Playboy’s Vote
When Playboy conducted a poll of the best drummers, Karen came in first place. Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham was quite mad when he saw that and sneered, “I’d like to have it publicized that I came in after Karen Carpenter in the Playboy drummer poll! She couldn’t last ten minutes with a Zeppelin number.”
Playboys Vote
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Lip Syncing
It’s not as uncommon as you might think for artists to lip-sync during a performance. Karen and Richard did so when they performed “Bless the Beasts and Children” at the Academy Award show in 1972.
Lip Syncing