Karen Carpenter 50th Birthday Tribute

(audio / video slideshow) aired March 2, 2000 on KLAC Los Angeles: The Charlie Tuna Show, with Fran Tunno. Charlie plays excerpts from his October 8, 1976 phone interview with Karen in which she talks about her first drum set, health, priorities, new condominium, love of needlepointing, story behind her favorite song "I Need To Be In Love", meeting new people, and other vocalists.

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[Rainscapes]

The truth is........ there are no words that can describe how beautiful karen's voice really is.

[Grlsinger47]

When I was a young girl, I wanted to sing like Karen Carpenter. When she died, I was barely 22 and I was devastated. RIP Karen. Your songs will live forever.

[vixenrevitup]

I remember being just a little girl, five years old in 1997, telling my mom that I wanted to meet Karen Carpenter/go to a Carpenters concert, and my mom had to tell me she was dead -and had died almost nine years before I was born. That crushed me, my spirit, but that day, it made her singing all the more special to me. My dream now, and I'm soon coming to be living it, is to be a drummer, just like she was. R.I.P., Karen. You'd be 62 this year, if you were still here.

-vixenrevitup

[Shabannie]

Thank you for posting this wonderful interview!

--------Ellen

[rockinrex]

She sounds like alot of fun. Lover her speaking voice as well as her singing.

[No1KCfan6]

@Desoto875 yes, her voice is mezmerizing

[No1KCfan6]

@Grlsinger47 more than her songs, her voice

[lizardsy]

Too bad California has been invaded by illegal immigrants now. Los Angeles used to be nice.

[lizardsy]

Too bad California is full of illegal immigrants now. They've ruined the city.

[amanda3685]

@Grlsinger47 Imagine if her brother hadn't trashed her solo work..she would have made a great solo artist. Anyone with ears can tell she was the real talent of the Carpenters

[rebdoomer99]

Karen Carpenter would have been 60 this year.

I can only imagine how beautiful she would have been today.

I will always love her for all the music she gave to the world.

Always in our hearts here, Karen.

[skins8181]

The best female voice in history !

Greg Cappellino

Rochester, NY