1. "Karen Carpenter Biography BIOGRAPHY Karen Anne Carpenter was born at 1145 a."
2. "101588 and Agnes Reuwer Tatum Carpenter b."
3. "Karens brother Richard had arrived four years earlier on October 15, 1946."
4. "Dad Carpenter hung swings in the basement of their home at 55 Hall Street in New Haven, and Karen and Richard spent many hours literally swinging to the music of their fathers extensive record collection."
5. "It was in that basement that the Carpenter siblings first heard the sounds of Les Paul and Mary Ford, Spike Jones, and Patti Page all figures that played a huge role in the development of the Carpenters sound, nearly 20 years later."
