Little Girl Blue (62 page)

Wallace, Evelyn, and Rosina Sullivan. Carpenters Fan Club Newsletters. 1971–1989.

Windeler, Robert. “Karen and Richard Carpenter Aren't at the Top of the World: They Need to Be in Love.”
People
, August 2, 1976.

“A Cappella Music,”
39

Adrian, John “Softly,”
162
–65,
187
–88

“All Because of You,”
291

Alley, David,
xiv
,
109
–11,
288

“All I Can Do,”
45
,
54

“All of My Life,”
45
,
55

“All You Get from Love Is a Love Song,”
172

Almo Publishing,
64

“Another Song,”
45

Alpert, Herb,
50
–54,
56
–59,
61
,
91
,
107
,
110
,
170
,
192
–93,
211
,
238
,
270
,
288

Carpenters, as protective of,
67
–68

Alpert, Steven,
288

A&M Records,
50
,
54
,
56
,
74
,
106
,
108
,
145
,
154
,
172
,
207
,
209
–11,
221
,
289

as artist friendly,
52

as “family” label,
51
,
67

as “white Motown,”
67

Anatomy of Anorexia
(Levenkron),
285

Anderson, Lynn,
122

Anderson, Mitchell,
6
–9

anorexia,
7
–8,
127
,
131
,
264

Anthony, Jim,
86
–87,
101
,
108
.
See also
Jim Squeglia

Arnold, Mary,
49
–50

Asher, Tony,
59
–60

“At the End of a Song,”
254

As Time Goes By
(Carpenters),
235

Bacharach, Burt,
51
,
56
–57,
64
,
193
,
287

Bähler, John,
50
,
53

Bähler, Tom,
50
,
53
,
165
,
199
,
230

Bangs, Lester,
84
,
103
,
107

Bash, Randy,
117
–18,
120

Bash, Sherwin,
68
,
71
–73,
84
,
87
,
94
,
99
–101,
109
,
111
,
115
–16,
123
–24,
129
,
131
,
135
,
137
,
139
–42,
166
,
175
,
255

Battin, Skip,
47

Battle of the Bands,
34

Beach Boys,
56

Beach, Lou,
175

Beatles,
56
,
123

“Because We Are in Love (The Wedding Song),”
238

“Beechwood 4-5789,”
237

Belew, Bill,
224
,
230

Bernstein, Gerald,
263
,
266
–67

The Best Little Girl in the World
(Levenkron),
194
–95

Bettis, John,
39
–41,
45
,
48
,
55
,
64
,
87
–88,
102
,
122
,
138
,
155
–56,
226
,
229
,
236
,
280
,
287
–88,
299

Biondi, Dick,
67
,
104
–5

Blaine, Hal,
32
,
58
–59,
83
,
91

“Bless the Beasts and the Children,”
74
,
78

Bless the Beasts and the Children
(film),
74

BNB Management,
68

Bonito, Frank,
15
,
17
,
20
,
79
,
97
–98,
109
,
217
–18,
228
,
231

Boone, Debby,
119

Botkin, Perry Jr.,
74

Bramlett, Bonnie,
77

Brandt, Willy,
99
,
101

Bread,
73

“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,”
237

Brenner, David,
255

Bronstein, Lenny,
174

Brooks, Denny,
123
,
125
,
128
,
161
–62

Brownstead, Frank,
229

Bruch, Hilde,
130

Bruce Forsyth's Big Night
(television program),
186

Burnette, Johnny,
33

Burris, Tom,
216
–19,
221
–23,
225
–27,
230
–34,
240
,
242
–44,
247
,
253
,
273
,
286
,
298

financial status of,
238
–39

Burton, James,
33

“B'wana She No Home,”
172

California,
19

California State Long Beach,
298

“Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft,”
172
,
175
–76,
201

Camacho, Thelma,
49

“Candy.”
See
“One Love”

“Can't Buy Me Love,”
65

“Can't Smile Without You,”
157

Carney, Charles,
186

Capitol,
51

Carnival Records,
51

Carpenter, Agnes,
3
,
5
,
7
–8,
19
,
23
,
31
,
35
,
40
,
44
,
58
,
69
,
70
,
96
,
103
,
113
,
116
,
125
,
130
,
138
,
146
,
152
,
158
,
217
,
223
,
227
,
240
,
255
–56,
261
,
269
,
273
–79,
286

