And, too, when I look at the Carpenters' "what ifs" for 1978:
(1) Trying To get The Feeling Again
(2) Ordinary Fool
(3) Your'e The One
(4) Where Do I Go From Here
(5) I Just Fall In Love Again
I would not discount any of the above as Single-worthy (between 1975 and 1978)....
Then, again, going with From This Moment On
(no matter how well Karen sang it)...on the Tonight Show...not a smart choice at that time....
Didn't Rita Coolidge score some her biggest Hits between 1977 and 1980 ?
There we have a similar voice scoring some big hit singles in the time period.
I was on the phone with my friend (and fellow forum member) @Mike Cidoni Lennox last week and we both were in agreement that I Just Fall In Love Again could have been a hit for the duo. I know there was an issue with the length of the cut given where FM was at at the time, but still could have somewhat put these guys back on the map. Again, hindsight being 20/20, I think a lot of different decisions might have been made all the way around had Karen and Richard been in a better place at the time.