Karen Carpenter

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American singer contralto drummer human musician

Karen Carpenter was an American singer and drummer best known as the lead vocalist of the soft rock duo the Carpenters, celebrated for her warm, melancholic contralto voice.

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Karen Carpenter canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American singer ⓘ
contralto ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1983 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1965 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus (with the Carpenters) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best New Artist (with the Carpenters) NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Karen Anne Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications of anorexia nervosa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1950-03-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-02-04 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1980-08-31 ⓘ
ethnicity American of English descent ⓘ
familyName Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre adult contemporary music ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
givenName Karen NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced many later pop and adult contemporary vocalists ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor lead vocalist of the Carpenters ⓘ
mannerOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
memberOf the Carpenters NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Karen Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature warm, melancholic contralto voice ⓘ
notableWork (They Long to Be) Close to You NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rainy Days and Mondays NERFINISHED ⓘ
Superstar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Top of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ
We’ve Only Just Begun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yesterday Once More NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation drummer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Downey, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfMarriage Beverly Hills, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Downey, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling Richard Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Thomas James Burris NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalRange contralto ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

(They Long to Be) Close to You → vocalist → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
The Carpenters → hasMember → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
The Carpenters → hasPart → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
The Carpenters → vocalist → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
Carpenter Performing Arts Center → namedAfter → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
Carpenter → hasNotableBearer → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
It’s Going to Take Some Time (Carpenters hit) → vocalist → Karen Carpenter ⓘ
subject surface form: It's Going to Take Some Time