Oh my goodness. How beautiful! And now Gianluca Paganelli's covering some of his songs. I absolutely love his version too. He's an Italian tenor and it sounds very beautiful in his voice too.
OMG, the voice! i literally start tearing up, just hearing karen sing "impossible" especially the line " i would sell my very soul and not regret it for to live without your love is just impossible!
i can hear her sing anything everyday of my life! truly unforgetable and truly the one and only karen carpenter!
Omy stars, either I forgot this or it's new either way I am smiling widely....Thank you so very much for posting this rare gem, such huge talents they all were.....Too bad Richard didn't continue solo....Yes he made a few more records but nothing compared to when Karen was with him....
Thanks for posting this video ...its indeed gives tremendous uplift when i am down and out....their voices eases all my problems ...physically and mentally.
Really super and almost unbelievable. This video should have millions of hits, but alas, there is to much competition by the cliche crap that passes for music these days
Holy cow...this is like orgasmicly BRILLIANT!! Two of the best of all time together! No matter how many times I hear Karen's entrance to "Its Impossible" I get chills. *sigh* You will always be missed KC!
@thethoughtsofme You're kidding, right? You do understand how loved and adored this woman was by her friends, her high school teachers, fellow musicians, and the public? How so many still miss her to this day and think of her daily? How her ex-boyfriends still cry at the thought of her, in some cases 35 years after she dated them? If you're thinking of Joan Rivers and Bette Midler, they hated everybody out of terrified jealousy.
You won't find too many unkind words said towards Karen.
@improvguru No. The entire anti-authority movement had nothing but visceral contempt for this music and the people who made it. I can understand someone not preferring this music; everyone has their own taste, but to take it to the level of ragging hatred is a whole other monster.
@thethoughtsofme Reviewers actually had no problems with Carpenters music, but criticized their image; the "white bread brother and sister " thing. Rolling Stone Magazine actually wrote "the music is fantastic." Karen herself said that "they reviewed our audience. They didn't touch our music."
Karen is very highly thought of by most musicologists and critics today. She's always ranked as one of the all time great singers.
@improvguru I agree. Karen was well loved by so many and the millions of fans! As far as the dieting, it just went overboard, she couldn;t get her hips of and that is that! So she kept on going on and used even medicin and other strong things to at least not gain. Believe me I know I got them too, No matter how small or big I am they never go. Showbizz drove her in the imaculate looking mode...and that is what took it's toll....
Karen Carpenter will never be forgotten, The fangroup is huge!!
@JennTess1 After much reading and studying of videos and photos, I don't believe that Karen truly had issues with her weight. She went on one diet in the first 25 years of her life, and she hated it. She didn't dress like somebody with body issues. Her illness was related to the loss of her drums and and an attempt to get her family to care about her. She DID want to stop losing weight; it scared her.
There is no evidence that anybody ever called her "fat." She simply wasn't.
@improvguru She was definately anorexic, but their weight often goes up and down and they know they have an illness they just can't shake it. It's almost like telling a schzophrenic to shake it. It is caused by biology and also social problems in their life. I remember seeing her so thin I couldn't stand to watch her. She never lost her voice, but it hurt to see her suffering.
@cooltooth112 Why do you have to bring this subject up? Simply concentrate on the music of two great performers, rather than home in on the medical condition of one, and make comments accordingly. I might make a You Tube video on the 'Medical problems with Karen Carpenter' and the you can really have a go.
Even you said she was scared of losing weight, that's a normal symptom. They are aware of their illness, just like a person manic depressive(like me). I know I have it but I can't shake it. I feel sad as I was once a sucessful CPA, but in the last 10 years I have been determined to be permanently disabled and live on social security. I am now 55 and have tried every medicine and it is not working very good. I see many anorexics as I have been hospitalized so many times. They know they're ill
@cooltooth112 Have you tried a gluten-free diet, by chance? I used to have depression (I technically still do), but once I did that, I felt SO much better and got off meds. I was apparently gluten-sensitive and didn't even know it (I didn't have celiac disease or anything). That stuff messes with one's brain. Check various medical studies if you'd like, or just jump to something like Paleo diet websites for gluten-free recipes. Best of luck, and I know how you feel...
He tenido la dicha de ver juntos a los dos cantantes que más he admirado por su calidad vocal y singularidad de voces, únicas. Karen y Perry serán para mi lo más cercano que he escuchado a la perfección de la interpretación. Perry con una prolongada trayectoria y una vida ejemplar. Karen con una vida trágica en medio de una vida familiar acogedora, muere joven, dejando una carrera truncada para tristeza de sus seguidores. Dios los tenga en la gloria
I have been looking for this clip for years. I saw this show when it was originally broadcasted. I love the combination of Karen and Perry. Thank you for sharing.
Perry Como... didn't they joke about him back in the day that he was so relaxed he'd nod and fall off his chair while singing a song. Got to be a regular comedy bit I seem to recall
I have just 'melted' and gone to musical heaven... Absolutely lovely.. the Golden Crooner Perry Como and the Amazing Crystal Clear Karen Carpenter.. ahh bliss :0)x
Wonderful, magic. Thank you for sharing, strangers you have never met on the other side of the globe, enjoy this and feel the same emotions, we are all one...
@Mrkissuallover12 Mama Cass died due to a heart attack! The chicken sandwich story is nonsense. Mama Cass had been dieting to bring her weight under control. Her heart couldn't withstand the strain and she went into cardiac arrest.
@Mrkissuallover12 You and I must be around the same age... let's say, around the block. That Karen-Mama Cass-Ham Sandwich joke truly made the rounds back then, and we knew it was just a joke... insensitive maybe, but we all knew it was a joke. I posted it somewhere else- I forget- on a Mama Cass video, and it was also misunderstood, the younger folks thought I just made it up myself, and was serious.
