![]() In 1963, the Carpenter family moved to Downey, Calif., where the Carpenter siblings continued their love for music by competing in the seventh annual Hollywood Bowl Battle of the Bands in 1966. Carpenter began to play the accordion and moved onto the piano as he grew older. Carpenter first began to play the glockenspiel in high school, but found a love for drums. As they grew up, both became interested in music, but there was a bit of time before Carpenter found her instrument, her voice. Her older brother, Richard, was born almost three years earlier. Karen Anne Carpenter was born on March 2, 1950, to Harold and Agnes Carpenter in New Haven, Conn. ![]() She made the whole world stop and listen to soft rock classics such as “(They Long To Be) Close To You” and “Top of the World,” but there was a side to her no one knew. Karen Carpenter was known as the bright and humorous girl with the distinctive, velvet voice. ![]() Directed by Randy Martin alongside executive producers Carnie Wilson and Andy Streitfeld and producers Randy Schmidt and Brad Osborne, it brings the previously small known condition of eating disorders to light and how they affected Carpenter throughout her life. This documentary also won Best Documentary at the California Music Video Awards. It has taken part in many screenings all along the West Coast since the beginning of February – including the Sonoma International Film Festival, Milwaukee Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Sedona International Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, and Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The newest documentary about Karen Carpenter’s tragic life story titled, “Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection,” was released on Feb.
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