and she was 20. She got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without her. She took a major hit the treatment was horrible for her. I could do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss her everyday. Mothers are the glue that holds everyone together.. it broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.

Shes the best singer to ever live, beautiful, pretty, kind and awsome voice!

I hope this gets a million hits in a week. 😍

No female voice has ever surpassed. Gosh I miss her.

I'd call this a supernatural voice...the vocals at the end...give me chills.

@maryblaufuss7533

2 ай бұрын

I was very little during the pinnacle of the Carpenters' popularity. Even at that young age, when one of their songs was played on the radio, I remember thinking the little kid equivalent of, Holy ____! That's incredible! What does this woman look like?

Real music real people, no computers. Gone forever. I am so grateful to have lived during this time. It was nothing at all like today. Those who were not there, can not even begin to understand how much better everything was.

Awe!!! Precious. I was a young mother of a toddler and a 7month old. Watched Johnny Carson at 11 or 11:30 pm with fresh drip coffee as my babies were asleep. I miss yesteryears immensely. The world has become painful ♥️🌹

@billblendick9780

3 ай бұрын

Well framed ! Your verbal picture is very clear and vivid ! Would give up my “kingdom “to go back !!!!

@johnschultz9023

Ай бұрын

Llamapajama If there was a way to get back to that era, I'm sure there would be multitudes of people that would go and never come back. A very descriptive way of putting it----The world has become painful.

@janebraun4482

10 күн бұрын

So many of us feel that way, thought is was just me for a while. We long for those times.

My god what a voice

Richard Carpenter was vital to her success. He selected the songs, wrote the arrangements, and oversaw recording sessions. He deserves far more credit than he gets.

@bjr4567

4 ай бұрын

He also wrote quite a few of their biggest hits.

@cruiseguitar

4 ай бұрын

Richard Carpenter was a pop music genius musician as far as I’m concerned, almost on a level if not equal to ( just different music genre style wise) Brian Wilson as an arranger/ producer- he clearly is/ was the maestro of the Carpenters, who were all obviously top level musicians- what skill on display here. Karen was an absolute wonder as a drummer and vocalist of course, her once in a lifetime voice was the shining jewel at the center of all those great Carpenters songs, something in her vocal tone was universal,anyone who heard it felt it.. even if they weren’t consciously aware of it.

@tonyparrish9216

3 ай бұрын

He was also responsible for her death.

@bjr4567

3 ай бұрын

@@tonyparrish9216 What are you going on about? Karen and Richard were very close. They had a great working relationship into the bargain. He was very protective of her image so yes, he was a tad controlling to that extent. But she looked up to him as a role model, and had massive respect for his talents.

@michaeltnewyorknights8413

2 ай бұрын

​@@bjr4567he was more than "a tad".

Richard was 27 (b. Oct. 15, 1946 New Haven, CT), Karen 23. One of the rare times I've seen her sing and drum at the same time. She called herself, "a drummer who sang." Her drumming was praised by Hal Blaine, Cubby O'Brien, and Buddy Rich. You can't get much higher praise than that! As for her singing: her exquisitely gorgeous voice was beyond superb! No other female singer (my opinion) can touch how deeply her songs hit your emotions, as if she believed exactly what she was singing. Her rare contralto (lowest-range for female singers), gave her that emotional power, and 3-octave range made their songs that more emphatic. Richard is now 77. Karen only had a little more than 9 years after this performance, where she looked sensational. Only 32,, the world misses her singing more than ever! Karen Anne Carpenter, 32 (Mar. 2, 1950 New Haven, CT -Feb. 4, 1983 Downey, CA).

@jorgehenrique7415

3 ай бұрын

Seu depoimento e muito lindo um forte abraço saúde.

Such clean vocals.

@cruiseguitar

4 ай бұрын

I know, I’ve never heard such perfect blend and intonation on live harmony vocals, and they were sophisticated, complex harmonies too.. amazing!

I want to cry every time I hear Karen sing. Rest in peace with the angels.

@Iamdust78

Ай бұрын

Fallen angels, come find out why i say that.

