"Karen's voice had so much soul in it. And I think she bared that soul in her music, even though she wasn't able to do so in real life," Schmidt says. Richard Carpenter is married and is the father of ...

Got an e-mail yesterday about a local author named Randy Schmidt who's written a book about Karen Carpenter, Little Girl Blue. The book, from the very reputable Chicago Review Press, isn't officially ...

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He was born after their early-1970s heyday, but it didn’t take Randy Schmidt long to catch up with the Carpenters. Schmidt, now an elementary school music teacher in Denton, remembers being entranced ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who was part of the duo the Carpenters alongside her older brother ...

Parkway, Suite A-120, Plano. July 9 at 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2201 S. I-35 East, Denton. July 10 at noon. In 1989, a casual viewing of a made-for-TV movie changed the life of 13-year-old Randy Schmidt ...

Thirty-four years after Karen Carpenter’s sudden and unexpected death at 32, the “many Karens” remains a subject that fascinates her fans, including Joel Samberg. But because Samberg is a published ...

Just as many Texas school districts are cutting back on arts programs, a Denton elementary music teacher has been named teacher of the year. "The most exciting part was to share it with fellow fine ...