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Indeed Karen Carpenter is one of the best female vocalist ever.

For a voice you just want to hear and listen to, it's really hard to beat Karen Carpenter. She was an impressive talent.

An absolute shame that she thought she wasn't enough when in all actuality she was perfect 💕 R.I.P. Miss Carpenter 🙏

Karen, in my opinion, had the best female voice ever. For someone who never wanted the spotlight, she blew everyone else away. It took her brother a long time to convince her to be the lead singer. She was happiest playing her drums. She always sang from the heart and always seemed so sad. Although she married, I don't think she ever really found the love she dreamed of. Well, I am sure now, since she passed away just how much the WORLD really lover her. No doubt that she is leading the Lord's choir in heaven! Every time I hear her, I get teary-eyed. Taken much too soon from us. R.I.P. KAREN

She even beat John Bonham for drummer of the year in a Playboy music poll, Bonham almost cried over that

Describing Karen Carpenter's voice as perfect is no exaggeration. I remember when she died. 👍

The most beautiful, pure voice ever!! The tone is so unique! We lost a national treasure when she passed away!!

Karen was everyone's sister. We loved her and still do! Great voice, great timing (One take Karen)! True pitch, true tone! She is missed but still with us!

The purest, richest, smoothest most angelic voice of all time and she was a fabulous drummer too, what a legend!

Karen Carpenter has the best overall voice I have ever heard. She passed on my birthday Feb 4 1983. I was crushed

Karen had the most effortless and pure voice. She really went through so much having to deal with being in that spotlight. The pressure of being thin and keeping up that image lead to her early death. Heartbreaking. Superstar is my absolute favorite of their songs.

Karen's voice really was everything.

Karen's voice is just mesmerizing!

I totally agree Burch she is the best female vocalist I have heard in my 50 odd years on this earth ❤

Her voice is a warm blanket.

I agree with you Burch, perhaps the best female vocalist ever. Plus there was no auto tune then and the technology of microphones was just amplified voice. There was nothing but voice, no tricks

Karen Carpenter wasn't just an amazing drummer. She was a world class drummer, and was recognized by many male drummers in the industry as one of the greatest ever.

The purity and tone and her lower register make her for me the finest singer, certainly female, of all time. She doesn't need to do runs or go for broke on her high notes. She sings from her soul and her heart, simply luscious and sweet and calming.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

A voice as smooth as silk. Even better, it’s a song people can relate to. It has humanity.

Not only was karen a drummer she also was a guitarist and a bass player and she could also play french horn, she was a multiple talent that is surely missed everyday this woman was the best female singer of the 1970's and beyond, R.I.P. karen god bless you beautiful soul. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Indeed, you are spot on, Ms. Carpenter wasn't one in a million, she was one in a lifetime!

Playing the drums and keeping your voice soft and smooth is an art.

Growing up it wasn’t cool to like what was called “easy listening,” but as I’ve grown older I’ve really grown to appreciate The Carpenters. I normally don’t like perfect music, I like flaws, but The Carpenters are truly flawless, there’s no mistakes in their music, everything is right on the money, and the craftsmanship is remarkable. Karen Carpenter couldn’t hit a bad note if she tried, and she was a very rare talent, may she Rest In Peace

Born in Connecticut and then they moved the California....she truly was the voice

Hard to deny Karen Carpenter's musical genius. Her voice was so pure and her drumming so good!

She sang effortlessly, as if she wasn't trying to impress anybody, but that came across as sincere and genuine.

Funny that she mentioned wanting to hear Karen singing country. One of my favorite Carpenters songs is their cover of Jambalaya originally sung and recorded by the great Hank Williams. It's a really fun song!

Her voice always gives me goosebumps every single time, she didn't like being forced from the drums and placed in front.

In their recordings, Richard and Karen covered each part themselves...a virtual Carpenter choir. Groundbreaking at the time.

One note and you know who it is. That's more than talent. That's a gift.

A lot of fans look back on their favorite singers form "Back in the day" and realize just how good they really were. Kind of hindsight. We who grew up listening to the Carpenters knew what we had. We knew from the first note we ever heard Karen sing that we were witnessing something special. We loved her, and we were devastated at the loss of her.

I grew up listening to my parents' Carpenters albums. A once in a generation voice.

Don't forget her brother Richard on the piano!! Been a huge fan for over 50 years now!! Wow time flies!! There's not one bad Carpenter's song!!❤❤ Love, your channel❤ Keep great music 🎶 alive.

Karen Carpenter has been hailed by the music industry as having one of the best female voices of all time. Nice to see her still living in the hearts of so many.

Just the most beautiful voice ever. She was one in a million. She is missed terribly

Karen Carpenter's voice was liquid gold. So smooth and talented

I love when they do Sing in Japan, and Karen sang it IN Japanese. And had the children from there help in part of it.

I concur she is the best singer I ever heard.

Incredible singing ability !! Her pitch, tone, vibrato and control are exceptional .. but...... the emotion in her voice gets me every time. I think the emotion is coming from a real place in her. That is why Rainy Days and Mondays can still bring emotion to me.

