Little Girl Blue (19 page)

The Carpenters during their second visit to the White House and first time visiting with President Richard M. Nixon, August 1972.
Nixon Library/National Archives

The Carpenters softball team comprised band members, roadies, and opening act Skiles and Henderson.
A&M Records

Photographed in director's chairs the duo received as gifts from an appearance on
The Carol Burnett Show
, 1972.
A&M Records

Hollywood Bowl, 1974.
Sherry Rayn Barnett

On the lot at A&M Records, 1975.
A&M Records

On stage at the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, New York, May 22, 1975.
Norma Segarra

The “lead sister” in her element at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre, August 1976.
Bob Olsen/Toronto Star/GetStock.com

A casual look for a 1976 photo session.
A&M Records

With guest star John Denver in a “Pocahontas” skit, later deleted, from
The Carpenters' Very First Television Special
.
ABC-TV

Filming a Suntory Pop soft drink commercial for Japanese television, 1977.
Suntory

Singing “White Christmas” on
The Carpenters at Christmas
TV special, 1977.
ABC-TV

Karen at age twenty-seven.
A&M Records

December 3, 1978: Joining the choirs and orchestra from California State University, Long Beach, Karen performs at the
Winter Festival Concert
in the newly completed Pacific Terrace Theater in Long Beach, California. This would be the Carpenters' final American concert appearance.
Leo Hetzel