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Today’s Holiday Tune: Karen Carpenter sings the gorgeous “Merry Christmas Darling”

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/13242/2009/12/340x_karencarpenterxmas.jpgThis 1970 song written by Richard Carpenter and Frank Pooler was made a classic by the gorgeous delivery of the late, great Karen Carpenter who died in 1983.

The single of Merry Christmas Darling went to number one on Billboard’s Christmas singles chart in 1970, and did again in 1971 and 1973. It was then included in The Carpenters 1978 Christmas Portrait album and Karen performed it on their ABC Christmas special that year.

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  1. December 8th, 2010 at 5:58 am
    David in Houston says:

    That song is SO incredibly beautiful and poignant. It always makes me sad knowing how young Karen was when she passed away. I was thinking about her last night when Lea Michele sang this song on Glee. It’s almost pointless for anyone else to sing this song. They will always be inferior to the incomparable Karen Carpenter.

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