Then we have long lost sisters Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters singing
group (with her brother Richard) and actress Karen Allen (Raiders of the
Lost Ark/Starman/The Sandlot). It's especially in the smile. It's really sad
Karen left us so tragically and while still so young. I really feel she had
one of the most interesting and distinctive voices ever in pop music. She
sounds wise beyond her years. I'm not a big fan of soft-rock or
easy-listening or whatever you want to call it (see how few entries I have
for this genre on my All-Time Top Songs list elsewhere on this site), but
the Carpenters records were good. I still say Ms. Allen's spunky heroine
Marion was one of the most engaging characters, certainly the most memorable
heroine, in the whole Raiders series that followed. I missed her when she
wasn't in the sequels. Looks like she appears in the 4th one about the
Crystal Skull though. Like an old friend we finally get to see again. Nice!