Karen Read Music?

[Randy M]

This all seems to go against what Toni Tennille said in the quote that was discussed recently- something about Karen and Richard almost recording every note individually, or some such.

Dusty Springfield. Word by word by word, etc... Drove produces nutz.

 

[JohnFB]

She could definitely read drum notation at least, which is, of course, musical notation of a special kind - so, she read music.

 

[JohnFB]

there was an article, many years ago, where a female singer, perhaps leslie johnson, spoke about working with karen, the gist was that karen had a strong, clear voiced, but she ( leslie ) was better at sight reading.

I believe that was when they were singing together in their college choir - and it's likely that this practice continued in the days of them being together in the group Spectrum, although I can't say for sure about that.

 

[Bartog739]

there was an article, many years ago, where a female singer, perhaps leslie johnson, spoke about working with karen, the gist was that karen had a strong, clear voiced, but she ( leslie ) was better at sight reading.

It's definitely a quote from Leslie Johnston in Little Girl Blue.