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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Source: ENTERTAINERS

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you know? And it was such a turnaround, I guess it caught people by surprise.

Source: On the surprising popularity of their soft hits; from a BBC Radio Special Tribute, 1993.
-- Karen Carpenter, (Mar 2 1950-1983), US singer; She sold, with brother Richard, over 80 million records; first hit was Close to You, 1970.


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