Carpenters, fear of breakup,
192

childhood of,
12

children, protective of,
112

children, relationship with,
114
–15

cleanliness of,
15
–16

death of,
297
–98

as difficult,
93
,
111

as domineering,
162
,
207

Ellis, as threat,
149
–50

family therapy session,
259
–60

Karen, independence of, attempts at,
216

Karen and Richard, finances of, as allowance,
71
–72

marriage of,
12
–13

as oppressive,
259

as playing favorites,
114

as worrier,
183

Carpenter, George,
11

Carpenter, Geraldine,
11

Carpenter, Guinevere,
11

Carpenter, Harold,
5
,
15
–16,
19
,
70
–71,
73
,
97
,
125
,
138
,
162
,
179
,
207
,
240
,
242
,
256
,
275
–79,
286

California, move to,
21

childhood of,
11
–12

death of,
297

family therapy session,
259

marriage of
12
–13

as sweet,
93
,
111

Carpenter, Karen,
xv
,
47
,
50
,
54
,
61
,
64
,
74
–77,
88
,
172
–73,
175
,
186
–87,
235
,
237
,
298
–300

and John “Softly” Adrian,
163
–65

and Herb Alpert,
67
–68

anorexia
nervosa,
xi
–xii,
7
,
127
,
130
,
138
–39,
195
,
241
–42,
246
,
249
,
251
–52,
282
–83

appearance, as mindful of,
44

autopsy report,
283
,
285

on bass guitar,
55

birth of,
14

as burnt out,
155

and Tom Burris,
216
–19,
221
–23,
225
–27,
230
–34,
238
–40,
242
–44,
247

California, move to,
20
,
22

at California State University,
41
,
48
–49

as career conscious,
176

at Century City,
152
–54

childhood of,
16
–17

as childlike,
94
,
153
,
163
,
165

children, love of,
257

and Christmas music,
180
–82

in church choir,
23

and colitis,
95
,
208

confidence, lack of,
85

and Mike Curb,
118
–20

death of,
4
,
276
–79,
281
–82

dehydration of,
263

as demonstrative,
132

demo tape of,
48

depth of character,
161

dieting of,
120

distorted body image of,
208
,
262

divorce papers of,
266
,
273
,
275

in Downey (California),
70
–71,
273

as down to earth,
98

as drummer,
24
–29,
31
,
34
–35,
46
,
58
,
83
,
85
–87,
158
,
205

drums, as security blanket for,
84

eating patterns of,
120
–21,
129
,
139
,
205
,
244
–45

and Terry Ellis,
131
–35,
137
–39,
149
–52,
215
–16

exhaustion of,
144
–45

façade of, as impenetrable,
69

family therapy session,
259

feminine makeover of,
94
–95

final days of,
271
–75

finances of,
72

First Edition audition,
49

Frenda Franklin, friendship with,
92
–95

as frugal,
242

funeral of,
285
–88

and Maria Luisa Galeazzi,
112
–13

as girl next door,
119

on having children,
166
–67

health problems of,
143
–44,
146
–47,
188
–90,
194
–95,
208
–9

in high school,
17
,
24
,
37

hips, as worried about,
120
,
128

honeymoon of,
233

hospitalization of,
263
–64

in junior high,
23

ignored, by family,
151

as immature,
115

independence, attempts at,
126
,
216

inferior, feelings of,
114
,
213

ipecac poisoning,
283
–84

last public performance,
270
–71

laxative addiction to,
209
,
240
–41,
252

as list maker,
156

at Magic Lamp Records,
33
–34

in marching band,
24

and Mary Rudolph,
162

on marriage,
166

marriage, collapse of,
243
–44

masculine façade of,
94
–95

microphone technique of,
80
,
121
,
137
,
201

and Mike Curb,
118
–19

mother, relationship with,
114
–15

music, interest in,
16

music lessons of,
18

as natural comedian,
179

nicknames, fondness for,
154
,
161

as “old soul,”
78

parents, obligation to,
71

as people pleaser,
94

as performer,
132
–35

public image, struggle over,
104
–5

recovery plan of,
251
–56

on relationships,
156
–57

renewed interest in,
293
–97

Richard, loyalty to,
202

Richard, relationship with,
116
–17,
158
–59,
212

romantic relationships, frustration with,
108
–9,
166

safety, concern over,
97

sense of humor of,
41
,
177
,
201

as shy,
80

solo album of,
191
–207,
209
–13,
219
–21,
289
–91