The greatest singer ever.

❤❤❤ NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER JOHNNY CARSON NOR KAREN CARPENTER 🌹🌹🌹

What a civil, gentler, more respectful time in America. Those days are so gone.

@JoeBilello1969

2 ай бұрын

Hang on tight because you haven't seen anything yet😢

@sequoiasemperviren3163

2 ай бұрын

@@JoeBilello1969 Sadly, you are correct.

@Marcos5pb

Ай бұрын

It wasn't just in America, but in several countries!😮

@sequoiasemperviren3163

Ай бұрын

@@Marcos5pbI cannot argue with you but I find Finland and Canada to be just as gracious and kind today as they were back in the 60's.

@Marcos5pb

Ай бұрын

@@sequoiasemperviren3163 Yes and other places too, but these are isolated cases, the world in general is degrading, unfortunately!

Never knew they were THAT GOOD on instruments, I knew they were pros but, super pros? So flawless and tight and perfect pitch and ALWAYS her emotion wrenching pristine angelic voice and and and.......forget it. Breathtaking. With just that touch of melancholy for dear Karen. How sweet and beautiful she was.

@marvinmurakami8828

2 ай бұрын

Karen is a superb and respected drummer.

@maryblaufuss7533

2 ай бұрын

@@marvinmurakami8828 She inspired the famous lady drummer Dorothea Taylor.

There’s nothing more beautiful than a woman on drums. She looked so happy. When I see her in heaven I’m giving her the biggest hug from one drummer to another.❤❤❤

@zquark1

3 күн бұрын

Do I ever agree! The closest in talent I've seen since Karen Carpenter is Paulina "Pau" Villarreal, drummer and vocalist for the three sisters who comprise the hard rock band The Warning from Monterey, Mexico. A different, hard-driving style, but Pau can bring it on the drums and singing as if Karen's soul is with her.

1973 was a GREAT year! So much amazing music and entertainment being churned out around the world then.

@user-le5qb5fd2i

4 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.

@user-le5qb5fd2i

4 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.

@user-le5qb5fd2i

4 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.

@user-le5qb5fd2i

4 ай бұрын

Karen Carpenter had a voice that's inimitable - warm, fresh and natural tone. Richard's arrangements were impeccable. Together, they crafted classic and sophisticated pop music tunes that will be loved and respected forever.

@spydergkh6337

4 ай бұрын

Oh yes! 'Now & Then'' was released in 1973. As was, ELP's 'Brain Salad Surgery'. Interestingly enough, I saw the Carpenters on February 2nd, 1974 at the Tucson Community Center, and ELP there on February 22nd, 1974. 🤠 I've often wondered how many other people attended both of those shows.

Definitely a LIVE performance, which was rare on national television even back then. Richard is an amazing musician and arranger. Karen’s voice was and is still incomparable.

Voice of an angel!

Richard and Karen Carpenter.❤ Absolute Geniuses in the music industry. The right people, the right place, and the right time. New styles and sounds from Southern California to the entire world! 🇺🇸 So proud to have been able to enjoy and experience the magic of the Carpenters as it was happening in the 1970's. Be thankful for the music lessons that your parents made you take. 🎹🎺🥁🎻

Karen Carpenter was an Angel 😇 sent from Heaven and left us way too soon! One of the most beautiful voices ever heard! The compositions are the direct result of her brother Richard Carpenter who really played to Karen’s strengths as a singer! I LOVE ❤️ the music of The Carpenters! RIP Karen! I’m a drummer and I tell you Karen was right in there with all the great jazz and rock drummers of her day! I loved that she played traditional grip with the left stick on the snare and the hand speed she demonstrated around the kit! Of course most know her for her outstanding alto vocals but don’t be fooled because Karen was also a marvelous drummer! I learned a lot by watching her performances! Hats off to Karen Carpenter: drummer and singer 🎤🥁extraordinaire!

The Carpenters have a timeless and silky sound - their songs have given me chills for 40 years.