@mylittlebuckaroo No. So much time has eclipsed that the ham sandwich joke, like so much else- both in good taste and bad- has been forgotten, but mostly the fact that younger people never heard the joke, and young people have absolutely no use whatsoever for anything that occurred before they were born. You see things online like, 'Eleanor Roosevelt... isn't she dead?" or somesuch. And so when you repeat the joke, they think you've invented it just now.
@defundthewar I first heard the joke 28 years ago. It wasn't funny then, and it isn't funny now. Why would you post something so disrespectful on a Cass Elliot video anyway?
U won't like it but a lot of people don't sympathize with people who chronically overeat or undereat, and that is the crux of the sandwich folklore... how one act could have saved two self-victims. There is this endless laundry list of famine, poverty, birth defects and illnesses that need to be addressed, with innocent victims. That someone could imagine herself too fat and stop eating altogether, or eat all day and never exercise, whether you like it or no, is fodder for pop culture jokes.
You know nothing of me or my peer group- which is news to me that I had one. I know all I need about anorexia, bullimia, and the low self-esteem issues that keep that tubby Dr. Phil in business. Know what your problem is, aside from picking fights with strangers on the web? Here goes: anyone who doesn't fall in line with you must be stupid, ignorant, lacking information, sick... otherwise how else could anyone not agree with you? Maybe ultra-high self-esteem is your disease. Oh, Dr. Phil!
@mylittlebuckaroo It took you a full week to come up with that? Now stop engaging me in this- and I use the term loosely- discussion. If you lack for hobbies, I suggest you track down the epicenter of the Karen-Mama Cass joke, Ground Zero, the one person who thought of it, projected it into the media where it spread like wildfire, and decades later, still lives in our folklore. And tell him or her off. Now, to quote from a song of Karen's contemporary, Helen Reddy... "leave me alone."
@defundthewar I actually agree with pretty much your entire point, with one crucial exception. Karen did not imagine herself too fat. She wanted love and attention from her family. As she didn't abuse drugs or alcohol or sleep around, this was the only way for her to "act out" and thus hope that her family took notice and started caring. Didn't really work.
@improvguru As far as lack of family attention, I can tell you that growing up in white middle-class USA in the 50s and 60s, things weren't as touchy-feely as they are now. If every girl who felt neglected or otherwise pissed-off went on a collision course with eating issues, it would have been a wipe-out like the bubonic plague.
Karen was a nice girl, not ugly by any means, but a plain girl. Even now when a girl loses weight and people notice, it's OMG, it's like, so awesome.
This is a great posting! How can you beat Como and the Carpenters? Saw Perry, but missed Karen and Richard. Seeing them all together would be an Superstar show!
Makes you wonder why Richard Carpenter never produced for Perry Como who, ironically, gave Bacharach-David one of their first hits with "Magic Moments."
This in relation to a post comparing the two greats----the poster claims Karen Carpenter blows Perry away in this video.
Karen was a great talent who passed on too soon----the world missed out on many more great years of her skill and talent.
However, please--------to downgrade the great Perry Como is sacrosant. This is one of the great talents and smooth voices of all time. I am sorry----nobody blows away Perry Como----nobody.
@jlsfla01 I agree - Karen's my favorite all-time voice, but Como is absolutely great. With the very best vocalists it comes down to subtle preferences and tastes, but no one can say he wasn't in that elite group. This was really beautiful.
WoW! that ending, that mix, there is some beautiful incredible chemistry. I love Perry Como, and this mix with the Carpenters, Karen is superlative, and Richard sounds amazingly great! This is really great!
I wonder how many couples got married to "It's Only Just Begun"? (or included it in the wedding. After the fourty or so years since, they are still just as beautiful and magical as they were back in the day. As time is rushing by, faster for some than others, these musical moments can still be enjoyed. Yes, I know time is a constant, it' also relative to what is going on in your life. It was so wonderful to have Perry and the Carpenters be part of my permanent memory.
I loved this show - at a time when - most of my friends - thought the Carpenters were corny. Their music - and Karen's vocal and dramatic talents - ring truer today -than they did then.
I noticed that the Internet Movie Database doesn't have all of Perry Como's Christmas Specials listed and yes like an earlier comment suggested this appears to be from the Christmas Special of 1974.
Yes this was filmed in Nov of 1974, I believe. Karen is just starting her weight loss which would lead to dropping to 80 lbs by mid 1975. She looks and sounds amazing here. They would go on to record the Horizon album a few months later.
Oh my goodness, what an angelic voice. I remember her voice, it is only God sent. I am so sorry her disease was not known at the time. I remember crying for days when she died. Yes, I will not judge but I do think their was some family expectations for her but, in this day and age, with help they would have been able to help her. Her family idid their best to help her in the day. I am sure they miss her so much, mostly Richard. I will go out and buy her cd, tommorow after hearing this vidieo.
karen's voice is just simply heaven sent. I'm 36 and there's no voice in my lifetime as yet to touch her. Shame she died so young because she was beautiful inside and out. RIP KC.
Its a shame you people cant just enjoy the freakin music.You seem the the kind of trolls who cruise YT with the mute on,scanning comments and just flinging empty threats and insults.
@padude64 u know nothing politics u fucking moron! its was all left wing policies carried on by a FAKE republiccan president and followed by ur black messiah blowbama that fucked our country. THE GOVERNMENT THAT YOU BOW DOWN TOO DID THIS! ur an ignorant idiot
I like Perry Como's recordings but I don't know how anyone can watch this video and not see how painfully obvious it is that as a singer he simply can't hold a candle to Karen Carpenter. (Not many can) She blows him out of the water! He looks insecure - intiminated by her talent. He knows he's not in her league. She absolutely nails "his" songs but he struggles to sing "hers."
