Did You Know?

Tid-bits you might not know about Karen Carpenter:

• Favorite drink was iced tea.
• "A Star on Earth - A Star in Heaven" is written in her mausoleum.
• Among her friends were Petula Clark, Olivia Newton-John and Dionne Warwick.
• Dedicated her solo album to her brother Richard.
• She never liked the song "Superstar", one of the hit Carpenters songs she was famous for.
• Her favorite Carpenters song was "I Need To Be In Love".
• The song "Now", recorded in April 1982, was the last song she ever recorded and was made in one take!
• Collected Disney memorabilia.
• Loved to play softball/baseball.
• Had to have surgery on her ear, during the late 1970s.
• Was married by televangelist Dr. Robert H. Schuller.
• Went to Bora Bora, for her honeymoon.
• Cross-stitched to pass the time.
• Karen's boyfriends/dates
  • Terry Ellis, co-owner of Chrysalis records and temporary manager to Karen and Richard after Richard fired Sherwin Bash. Karen moved in with Terry in 1975 but this only lasted a week because she liked staying at home watching TV and cross-stitching while Terry liked late night dinners and clubs.
  • Dated Alan Osmond, Mark Harmon and Bill Hudson (Kate Hudson's dad)
  • Serious relationship with John Adrian (of BBC's "Softly, Softly") while on tour in England in 1976. He was with A&M in England.
  • Serious relationship with Tom Bahler in 1978 or 1979.
  • Relatinship with David Alley. Was Richard's manager until fairly recently when he was let go. He was also a pall bearer at Karen's funeral
• Both Elvis and Gene Simmons of kiss tried to seduce Karen?
  • Petula Clark's quote on what Happened with Elvis:
    • " She reveals: "We were just doing sort of a girls night out and we
      went to see him and we went backstage, of course, and we had a very
      nice time with him. Little by little all of his chums and, you know,
      hangers-on disappeared from the dressing room and it was just Elvis,
      Karen and myself.
      
      "After awhile I realized that Elvis was coming on quite heavily to
      both of us. Karen was very innocent, at the time anyway, and I was
      sort of like the older sister. I said, `Karen, we've got to get out
      of here' and she said, `What?' and I said, `Come on, we're leaving
      Karen.'
      
      "So eventually I more or less dragged her out. Elvis looked a bit
      downtrodden by this. He wanted us both.