Karen was a world class drummer. She had such a great command of the drums and she played with such feeling. It's surprising she didn't play more on the Carpenters recordings. Most of the drum work was played by session drumming legend Hal Blaine.

@bangosdemangos416

4 ай бұрын

All true - Hal said as much himself. Cubby O'Brien does a good job here in the live backing band.

@kathyporter9193

4 ай бұрын

They wouldn’t let her. She was THE voice and they needed her out front. She wanted to play the drums because it kept her “hidden”. Her anorexia became worse when they put her out front with the increased exposure. You can tell it in this video. She was magical. I cried for hours when I heard she had passed. Her and Jim Croce. ❤️❤️

@bjr4567

4 ай бұрын

Jim Gordon and Ron Tutt also contributed quite a bit of drumming on their records.

@spydergkh6337

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely! She got high praise from Buddy Rich, if that says anything! 👍

@TheLarryBrown

4 ай бұрын

​​@@kathyporter9193It's true that Richard didn't let her drum on the records, but not for the reasons you mentioned. Since they are multi-tracking the record she could have played drums and then sang on another take, which is how they did it anyway. Your reasons are why she didn't drum in concert. as shown in this video, yes, she needed to be out front. As for why she didn't drum on the records, it's because she was deemed as not experienced enough in the studio to give the needed result. That was a big mistake because 1: on the records where she does drum, she sounds great. 2: Hal Blaine is not "all that." She would have been better than him because she's a genius, she's an artist, and she's a Carpenter. 3: Many drummers were green in the studio when starting out recording, even Gene Krupa and Ringo, But with time the world gains a great drumming talent. and 4: She sounds like Karen Carpenter. I guess it's the age old concept of "how am I going to become experience in the studio if you don't let me drum on the record?"

Second to none. Best ever, of all time.

A class act. Glad to have grown up in this era.

Simply the greatest alto female voice that God has ever created.

@Iamdust78

Ай бұрын

I have news for you, it's not a woman...

@Iamdust78

Ай бұрын

Not the God of the bible, the goat god.

@Gunners_Mate_Guns

18 күн бұрын

@@Iamdust78 Jackass

I cried when I heard she died. It was as memorable as when John Kennedy died. I remembered what I was doing when I heard it on the radio. Can you imagine what music Karen & her brother would have continued to put out if she hadn’t died. Her song was sung at my wedding as I know it was for many. Such an earth shaking loss. Heartbreaking! 💔

What a great looking young lady. On top of that an awesome drummer. To top that, I think her voice is probably one of the top voices in my lifetime. I am 63 now. Like someone mentioned before, just instruments, and voices. No computer generated additives. Music from deep inside and true talent. What an era of true, down to earth music!!!!!!!! These folks now a days think they have music. Well they are entitled to their opinion. Thank The Good Lord, I grew up in the best musical era. 60 s and moving forward!!!!

I was 13 years old when this show aired live, and I was already a Carpenters fan. We were singing their songs in Choir all the time in the 1970's. Now 50 years later I'm even a bigger Carpenters fan! 🌹💕🌹💕

@beverlywilliams7278

3 ай бұрын

I was 12 and was always a fan of hers! I remember the day she died...so sad!

Thanks for posting this. God I loved her voice. She’s so very missed. ❤❤❤

Superstar is her best recording...

Thanks for posting this bit of nostalgia which brings back such happy memories, and melancholy thoughts of the loss of this young, energetic, talent.

Karen Carpenter sure was charming and beautiful!

IMHO, the GOAT voice. What talent this sister and brother combo had.

@rajsuss

4 ай бұрын

John Lennon agreed regarding Karen’s voice.

@thomastaylor9237

4 ай бұрын

@@rajsuss Yes, and Sir Paul McCartney said of Karen: “the best female voice in the world: melodic, tuneful and distinctive." (NPR, 2013)

@timetowakeup6302

4 ай бұрын

Karen is one of my all time faves, right along with Patsy Cline and Linda Ronstadt.

