Anne Murray is one of my favourite artists. She has a Karen-esque vocal side at times which is especially prominent in her recording of "Both Sides Now".
Anne Murray is a fantastic recording artist in her own right. Her deep toned voice, I feel is reminicent of Karens deeper vocals as on the album 'Lovelines'
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Date Posted:04:38:52 05/24/03 Sat
There is no bigger Anne Murray fan than I am but I have to agree that Karen Carpenter's voice is flawless. Anne has never been able to emotionally charge a song the way Karen did, perhaps due to shyness. Anne once turned down the song "I Honestly Love You" because it was too personal. Now Karen could have wrapped her voice and heart around that tune and would have made it her own. Perhaps the similarities and differences between Anne and Karen are that one sang from the heart and the other from the soul. Either way they both made their way into my life and have remained there ever since.
Date Posted:19:28:00 05/07/03 Wed
>I know you were recently talking about Sound-a-likes
>
>Anne Murray is one of my favourite artists. She has a
>Karen-esque vocal side at times which is especially
>prominent in her recording of "Both Sides Now".
>
>Anne Murray is a fantastic recording artist in her own
>right. Her deep toned voice, I feel is reminicent of
>Karens deeper vocals as on the album 'Lovelines'
>I love Anne Murray and her GREAT GREAT voice , but I think , with all my respects for everyone of you , Karen voice has no comparation.
Date Posted:19:49:48 05/07/03 Wed
>>I love Anne Murray and her GREAT GREAT voice , but I
>think , with all my respects for everyone of you ,
>Karen voice has no comparation.
Anne Murray really does have a nice voice - but really Karen has such an artistic and unusual voice. Karen is truly a one of a kind. Her vocal ability is unmatched, she can outsing the best of the best.
Karen belongs in an elite class of singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Striesand - Karen is one of the greats of all-time and her voice will live on for centuries to come. Many many people remember her and many many people continue to discover her everyday to this day. She is amazing!
Date Posted:05:12:05 05/13/03 Tue
Didn't Anne Murray record and release a hit version of I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN? I remember Richard saying the Carpenters had wanted to pull it as a single at the time, but the version they did wasn't editable the way others songs sometimes are.
And he was set against releasing it as it was, as it clocked in at nearly 5 mins, way too long for radio at the time. Anne went on to have a hit with the song.
Date Posted:09:52:47 05/14/03 Wed
I just Fall in Love Again was the "B" side of the hit single "Calling Occupants....", when it was released here in 1977. In fact, it was a bigger hit than than the "A" side as we Filipinos are hopelessly romantics. Its a 4-min single as stated in the label.........Later I found out that the late great Dusty Springfield had recorded it also, but never heard her version so far. The Carpenters recorded it in 1977, Anne Murray in late 1979. In the album of Anne's greatest hits she gave credits to Dusty as the one whom she covered the song, unfortunately there was no mention of the Carpenters' version.........Who recorded it first?.........Will somebody enlighten me?
>Didn't Anne Murray record and release a hit version of
>I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN? I remember Richard saying
>the Carpenters had wanted to pull it as a single at
>the time, but the version they did wasn't editable the
>way others songs sometimes are.
>
>And he was set against releasing it as it was, as it
>clocked in at nearly 5 mins, way too long for radio at
>the time. Anne went on to have a hit with the song.
>
>Stephen
Date Posted:20:24:01 05/14/03 Wed
The Carpenters were the first to record "I Just Fall In Love Again". Although Anne Murray had a hit with the song in the worldwide sense I believe The Carpenters do have the definitive version.
Dusty recorded the song in 1979 for her album "Living Without Your Love".
A bit of trivia Dusty passed away on March 2, 1999, which was the anniversary of what would have been Karen's 49th birthday.
Since The Carpenters were the most popular and regarded the best in the genre of romantic pop music they usually received songs from various songwriters before anybody else ie "Can't Smile Without You", "You're The One", "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again", "Where Do I Go From Here" and others.
Date Posted:10:57:37 01/26/04 Mon
>Isn't it a funny world where we have to compare one singer to another? The more I've listened to Anne Murray and Karen Carpenter, the less similarities I hear.