I like Perry Como's recordings but I don't know how anyone can watch this video and not see how painfully obvious it is that as a singer he simply can't hold a candle to Karen Carpenter. (Not many can) She blows him out of the water! He looks insecure - intiminated by her talent. He knows he's not in her league. She absolutely nails "his" songs but he struggles to sing "hers."
I like Perry Como's recordings but I don't know how anyone can watch this video and not see how painfully obvious it is that as a singer he simply can't hold a candle to Karen Carpenter. (Not many can) She blows him out of the water! He looks insecure - intiminated by her talent. He knows he's not in her league. She absolutely nails "his" songs but he struggles to sing "hers."
@macmets The interesting thing, too, is that Karen may have been holding back out of respect. Unlike many of today's divas, Karen did not appear as a guest on somebody's show with the intention of showing them up. Both she and Richard had great respect for others.
@macmets well , I don't agree. Perry Como was an estabished singer who held his own from the early 1940's onwards, until his death.He knew his talent and his limitations, if indeed he had any. He obviously has respect for Karen Carpenter and shows it. He is not intimidated at all. He may even be holding back so that he can listen to her more intently. He certainly wasn't insecure! And, finally, you cannot compare one singer with another, especially in the international league!!
@charade97 You may not agree, which is fine, but I certainly "can" compare one singer with another - which is what you did as well. And what exactly is the "international league?" I wasn't bashing Mr. Como - a man you obviously have great affection for. And you're right, he did have his limitations. Singing next to Ms Carpenter certainly makes them obvious.
@macmets Karen's track was pre-recorded in a studio and she's lipsyncing. Perry is singing his part live. I don't think it's quite fair to compare his ability's and Karen's based on this video (and 1970's TV audio).
@lilbittn and so if she was? That girl has the best female voice ever so far..I'm 36 and still waiting for a female to match her talent. RIP Karen. RIP. John Denver.
@TheSami1973 - Let me say Karen is my all time favorite singer. My comment was in response to someone comparing Perry to Karen, basically saying that Perry wasn't in Karen's league. I maintain that it isn't fair comparison, where Karen's vocal was pre-recorded in a studio, and Perry's is done live w/ inferior mic-ing. Perry was 64 , been recording records for 32 years & had 14 number 1's. He a legend in his own right. No one needs to belittle either of them.
It's remarkable seeing and hearing these two legends together. They sing each other's songs with a similar but unique sound. It was great hearing Richard singing as well. Karen should have lived a long life like Perry. This kind of talent is very hard to find these days.
They were mastersingers of one mind about how to sing a song. Don't perform it, live it from the heart. Don't give it curlycues and loops, sing it straight. Both had beautiful voices with great technique so together they are perfect. It's nice Richard participates. He has a beautiful voice but preferred to use it for background vocals.
Karen and Perry, two Grande Talented Singers....for the Maker of us>>>> all.....Voices of this Quality....not seen often Today....Brings back many memories of the Garland Era.. they sang from their Hearts, minds followed them through every valley of bliss....fearless of their own presence and critics...they knew what they had....Real God Given TALENT....HTH in Whg, WV.
@NordyMark0594 Indeed. That's how it goes when pros get together and do what they like to do. I think this became Karen's favorite genre of music in her latter years.
Wow, so obvious how smitten Perry was with Karen, and who can blame him. He couldn't take his eyes off her. I think he was enthralled with her talent and inner beauty. Perry sang their songs fine, but she sang his songs perfectly.
@antinotis Did you notice at the very end he reached over and gave her a tender kiss? I think he could see how thin she was and possibly knew she might not be around much longer. It's been years and I still grieve about the loss of Karen Carpenter. One of the greatest female voices of the modern era. There are no women singers these days who could come close to her.
If only they were both alive today! Bobby Vinton is Grande marshall in Canonsburg Fourth of July Parade, hometown of Perry Como. Karen would have been a tremendous hit!
This is making me cry ; I'd forgotten about this wonderful duet. We'll not see the likes of this--ever again. I'm so Blessed to habe been there for all of it. Wolfsky9
awesome! perry was the man with the golden voice!
croonlover 4 weeks ago
I love you so much karen!!
Fabricadreams 1 month ago
what year was this done with them?
Musicmania1968 1 month ago in playlist Karen Carpenter
I'd pay a week's paycheck to hear Karen sing It's Impossible & And I Love You So - all the way through.... Sheer Perfection.....
barryt60 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Their music brought back so many memories. Where has all the good music
and lyrics gone???
Watch the X FACTOR and get a headache!!! Listen to Karen and Perry and
you feel love in your heart.
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Oh my goodness. How beautiful! And now Gianluca Paganelli's covering some of his songs. I absolutely love his version too. He's an Italian tenor and it sounds very beautiful in his voice too.
GianlucaPaganelliFan 3 months ago
rckint : you sound like a very cold and lones person. I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR YOU.
AOS1738 3 months ago
Karen had the greatest voice of all time.
davidmayne 4 months ago 2
don't forget .....never....ne jamais oublié ....les Carpenter's de grands artistes ....
