Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago.

@77jovian 

And her voice....pretty limited range, pretty limited dynamics and color

Limited? One of the best voices in history. Ask Rick Beato or the Charismatic Voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8gAtbLDnM

@grislybutter like I said, I’m a fan.  She deserves her place among pop history’s best loved.  But she sang in a very narrow range of pitch, dynamics, style and color, things that count for me in the tabulation of the best voice category.

I am no expert. 

@grislybutter "I am no expert."

Me either...and I got one of my first kisses at a junior high school dance with the Carpenters' "Close to You" playing in the background.  She will be forever be among my favorites just for that.

Just listened to The Carpenters - Top Of The World the other night , the clarity of that recording / her voice is mind blowing! RIP..