Love watching Karen play the drums 👍👍🇺🇲

Best drummer I've ever seen. I'm 67. Grew up with them. Loved and LOVE Karen Carpenter for always. Best drummer and purest voice I've seriously EVER heard. So loved, so missed

Her Angley Voice could Heal Our Broken Hearts 💕🥰 With Love to the Whole World !!! An Angel Who has earned Her 🍗 Wings in Heaven !!! We Miss Very Much And Until We Will Meet Again !!! R . I . P . Karen Carpenter !!!

It just takes you back in time doesn’t it? Such happy memories for me.

Beautiful amazing talent

A beautiful singer, woman, soul. Gone too way too soon. But we have these recordings 😢🤗❤️😊

Still Incredible... This is Live Folks !

She looked so happy in the moment

WOW, this was GREAT to see 51 years later! So wonderful to hear their biggest hits performed live and that last song had a bit of a jazz flair mixed in. Their interview was quite interesting and I NEVER knew that VERY scary airplane incident they experienced. OMG, it brought memories to me of airplane crushes that took the lives of some legendary musical performers like Buddy Holly's plane crash. Thank God the Carpenters lived to see another day and keep their musical magic going for many more years until we lost Karen. And the drummer in this video is Cubby O'Brien of the Mouseketeers fame since he played drums for them for a time. Ahh, what memories of yesteryear when REAL music was being played by some VERY talented people. 😎

@floydholder597

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for pointing out Cubby playing the drums, I never would have known that was him without you pointing him out!

@DougCeleste

4 ай бұрын

@@floydholder597 You are very welcome. I just remember him performing with them on the drums for a time. Karen also did a GREAT job on her drumming with that final song on this show while she was singing. OMG, she could do it all and how sad that she left this life so soon. She had the voice of an angel AND could play the drums really well. She is dearly missed by her family, friends and fans! 😢😞

@TheWaldrip

3 ай бұрын

So nicely said “ I miss her so sadly”… and the whole group too , least we forget

The last song would fit in perfectly with the British Prog Rock Scene. Yes....ELP....King Crimson!!!!!! Karen was a really good drummer. The main drummer is really good. The band is really tight and you can see Richard is conducted them all. Then there is Karen's voice. So special and unique. Like she and JOhnny said....there would have been nothing better than seeing and hearing them live to see how truly great they were.

There is no doubt about it KAREN CARPENTER has the best singing voice than any other vocalist in all humanity…❤❤❤

Karen was a treasure and a beautiful woman. How tragic that we lost her at such a young age. Devastating loss of an amazing person and artist.

Love that "Goodbye To Love" fuzzy guitar solo! Fun to see a live performance of it!

@paulschut5873

4 ай бұрын

That was Tony Peluso, who sadly passed away in 2010

@trevour

4 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@paulschut5873 Yep, Carpenters guitarist to the end. 😢

@bjr4567

4 ай бұрын

@@trevour Well, along with Tim May.

@douggoldsmith3209

4 ай бұрын

I'm 73 this year (2024) and that guitar solo in Goodbye to Love STILL makes me have goosebumps all over and earns maximum playback volume every time I hear it! 😂 Been that way since the first time I heard it 50+ years ago!

@allenmaty831

3 ай бұрын

I’ll be 75 next week - Carpenters been my favorites since they 1st appeared- Good Bye to Love has to be one of their best - Tony’s guitar-WOW- Bob Messenger was great on woodwinds…

One of the best singers of all time.

Simply the best female vocalist ever.

70's Music the best.

One of the most beautiful Voices ever heard....

Just lovely the Carpenters !

Every time I hear the Carpenters it makes me cry...So many memories related to their songs and the tragic story of the beautiful Karen Carpenter. So much talent.

"Close to You" remains an American classic! 💐

One of the best vocalist, EVER! Voice is so pure. Did she ever ‘miss’ a note? RIP Karen.

This woman was an angel!!! What a blessed voice!!!

absolutely beautiful

Just stunning vocalist.

She had one of the finest voices in music. So beautiful !The Carpenters were fantastic.

Pitch perfect always ❤

I loved the Carpenters! And yes, gone to soon! ❤