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Karen Carpenter was a star at age 22, a has-been at age 30, and gone at age 32. No book or movie, until Little Girl Blue, has come close to telling the whole story. I love good music journalism, so I really thank the author for doing such a thorough job.

Dozens of articles, t.v.

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appearances, and concert books are cited.

I remember seeing Karen Carpenter on television when I was 12, and seeing her in concert a year later. A woman drummer singing lead in a band. This was groundbreaking in 1972. This was year before women even played lead guitar in rock.

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She and her brother introduced a softer rock sound, and produced some wonderful songs in the early years. Her alto and interpretation were never better on Superstar and Rainy Days and Mondays.

Then things got off track. Brother Richard insisted on reproducing their winning sound on album after album. A brilliant arranger, he couldn't resist overproducing, at times.

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