MrLinoventura 5 months ago
OMG. I couldn't help but squeal when Richard starting singing xD
They all have wonderful voices. So wonderful and beautiful that it makes me cry.
wasabisushi404 5 months ago
Doesn't get much better than this. Thank you for this amazing post. Just love it.
profborat 5 months ago
Two of the greatest ... gone but not forgotten
CreepyCrawly09 5 months ago 6
I had forgotten how beautiful a voice Karen Carpenter had. Karen and Perry Como are a good match.
tomayahokov 5 months ago
A great loss in the music world. She had a voice of an angel
sandy10842 6 months ago
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE KAREN CARPENTER IS GONE. SHE WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS YOUNGER THAN ME. R.I.P. KAREN AND MR.COMO YOU BOTH HAD GREAT VOICES.
AOS1738 6 months ago
Time goes by quickly. It was time for her to go. And all of us must go. Nobody is exempted.
rckint 3 months ago
Dow n_load any music at Media Outlet Online. Just search it with Gooogle :D
ScottieeMcca 6 months ago
OMG, the voice! i literally start tearing up, just hearing karen sing "impossible" especially the line " i would sell my very soul and not regret it for to live without your love is just impossible!
i can hear her sing anything everyday of my life! truly unforgetable and truly the one and only karen carpenter!
mbblover 7 months ago
Omy stars, either I forgot this or it's new either way I am smiling widely....Thank you so very much for posting this rare gem, such huge talents they all were.....Too bad Richard didn't continue solo....Yes he made a few more records but nothing compared to when Karen was with him....
RockPaperScissor62 7 months ago
Just AWESOME!!!!! Either I forgot or not sure but what a treat, thank you!!
RockPaperScissor62 7 months ago
Perry Como was born in my hometown of Canonsburg Pa and to see him with Karen Carpenter is just amazing!
padude64 7 months ago
Oh Karen.... if I make it to heaven, you'll be there singing to me.
lancerooke 7 months ago
3 musical legends of the 70's, and yet two of them were taken away... But their memories will always remain alive...
R.I.P. Perry Como & Karen Carpenter....
pinedapopi 7 months ago
Two magical voices... nice post..
RoryVanucchi 8 months ago
The two most talented singers of all and certainly the two most humble.... what a performance...... where have singers like this gone?????
tomrudebusch 8 months ago
oh how sweet is this the most beautiful voice and the crooner!! what a treat
irishdov1 9 months ago
oh how sweet is this what a combination!!!
irishdov1 9 months ago
Thank videotape for these!
TerryComo2010 9 months ago
Beautiful Just Beautiful!
MrMinnie55555 9 months ago
brought up on this evocotive memories
martywilks 9 months ago
Thanks for posting this video ...its indeed gives tremendous uplift when i am down and out....their voices eases all my problems ...physically and mentally.
2009exider 10 months ago
Wow this is real special
lafemmecat06 10 months ago
Really super and almost unbelievable. This video should have millions of hits, but alas, there is to much competition by the cliche crap that passes for music these days
fmazzar 11 months ago
that Richard Carpenter is a total dickhead...
holyburn 11 months ago
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heavenly sweet love song
spideybeauty 11 months ago
such a nice music. no one beats the classics
markmyers3612 11 months ago
Holy cow...this is like orgasmicly BRILLIANT!! Two of the best of all time together! No matter how many times I hear Karen's entrance to "Its Impossible" I get chills. *sigh* You will always be missed KC!
1Cheytown 11 months ago
I love Karen.Was there anything that could have saved her from an early death?
garebear1015 11 months ago
Karen's voice and beauty..Perry Como..a legend of the 1950's..singing with a legend of the 1970's. this video is priceless.
NordyMark0594 11 months ago
Karen was viciously hated by many because she respected the adults that went before her. I hope the haters are severely punished for their crimes.
thethoughtsofme 11 months ago
@thethoughtsofme You're kidding, right? You do understand how loved and adored this woman was by her friends, her high school teachers, fellow musicians, and the public? How so many still miss her to this day and think of her daily? How her ex-boyfriends still cry at the thought of her, in some cases 35 years after she dated them? If you're thinking of Joan Rivers and Bette Midler, they hated everybody out of terrified jealousy.
You won't find too many unkind words said towards Karen.
improvguru 11 months ago
@improvguru No. The entire anti-authority movement had nothing but visceral contempt for this music and the people who made it. I can understand someone not preferring this music; everyone has their own taste, but to take it to the level of ragging hatred is a whole other monster.
thethoughtsofme 11 months ago
@thethoughtsofme Reviewers actually had no problems with Carpenters music, but criticized their image; the "white bread brother and sister " thing. Rolling Stone Magazine actually wrote "the music is fantastic." Karen herself said that "they reviewed our audience. They didn't touch our music."
Karen is very highly thought of by most musicologists and critics today. She's always ranked as one of the all time great singers.
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@improvguru I agree. Karen was well loved by so many and the millions of fans! As far as the dieting, it just went overboard, she couldn;t get her hips of and that is that! So she kept on going on and used even medicin and other strong things to at least not gain. Believe me I know I got them too, No matter how small or big I am they never go. Showbizz drove her in the imaculate looking mode...and that is what took it's toll....
Karen Carpenter will never be forgotten, The fangroup is huge!!
JennTess1 11 months ago
@JennTess1 After much reading and studying of videos and photos, I don't believe that Karen truly had issues with her weight. She went on one diet in the first 25 years of her life, and she hated it. She didn't dress like somebody with body issues. Her illness was related to the loss of her drums and and an attempt to get her family to care about her. She DID want to stop losing weight; it scared her.
There is no evidence that anybody ever called her "fat." She simply wasn't.
improvguru 11 months ago
@improvguru She was definately anorexic, but their weight often goes up and down and they know they have an illness they just can't shake it. It's almost like telling a schzophrenic to shake it. It is caused by biology and also social problems in their life. I remember seeing her so thin I couldn't stand to watch her. She never lost her voice, but it hurt to see her suffering.
cooltooth112 9 months ago
@cooltooth112 Why do you have to bring this subject up? Simply concentrate on the music of two great performers, rather than home in on the medical condition of one, and make comments accordingly. I might make a You Tube video on the 'Medical problems with Karen Carpenter' and the you can really have a go.