One of the best singers ever. She always said she was a drummer first. I never saw her play anything else. Richard was a classic trained pianist.

Our Karen. Gifted, shy, fragile.

Her voice is amazing but the sadness in her eyes is haunting

Karen's voice was perfection. It never gets old.

Karen's voice is like a warm blanket on a cold night. Soothing, warm and heartwarming.

She did one take recordings most of the time. Superstar was a song that really showed her voice off. She was pretty amazing.

To sing that magnificently beautifully while simultaneously playing the drums superbly is absolutely incredible! People don't really understand and appreciate just how difficult that really is!

My mum loved the carpenters she passed away 2 years ago always listen to this one my mum's favourite ❤❤

Karen Carpenter has the voice of an angel. To Burch, everyone has the best voice and tone. Karen is the best. RIP.

Hands down the most beautiful singing voice I've ever heard and I'm 63 y/o so that's lots n lots n lots of singers.

I remember the first time I heard her voice back in the 70's. I was hooked. I'm still hooked.

I loved Karen and every time I hear her voice I love it but cry like a baby. So thank you for making me cry !!

EXCELLENT reaction!!! Yes, her Vibrato is insane. Absolutely incredible. There will never be another Karen Carpenter. She's out of reach. You should react to "Superstar." Great song, amongst MANY others they have

Like Burch, I also grew up hearing Karen Carpenter on the radio. She had such an incredible voice. I'm glad you were able to share this reaction with us. Keep up the great work!

My dad is the one that got me into The Carpenters......and Karen Carpenter is astounding.......sufering from Depression myself this song rings so true........absolutely love this one!!!!!!! thank you for this one

I saw the Carpenters when I was a kid. She sounds as good live as she does on the records. Such an amazing voice.

Haunting. Tragic. Karen was the voice of the 1970s, and my childhood.

Even if she never sang and just did drums she would still be one of the greats!!

This song is one of my earliest memories. My grand parents would play this record all the time.

She was the queen period if that illness never showed up my god what she could have done ❤

Her brother, Richard, is an impressive talent as well. He wrote the arrangements to many of their songs.

My favorite, of theirs, has always been "For All We Know." Slower, and, in my humble opinion, more beautiful singing from her, than their others. If you've ever seen those TV commercials advertising some brand of chocolate truffles...and a French chef looking dude is stirring melted chocolate...that silky smooth liquid chocolate... that's Karen Carpenter's voice.

1st timers reactions to Karen always get me

It can be difficult to see the video to this song. Seeing how beautiful she was and amazing she was singing and drumming can just choke me up even today. My first exposure to the Carpenters was on the school bus when the girls in the choir would sing their songs, and of course they were everywhere on the radio. When she died it just seemed unreal and you thought it couldn't be so.

"Yesterday Once More" is probably my favorite of their fantastic catalogue.

Karen Carpenter was one of two female singers who possessed an X-men styled superpower. Both she and Ella Fitzgerald had the power to immediately change mood just by singing. When I hear Karen it's like I've been wrapped in warm velvet--I can literally feel a physical and mental relaxation settle over me. One of the all-time greats.

Superstar really shows her range but everything she did was incredible no one like Karen carpenter 💔💔💔 truly missed

Karen Carpenter, Juice Newton and Emmylou Harris are my favorite female singers. Thanks for the reaction!!

To be that clean-sounding and still have so much soul is a very rare thing. Her voice was like the view from the top of a mountain mixed with a warm brandy.

I break down and cry every time I see someone react to her. To see her talent and her sweetness, and know what she went through. Breaks my heart all these years later.

My dad had the Carpenters in his 70 Chevelle 8-track on a rotation. Vividly recall that as a kid. Didn't really give it much thought til i was older, then realized how good she was. Very few can match Karen's pure vocal pitch/tone. When i think of the best female vocalists, Karen, Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee & Judy Garland come immediately to mind.

Arguably one of the best female Alto singers ever, and that's in an amazing field of Stevie Nicks, Annie Lenox, Sade, and Norah Jones to name just a handful. But as a note, Hal Blaine actually played the drums on the album recording. The song was written by Paul Williams, who also wrote "We've Only Just Begun" and other huge hits like "Rainbow Connection", "Evergreen, etc. It was recorded while she was 20 years old.

