It took me 50 years to appreciate the extraordinary singing of Karen Carpenter, whom I now consider to be among the very greatest of singers.
Eventually, power ballads hit their stride in the early to mid-1980s, becoming a dominant force in both rock and pop music.
According to Billboard, Karen and Richard Carpenter secured the number two spot on the charts with five different songs from ...
In the 1970s and early 1980s, The Carpenters were one of America’s best-loved musical acts. Karen Carpenter’s mellifluous ...