Blinkyman1 6 months ago
Even you said she was scared of losing weight, that's a normal symptom. They are aware of their illness, just like a person manic depressive(like me). I know I have it but I can't shake it. I feel sad as I was once a sucessful CPA, but in the last 10 years I have been determined to be permanently disabled and live on social security. I am now 55 and have tried every medicine and it is not working very good. I see many anorexics as I have been hospitalized so many times. They know they're ill
cooltooth112 9 months ago
@cooltooth112 Have you tried a gluten-free diet, by chance? I used to have depression (I technically still do), but once I did that, I felt SO much better and got off meds. I was apparently gluten-sensitive and didn't even know it (I didn't have celiac disease or anything). That stuff messes with one's brain. Check various medical studies if you'd like, or just jump to something like Paleo diet websites for gluten-free recipes. Best of luck, and I know how you feel...
arfies 6 months ago
@cooltooth112 I hope you lick this. You can do it.
windstorm1000 3 months ago
@thethoughtsofme Karen wouldnt have you hate anyone, but love them instead. Listen to her, she sang often of LOVE.
MasterAceman123456 11 months ago
Karen my dear... we miss you and we will always love you !
LOVELIFE54 11 months ago
Both superb artists.
Karen sings the Como legend hits so well.
TheMan007700 11 months ago
He tenido la dicha de ver juntos a los dos cantantes que más he admirado por su calidad vocal y singularidad de voces, únicas. Karen y Perry serán para mi lo más cercano que he escuchado a la perfección de la interpretación. Perry con una prolongada trayectoria y una vida ejemplar. Karen con una vida trágica en medio de una vida familiar acogedora, muere joven, dejando una carrera truncada para tristeza de sus seguidores. Dios los tenga en la gloria
7010261 11 months ago
With Karen and Perry it was pure magic! Thank you so much for this wonderful post!
damone77 1 year ago
She had such a calming , beautiful tone to her voice.
ncpatty1 1 year ago
Some real tight sphicters here.
Mrkissuallover12 1 year ago
I'm in tears watching this--Karen, oh Karen, you were an Angel among us, for far too brief a time. We miss you. Wolfsky9, 64 y/o
Wolfsky9 1 year ago
Two great voices. Did anyone age better than Perry? He's 60 something here.
filmmekker 1 year ago
This is real??? Wow what a treat!
TheSienna29 1 year ago
Oh gone too soon - she is singing in Heaven with her angelic voice
mansan56 1 year ago
I have been looking for this clip for years. I saw this show when it was originally broadcasted. I love the combination of Karen and Perry. Thank you for sharing.
mrsjacks1 1 year ago
Perry Como... didn't they joke about him back in the day that he was so relaxed he'd nod and fall off his chair while singing a song. Got to be a regular comedy bit I seem to recall
oakwoodx88 1 year ago
@oakwoodx88 KAREN LIKE JOHNNY MATHIS NEVER RECORDED A BAD SONG RIP KAREN & PERRY YOU ARE MISSED.
MyREDTAIL 1 year ago
Wow- a little super sensitive there No1KCfan6? Don't you think? Happy New Year to you too!
Mrkissuallover12 1 year ago
They're family...
Ypipable 1 year ago
amazing
genohunter24 1 year ago
I have just 'melted' and gone to musical heaven... Absolutely lovely.. the Golden Crooner Perry Como and the Amazing Crystal Clear Karen Carpenter.. ahh bliss :0)x
wenglishsal 1 year ago 18
I remember this and never thought I would see it again. Thank you.
Hopkins1148 1 year ago
Papa's favorite (Perry Como) and my Favorite (Carpenters) what a good combination :)
mnlght0snt 1 year ago
Wonderful, magic. Thank you for sharing, strangers you have never met on the other side of the globe, enjoy this and feel the same emotions, we are all one...
tamesse 1 year ago 2
What a voice Karen Carpenter had. And what a tragedy.
Thunkful2 1 year ago 14
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If only Karen Carpenter had eaten the ham sandwich Momma Cass choked on, they would both still be alive.
Mrkissuallover12 1 year ago 3
@Mrkissuallover12 Mama Cass died due to a heart attack! The chicken sandwich story is nonsense. Mama Cass had been dieting to bring her weight under control. Her heart couldn't withstand the strain and she went into cardiac arrest.
hobokenplayboy 1 year ago
@Mrkissuallover12 LOL! THat's tragically hillarious. HAHAHAAH amazing wit you have
tightfistedtitans 1 year ago
@tightfistedtitans- Yeah-- I like that one- I can't take ownership of it though.
Mrkissuallover12 1 year ago
@Mrkissuallover12 yah, good one! you know what else is hilarious? the thought of you getting brain cancer.