I first saw them in a band called Spectrum at the Whisky-A-GO-GO in Los Angeles in 1966 or 67. You seldom saw a female drummer back then so they stuck in my mind. Did not normally go to the Whisky as Shelly’s Man-Hole (a jazz club owned by Shelly Mann) was more to my liking. The next time I saw them their band had broken up and Richard had formed a 3 piece Jazz band he on keyboards or piano and Karen on the drums with Wes Jacobs on bass. She was an accomplished jazz drummer one of her idols was Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck's drummer). By 16 she had a drum set like Morello’s and could play “Take 5”. By 19 (when signed with A&M) she had a 3 octave contralto (B2 to B5sharp) voice the angels were jealous of . Richard had numerous roles in Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Herp Alpert heard one of their demo tapes and signed them with A&M records in 1969 and let them do their own thing. Their first album "Offering" did not do to well but the second (1970) "Close To You" went to #1 and won them a Grammy for best duo album beating the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel with several of the singles going to 1 or 2 and everything after was pure gold (they also renamed "Offering" "Ticket To Ride" and it did better). Their career ended in 1983 when Karen died at 32 of complications from anorexia. Would recommend “Rainy Days and Mondays” or “(groupies) Superstar” or “Goodbye to Love” it was the first power ballad with Toni Peluso on the fuzzy guitar or “Ticket to Ride” a Beatles cover which Lennon when ask about it said how can you complain when an angel takes one of you song and makes it hers? Many of her fans were entertainers themselves Sinatra said the only one he would pay to see was Karen Carpenter. Both McCarthy and Lenon complimented her Lenon was ask what he thought of them covering "Ticket To Ride" his reply if an angel sings your song how can you complain? I am getting really long winded so will stop. PS Whitney Houston had a range from G2 to G#5, (almost 3 octaves) with the ability to belt up to C6. No one knows what Karen could belt to as she never belted. She let the music softly flow like honey on velvet.

I must say she had the purest voice I have ever heard. I'm 70 and heard many great female singers but she is my favorite. No one male or female could hit pure lows with no strain like she could. Marilyn McCoo was my second favorite female singer.

Karen Carpenter’s voice was absolute perfection.❤ Her death was heartbreaking. I wish she had been able to realize how incredible she was and how she is loved to this day.

I describe her voice as angelic..... ❤

Carpenters, down the memory lane. They were one of my first introduction to Western music, I was living in Malaysia on the Borneo side (you know, where the orangutans are) at the time, now UK. Yes, the Carpenters have fans in Asia. I loved them.

Hi was really fortunate to see them live in 1970

Live she had perfect pitch and albums were pitch perfect

As a 63 yo hardcore Rush fan, I believe my first vinyl album purchase what the Carpenter's greatest hits. :)

I can see Burch's reaction watching...with mixed emotions. Like me, I can only smile and cry at the same time experiencing Karen and the Carpenters back in the GREATEST decade of music! How they were able to leave a HUGE impact on my youth and today's youth! Karen's voice and Richard's arrangements were a PERFECT match!!

I love “Superstar” and “Goodbye to Love”. Those are great songs.

The voice of an angel!

Desde Chile recordando a los Carpenter. Todos los dias escucho sus canciones. Un fan de estos 2 hermanos que me transportan al cielo.

Karen was just beautiful all the way around! Wish we could have known so much more of her. Lovely, lovely classy act!

Agree Burch, Karen Carpenter was a phenomenal vocalist, one of of favorite female vocalist.

I agree with everything Burch said.

The Carpenters have so many great songs, but this has always been my favorite song. ✌️

Was hoping you would have let Alexis pick up on the drumming in the video Burch. It's always a shock to first time reactors. Also, Richard's brilliant arrangements helped to showcase that beautiful voice...

I played drums guitar and with the help of youtube i now play piano But what you cant learn here is how to sing like her I would give up every instrument to sing half as good as her

Saw Karen sing and drum in 1972 .Karen was up there with Phil Collins and Levon Helm as a drummer/singer .Her best songs --Trying to get the Feeling Again ,Solitaire ,the song Aplace to Hideaway ,a Burt Bacharach Medley (check the one in black and white in Australia 1972 ).Best duets --with Ella Fitzgerald,John Denver and Perry Como. For singing and drumming check out he cover of the Beatles Help the Carpenters do.

My two favorite female vocalists of all time...Karen Carpenter and Ann Wilson...As a life long drummer/percussionist,I can state with some authority that Karen's skill on the drum kit was also remarkable....4 way limb independence plus vocals,is 5 way independence and such a spot on sense of rhythm,vocal pitch and just a beautiful,pure voice...

Country song? Of course, we're talking about "Top of the World". My Carpenters favorite is "Only Yesterday". I feel she'll love it.

Karen and Richard the best ever.No one comes close.

“One Take” Karen … well known at A&M Records (no diva issues). In this video, Karen plays the Drums and Richard, her brother, plays piano.

The total original and no one better!

Karen Carpenter had a voice of an Angel, she was perfect

No woman singer can hit those lower notes so effortlessly as she does and then go high and not lose anything in her tone. Karen Carpenter is a legend and the beautiful women actually never knew it because she was so down to earth. In my opinion if you do not love Karen's Voice and her personality I would check your pulse. Simply Amazing !!!. One of the country songs they recorded was "Sweet Sweet Smile" written by Juice Newton & Otha Young.

When I hear Karen's voice I think of a broken hearted angel. So beautiful and yet so sad. Did not know whether to smile or weep when I hear her sing.

Karen Carpenter and Linda Ronstadt, the best, they are on another level.