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Karen Carpenter: I remember thinking...

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I remember thinking back then, 'Oh God, if we don't get a hit by the time I'm 20 I have to kill myself!' Well, we JUST made it, because it came out in late May, right after I turned 20, and within 6 weeks it was number one.

Source: On Close to You, the Carpenter's first hit, 1970.
-- Karen Carpenter, (Mar 2 1950-1983), US singer; She sold, with brother Richard, over 80 million records; first hit was Close to You, 1970.

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