Karen Carpenter---The Greatest Female Voice of All Time

[elderado]

Yes, that list is so varied and seemingly mixed up, it's kind of a surprise Weird Al Yankovic isn't #1!!!

 

[kandlekid]

She defiintely has a very pleasant and appealing voice. Well done.

 

[vanzandt]

She definitely has a very pleasant and appealing voice. Well done.

Not too hard on the eyes either is she?
I always loved that song. She nails it note for note too, but like anything else, it's hard to top the original.

I always say the #1 test of time for a song... is when they do orchestral covers of it.

I was at a black tie event back in the day and there was a harp player there running through many of the classics. One of the songs in her set was "Free Bird". I smiled. How can a bunch of 18 yo kids sitting around, drinking and smoking like there's no tomorrow... compose a song that 50 years later is being played by a harpist at an event for folks that would never even give them the time of day if they met them on the street. It's magic I guess.