No1KCfan6 1 year ago
@Mrkissuallover12 You and I must be around the same age... let's say, around the block. That Karen-Mama Cass-Ham Sandwich joke truly made the rounds back then, and we knew it was just a joke... insensitive maybe, but we all knew it was a joke. I posted it somewhere else- I forget- on a Mama Cass video, and it was also misunderstood, the younger folks thought I just made it up myself, and was serious.
defundthewar 1 year ago
@defundthewar Has it occurred to you that fans just don't find that joke at all funny?
mylittlebuckaroo 1 year ago
@mylittlebuckaroo No. So much time has eclipsed that the ham sandwich joke, like so much else- both in good taste and bad- has been forgotten, but mostly the fact that younger people never heard the joke, and young people have absolutely no use whatsoever for anything that occurred before they were born. You see things online like, 'Eleanor Roosevelt... isn't she dead?" or somesuch. And so when you repeat the joke, they think you've invented it just now.
defundthewar 1 year ago
@defundthewar I first heard the joke 28 years ago. It wasn't funny then, and it isn't funny now. Why would you post something so disrespectful on a Cass Elliot video anyway?
mylittlebuckaroo 1 year ago
U won't like it but a lot of people don't sympathize with people who chronically overeat or undereat, and that is the crux of the sandwich folklore... how one act could have saved two self-victims. There is this endless laundry list of famine, poverty, birth defects and illnesses that need to be addressed, with innocent victims. That someone could imagine herself too fat and stop eating altogether, or eat all day and never exercise, whether you like it or no, is fodder for pop culture jokes.
defundthewar 1 year ago
@defundthewar OK. You just showed your ignorance about eating disorders. I guess your peer group WOULD find it funny.
mylittlebuckaroo 1 year ago
You know nothing of me or my peer group- which is news to me that I had one. I know all I need about anorexia, bullimia, and the low self-esteem issues that keep that tubby Dr. Phil in business. Know what your problem is, aside from picking fights with strangers on the web? Here goes: anyone who doesn't fall in line with you must be stupid, ignorant, lacking information, sick... otherwise how else could anyone not agree with you? Maybe ultra-high self-esteem is your disease. Oh, Dr. Phil!
defundthewar 1 year ago
@defundthewar You seem like a lovely person. Why don't you go back to drowning puppies now and let the rest of us enjoy the video?
mylittlebuckaroo 11 months ago
@mylittlebuckaroo It took you a full week to come up with that? Now stop engaging me in this- and I use the term loosely- discussion. If you lack for hobbies, I suggest you track down the epicenter of the Karen-Mama Cass joke, Ground Zero, the one person who thought of it, projected it into the media where it spread like wildfire, and decades later, still lives in our folklore. And tell him or her off. Now, to quote from a song of Karen's contemporary, Helen Reddy... "leave me alone."
defundthewar 11 months ago
@defundthewar I actually agree with pretty much your entire point, with one crucial exception. Karen did not imagine herself too fat. She wanted love and attention from her family. As she didn't abuse drugs or alcohol or sleep around, this was the only way for her to "act out" and thus hope that her family took notice and started caring. Didn't really work.
improvguru 11 months ago
@improvguru As far as lack of family attention, I can tell you that growing up in white middle-class USA in the 50s and 60s, things weren't as touchy-feely as they are now. If every girl who felt neglected or otherwise pissed-off went on a collision course with eating issues, it would have been a wipe-out like the bubonic plague.
Karen was a nice girl, not ugly by any means, but a plain girl. Even now when a girl loses weight and people notice, it's OMG, it's like, so awesome.
defundthewar 11 months ago
@Mrkissuallover12 A VERY old and VERY tacky joke. You need some new material. Not the least bit funny.
mylittlebuckaroo 1 year ago
This sucks. Donkeys. And I LOVE Karen Carpenter! Kill me.
trgsdfj 1 year ago
thanks for posting
perfect1976j 1 year ago 2
i am an indian with allmy life in indian classical music but when i lsten these two singers somethin happenes to me they both are superb
kk10061 1 year ago
Beautiful combination. Keep in mind, Perry is 38 years older than Karen, thus his voice was not in his prime as hers was.
turnersinva 1 year ago
This is a great posting! How can you beat Como and the Carpenters? Saw Perry, but missed Karen and Richard. Seeing them all together would be an Superstar show!
sherm696 1 year ago
OMG this is a classic Hidden treasure of a gem!
parachuteboi 1 year ago 2
Happy Happy Joy Joy. Love both artists. Karen will never be replaced and neither will Perry. Just glad some moments are recorded for posterity.
hearttoheart4me 1 year ago 2
this is classic!wish my mom and pap will see this... theyll be delighted thanks!!!
MrSleepymartian23 1 year ago
wow,we never hear these type of music any more
MrParsagar 1 year ago 2
Makes you wonder why Richard Carpenter never produced for Perry Como who, ironically, gave Bacharach-David one of their first hits with "Magic Moments."
trivialtony 1 year ago
Richard did sound very nice here - Good breath control and tone.
mylittlebuckaroo 1 year ago
@mylittlebuckaroo That's true, but he still had sort of a lisp at this point, and it's annoying. Fortunately he got rid of it later on.
arfies 1 year ago
This in relation to a post comparing the two greats----the poster claims Karen Carpenter blows Perry away in this video.
Karen was a great talent who passed on too soon----the world missed out on many more great years of her skill and talent.
However, please--------to downgrade the great Perry Como is sacrosant. This is one of the great talents and smooth voices of all time. I am sorry----nobody blows away Perry Como----nobody.
jlsfla01 1 year ago
@jlsfla01 I agree - Karen's my favorite all-time voice, but Como is absolutely great. With the very best vocalists it comes down to subtle preferences and tastes, but no one can say he wasn't in that elite group. This was really beautiful.
falldownhard 1 year ago
Karen Carpenter.....What a Waste...R.I.P
207nkf 1 year ago
wonderful
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dogmother3 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting. I am in tears.
thespianrico 1 year ago
karenfan is right. Avoice like Karen's is a miracle that can never be duplicated. And boy oh boy did I try. She was a once in a lifetime treasure.
dogmother3 1 year ago
WHAY A COMBINATION OF TWO WORD, GREAT ARTIST
kk10061 1 year ago
WoW! that ending, that mix, there is some beautiful incredible chemistry. I love Perry Como, and this mix with the Carpenters, Karen is superlative, and Richard sounds amazingly great! This is really great!
daegreun 1 year ago
Classic mixing of their hits! When Richard remixed the medley for the 'As Time Goes By' CD, he overdubbed his voice over Perry Como's! What a joke!
swk56 1 year ago
I wonder how many couples got married to "It's Only Just Begun"? (or included it in the wedding. After the fourty or so years since, they are still just as beautiful and magical as they were back in the day. As time is rushing by, faster for some than others, these musical moments can still be enjoyed. Yes, I know time is a constant, it' also relative to what is going on in your life. It was so wonderful to have Perry and the Carpenters be part of my permanent memory.
