Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago.

Karen was a beautiful person and talent.  Words can't express her level of talent as she was accomplished in so many areas.  In my book, Karen is #1 and I have all her music.  

❤️

It’s quite wonderful how after all these years KC is still remembered so fondly. Such a talented person gone too soon.

An all-time favorite! I had my first "close dance" at a young age ( middle school) with a female while "Close to You" was playing 💘

The Carpenters were a very early influence on me because my older sisters had their albums. I fell in love with Karen's voice way back then and knew pretty much all their songs (still do). To me she has perhaps the "clearest" singing voice of any female artist that's ever lived (at least in the recording age). I don't think she's ever sung a single word that wasn't easy to understand. She's definitely in my top 3 female vocalists of all time, and is probably number 1 on that list.