Loved your reaction! This is why "Close to You" was their first #1 hit and why people my age fell in love with Carpenters in the 70s. This is beautiful music that you just don't hear today. Glad so many young people are getting chills and teary-eyed when hearing this talented group. RIP dear Karen. Your voice was the best ever!!

Karen was an angel. Her voice is incomparable. And Richard's arrangements and harmonies...!

Absolutely loved your reaction! At the first sound of her voice I thought I noticed it might have taken your breath for a second. Understandable! On the day that she was born the angels got together and decided to create a dream voice come true. Now those angels are enjoying her ANGELIC voice. Rest in peace beautiful Karen. I'm not a man to shed a tear easily but 50 years later she still gets me!

Liquid gold/velvet running through your veins. That is Karen Carpenter's voice. Never to be repeated. God, I miss her and her voice . . . . . . . .

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.. Karens voice is from an angel...

My favorite female voice in music when I was growing up as a kid in the 70's and 80's. Her voice, for me, is magical. Keep smiling 👍😊

Welcome young one .To the 70s .

As she described herself, a drummer who could sing.

Perfection 🙏❤️👼!

My favorite reaction ever to this song ...❤

Quality Carpenters siblings. Karen's voice is one of the best and Richard brother is a great producer. " Yesterday Once More " is also excellent.

Karen had the voice of an Angel and was an Excellent drummer

Lyrics and music by the great Hal David/Burt Bacharach, who wrote many great songs including The Look of Love which was made a hit by Dusty Springfield. Another highly recommended female vocalist is Lara Fabian. Check out Adagio from the Lara with Love concert.

Simply the best female singer I've ever heard period!

Regardless of composer, you're still experiencing one of the greatest American singers. I don't say that lightly.

Burt Bacharach song, previously recorded by Richard Chamberlain, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield. But it never went anywhere until Richard Carpenter's arrangement and Karen's voice.

Perfection.

thanks, Gracie - I especially love that you have a version where Karen is playing drums! her first love!

The Carpenters used to be on every talk show and comedy variety shows.

Im on my late 60s, so remember KC very well on the radio and TV specials. She began, with her brother Richard, by playing drums. Richard, her brother, was a terrific arranger but KC's voice was discovered by Herb Alpert in 1969 which began their road to fame. Richard convinced her that her best singing voice was contralto, 'the money is in the basement'. I believe KC's, voice, especially contralto, was the best female voice ever. Try listening to a long list of her songs.No auto-tune, stripping, gimmicks, or screaming. Her nickname was 'one take', since she always sang a song once in studio without a single re-take. She sang to you with mesmerizing emotion, perfect pitch and enunciation. Her voice made you listen to her. She had no professional voice training. John Lennon told her at an LA restaurant that she had a lovely voice. Every female harmony in all of her songs was hers as well, sang, then dubbed into the song by Richard. They were most successful in early/mid1970s when she received 4 grammys. She was also recognized by 1975 Playboy poll as rock drummer of the year. She never knew true love, nor how good she really was. KC was a one of a kind female vocalist with the voice of an angel. She was never happy with way she looked. She had a few friends, her good friend was Dionne Warwick. She had serious onset of anorexia in 1975 that continued the rest of her life. She died Feb 1983 at 32yo due to complications from anorexia.

The Karen voice is the so much beautifull voice....i love it

She is one of the 3 people where I remember precisely what I was doing when I heard of their passing. John Candy and Lucille Ball are the other 2. For Karen, I was listening to the radio at home when I was in the 10th grade after getting back from school. Lucille Ball, I was listening to the top 40 songs of the weeks on the radio. John Candy, I was waiting in line at the University of Toronto for a work station to become vacant

Karen was only 19 here....An amazing talent gone too soon.

Your reaction is perfect. I grew up with this great music. It will never happen again.

Beautiful as always

What a wonderful reaction, thank you so much, Gracie! I love it just like you do.☺

I would like to introduce you to another group. They are very different from The Carpenters, but I think you would enjoy them. They are called Home Free and the cover various genres of music. They have done a cover of Boyz II Men's End of the Road that is excellent. They have also done Take Me Home Country Roads and Thank God I'm a Country Boy by John Denver and Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Bieber, so that gives you an idea of the wide range of genres they cover. And they do them all well.

Greatest song about when, you totally fall in love with someone new. And they probably don’t know it. And when, you just don’t care if you get your heart broken. Because……..they are just so fine! You just can’t help it. You are walking on air.

We lost Karen much too soon. She had an incredible voice.

Listen to Top of The World by the Carpenters

Love, love love the way you react to this! Keep it up!

amazing group ❤❤

Listen to "We've Only Just Begun "!!!!!!!!!

This song came out in mid august of 1970 and i remember it making the end of summer slow down..

You should react to " Franz Rhythm " Thier cover of Close to you , surely you'll be amazed, a family band composed of a father and 3 kids

Karen's voice pitch all of it is amazing. But don't leave out Peter. He composed these songs.

Very beautiful song

CARPENTERS WSPANIALI, ODKRYL ICH GENIUSZ WŚRÓD HERB ALPERT

`on the day that you were born the angels came together and decided to make a dream come true`,,,, yep this song is deffo about MEEEEEEE ! ha ha ha

Angels have voices.

MADAM : THAT'S 20 Y/O KAREN ON DRUMS --------WITH HER BROTHER RICHARD , WHO AT 23 Y/O , ARRANGED / PRODUCED THIS ALL-TIME CLASSIC, FROM THAT LONG AGO, SUMMER OF 1970. THEY ARE BRO & SIS------------AND THIS SONG WAS #1 ALL OVER THE WORLD. ------------MJL, 75 Y/O

The trumpet player was their boss Herm Albert, the"A" of A&M Records

Sadly Karen Carpenter never realized just how angelic her voice was and how beautiful she really was Anorexia is such an insidious and devastating illness

Na introdução da música, eu achei que meu fone estava com defeito 😅

I remember singing this song at school assembly with my class in grade 5 in front of the rest of the school.

I think when she knew it was the end for her she wanted to help other girls'

As a kid i had golden blonde hair and bright blue eyes and my mum used to sing this song to me ♥️

Gracie Reacts Okay so check this out, I have 6 words for you, " Bless the Beast and The Children " Check out that great song that showcases that beautiful Karen Carpenter voice. Trust and believe this song won't disappoint.

😎✌👍❤

Besides Karen, the musicians who played on albums in this era were the best you could find.

Sounds like you are overloading your microphone. Turn the volume down so you don't over power it intake

COMPOSED WAY BACK, IN 1962-, BY BURT BACHARACH, & HAL DAVID. 1ST SUNG IN '62, LATER IN '68, BOTH WERE TOTALLY UNSUCCESSFUL. IT WASN'T UNTIL RICHARD RE-ARRANGED IT & CORRECTED THE PITCH FOR KAREN, THEN THE SONG BECAME A CLASSIC , & THE #2 SONG OF 1970, JUST BEHIND, " BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER " , BY SIMON & GARFUNKLE.----------------------MJL, 75 Y/O

There was a time when music served an uplifting higher purpose, not like today’s aural smog.

Perfection.