Jacksloveinbloom 1 year ago
thankyou for posting this video. It is absolutely lovely....
leangchang 1 year ago
Whoever put KC and Como together deserved the Nobel Prize.
roscoegino 1 year ago
I love the Carpenters!!!! Perry Como is also great :0 thanks for posting!!!!
mnlght0snt 1 year ago
I loved this show - at a time when - most of my friends - thought the Carpenters were corny. Their music - and Karen's vocal and dramatic talents - ring truer today -than they did then.
ivanjaykcmo 1 year ago
I noticed that the Internet Movie Database doesn't have all of Perry Como's Christmas Specials listed and yes like an earlier comment suggested this appears to be from the Christmas Special of 1974.
cspaikido 1 year ago
@cspaikido
Yes this was filmed in Nov of 1974, I believe. Karen is just starting her weight loss which would lead to dropping to 80 lbs by mid 1975. She looks and sounds amazing here. They would go on to record the Horizon album a few months later.
steveatl40 1 year ago
I agree about Karen's voice and add Roberta Flack. Nobody like Perry at all. Dean Martin as well.
firstsoulm8 1 year ago
Oh my goodness, what an angelic voice. I remember her voice, it is only God sent. I am so sorry her disease was not known at the time. I remember crying for days when she died. Yes, I will not judge but I do think their was some family expectations for her but, in this day and age, with help they would have been able to help her. Her family idid their best to help her in the day. I am sure they miss her so much, mostly Richard. I will go out and buy her cd, tommorow after hearing this vidieo.
oceanmermaidmaine 1 year ago
@oceanmermaidmaine I agree about Karen's voice and add Roberta Flack. Perry Como and Dean Martin - no more like them. Just grabs you in the heart.
firstsoulm8 1 year ago
@oceanmermaidmaine
Kann Ihre Bewunderung für diese wunderbaren Stimmen nur teilen!
nugschmidt 1 year ago
my father likes Perry Como, I love the Carpenters so this is GREAT! In here we can get a compromise! hahaha
mnlght0snt 1 year ago
karen's voice is just simply heaven sent. I'm 36 and there's no voice in my lifetime as yet to touch her. Shame she died so young because she was beautiful inside and out. RIP KC.
TheSami1973 1 year ago
Fantástico, que grande encontro!
Dois grandes talentos da música internacional !
Fantastic, great moment..we never forget...
Lorena-SP - Brazil
AndradeWanke 1 year ago
Don't desecrate Karen Carpenter's memory and legacy with filthy, negative comments. Go to a Courtney Love video if you want to do this sort of crap.
improvguru 1 year ago
Its a shame you people cant just enjoy the freakin music.You seem the the kind of trolls who cruise YT with the mute on,scanning comments and just flinging empty threats and insults.
FoulOwl 1 year ago
What a beautiful voices...both of them, we would probably not get to hear this in these day.
piyaruhdee 1 year ago
Perry is from my hometown of Canonsburg Pa and Karen is my all time favorite female vocalist! PRICELESS!
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@padude64 u know nothing politics u fucking moron! its was all left wing policies carried on by a FAKE republiccan president and followed by ur black messiah blowbama that fucked our country. THE GOVERNMENT THAT YOU BOW DOWN TOO DID THIS! ur an ignorant idiot
NeedWarForPeace 1 year ago
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1peanutify 1 year ago
God bles you people from Canonsburg pA
padude64 1 year ago 2
Karen carpenter rocks! She just rocks period!
padude64 1 year ago 2
This is a beautiful duo by both singers and I am so proud to admit that Canonsburg pennsylvania is full of talent!!!!!!
padude64 1 year ago 2
what the name of the first song karen sings please?
ennisgiant 1 year ago
@ennisgiant The song is called "It's Impossible"
improvguru 1 year ago
@improvguru thank you
ennisgiant 1 year ago
@ennisgiant No problem.
improvguru 1 year ago
WOW! Perry Como was from my hometown of Canonsburg pennsylvania and to see hin singing with Karen Carpenter rocks my socks off!
padude64 1 year ago
I still remember when Karen Carpenter died. Very sad. It didn't make any sense.
ElderPinkerton 1 year ago
Why does wood suddenly appear, whenever you are near?
minneapolis7967 1 year ago
Karen Carpenter and Perry Como is like a DREAM TO ME!
padude64 1 year ago
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I like Perry Como's recordings but I don't know how anyone can watch this video and not see how painfully obvious it is that as a singer he simply can't hold a candle to Karen Carpenter. (Not many can) She blows him out of the water! He looks insecure - intiminated by her talent. He knows he's not in her league. She absolutely nails "his" songs but he struggles to sing "hers."
macmets 1 year ago
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I like Perry Como's recordings but I don't know how anyone can watch this video and not see how painfully obvious it is that as a singer he simply can't hold a candle to Karen Carpenter. (Not many can) She blows him out of the water! He looks insecure - intiminated by her talent. He knows he's not in her league. She absolutely nails "his" songs but he struggles to sing "hers."
macmets 1 year ago
I like Perry Como's recordings but I don't know how anyone can watch this video and not see how painfully obvious it is that as a singer he simply can't hold a candle to Karen Carpenter. (Not many can) She blows him out of the water! He looks insecure - intiminated by her talent. He knows he's not in her league. She absolutely nails "his" songs but he struggles to sing "hers."
macmets 1 year ago
@macmets The interesting thing, too, is that Karen may have been holding back out of respect. Unlike many of today's divas, Karen did not appear as a guest on somebody's show with the intention of showing them up. Both she and Richard had great respect for others.
improvguru 1 year ago
@macmets well , I don't agree. Perry Como was an estabished singer who held his own from the early 1940's onwards, until his death.He knew his talent and his limitations, if indeed he had any. He obviously has respect for Karen Carpenter and shows it. He is not intimidated at all. He may even be holding back so that he can listen to her more intently. He certainly wasn't insecure! And, finally, you cannot compare one singer with another, especially in the international league!!
charade97 1 year ago
@charade97 You may not agree, which is fine, but I certainly "can" compare one singer with another - which is what you did as well. And what exactly is the "international league?" I wasn't bashing Mr. Como - a man you obviously have great affection for. And you're right, he did have his limitations. Singing next to Ms Carpenter certainly makes them obvious.
macmets 1 year ago
@macmets Karen's track was pre-recorded in a studio and she's lipsyncing. Perry is singing his part live. I don't think it's quite fair to compare his ability's and Karen's based on this video (and 1970's TV audio).
lilbittn 1 year ago
@lilbittn and so if she was? That girl has the best female voice ever so far..I'm 36 and still waiting for a female to match her talent. RIP Karen. RIP. John Denver.
TheSami1973 1 year ago
@TheSami1973 - Let me say Karen is my all time favorite singer. My comment was in response to someone comparing Perry to Karen, basically saying that Perry wasn't in Karen's league. I maintain that it isn't fair comparison, where Karen's vocal was pre-recorded in a studio, and Perry's is done live w/ inferior mic-ing. Perry was 64 , been recording records for 32 years & had 14 number 1's. He a legend in his own right. No one needs to belittle either of them.
lilbittn 1 year ago
cruel comment not needed , they are both legends if u cant say anything nice don't say anything.
smoolet 1 year ago 2
Although I did appreciate Perry in his time.....I admit I did not appreciate Karen. I do now.....she was a rare bird.
catndryer 1 year ago
It's remarkable seeing and hearing these two legends together. They sing each other's songs with a similar but unique sound. It was great hearing Richard singing as well. Karen should have lived a long life like Perry. This kind of talent is very hard to find these days.
HandwhistlerBen 1 year ago
Perry is from my hometown of Canonsburg Pa and to have karen Carpenter sing with him is awesome!
padude64 1 year ago
They were mastersingers of one mind about how to sing a song. Don't perform it, live it from the heart. Don't give it curlycues and loops, sing it straight. Both had beautiful voices with great technique so together they are perfect. It's nice Richard participates. He has a beautiful voice but preferred to use it for background vocals.
waynebrasler 1 year ago
Karen and Perry, two Grande Talented Singers....for the Maker of us>>>> all.....Voices of this Quality....not seen often Today....Brings back many memories of the Garland Era.. they sang from their Hearts, minds followed them through every valley of bliss....fearless of their own presence and critics...they knew what they had....Real God Given TALENT....HTH in Whg, WV.
log05mus 1 year ago
By viewing this, i don't know who got a bigger thrill, Karen or Mr. Como. They both seemed to truly have a good time doing this.
NordyMark0594 1 year ago
@NordyMark0594 Indeed. That's how it goes when pros get together and do what they like to do. I think this became Karen's favorite genre of music in her latter years.
improvguru 1 year ago
Wow, so obvious how smitten Perry was with Karen, and who can blame him. He couldn't take his eyes off her. I think he was enthralled with her talent and inner beauty. Perry sang their songs fine, but she sang his songs perfectly.
antinotis 1 year ago
@antinotis Did you notice at the very end he reached over and gave her a tender kiss? I think he could see how thin she was and possibly knew she might not be around much longer. It's been years and I still grieve about the loss of Karen Carpenter. One of the greatest female voices of the modern era. There are no women singers these days who could come close to her.
larryboyofok 1 year ago
If only they were both alive today! Bobby Vinton is Grande marshall in Canonsburg Fourth of July Parade, hometown of Perry Como. Karen would have been a tremendous hit!
padude64 1 year ago
I love her, she was beautiful, with the greatest voice ever...
shankpool 1 year ago
Wonderful - there's no one like Karen Carpenter was ... and singing with Perry Como! I also like Anacani's (from Lawrence Welk) version too.
jennysanxietyadvice 1 year ago
Karen must have been a joy to work with. Not only did she sound like an angel, she was so modest and so respectful of the other performers.
improvguru 1 year ago 3
This is making me cry ; I'd forgotten about this wonderful duet. We'll not see the likes of this--ever again. I'm so Blessed to habe been there for all of it. Wolfsky9
Wolfsky9 1 year ago
Karen looks so proud that a legend like Perry is singing her songs.
improvguru 1 year ago
Bobby Vinton will be the Grand Marshall in Canonsburg's 2010 Huge Fourth of July parade this year!
padude64 1 year ago
I believe that Karen's true calling was as a jazz/blues singer. She was a "chanteuse," a throwback to the 30's and 40's. Just listen to her!
improvguru 1 year ago