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| Born | March 2, 1950 |
| Hometown | New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America |
| Height | 5'4" (1.63m) |
| Spouse | Thomas Burris (m 1980 - 1981) |
| Parents | Agnes Reuwer Tatum , Harold Bertram Carpenter |
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Judith Durham, lead singer with the Seekers whose bell-like voice brought chart success – obituary
- Judith Durham, who has died aged 79, was the wholesome chanteuse fronting the Seekers, the Australian singing group voted more popular than the Beatles in 1965, the year in which they scored two middle-of-the-road No 1 hits that bucked contemporary musical trends and led to sales of some 50 million records around the world.
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Grease star Olivia Newton-John claims she's visited by celebrity ghosts who help her career
Grease star Olivia Newton-John has claimed that she is visited by two dead celebrities who help boost her career.The actress, who played Sandy in the hit 70s musical, says the ghosts of her deceased famous friends 'hover' around her when she performs, and that they give her guidance and support for each show.She claims that both Karen Carpenter, the Carpenters singer who died in 1983, and John Denver, the singer-songwriter who died in 1997, are with her on stage every time she performs. The Dail
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Grease star Olivia Newton-John claims she's visited by celebrity ghosts who help her career
The Australian actress-singer says Karen Carpenter and John Denver are her 'spirit guides'.
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Carpenters returns with vinyl remasters of hit albums
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — Fans of the Carpenters are about to have a dozen reasons to be on top of the world.
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From Emeli Sandé to Jack Savoretti: we ask musicians to choose their favourite love songs
While some people will use Valentine's Day as an excuse to crack out their favourite romantic songs, musicians have never needed a specific calendar date as a reason to dwell on matters of the heart. "I remember when I heard Fast Car by Tracey Chapman, it was the first time I really felt like love was properly captured. It was about escapism, an us-against-the-world attitude, it was romantic but in a very deep way, it was grounded in real life, and it made me feel that I could understand what
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The Carpenters and Me
Born 2 March 1950, Karen Carpenter (who died aged 32) has now been dead longer than she'd lived. In August 1973, Yesterday Once More was kept at number two by - ironically - Gary Glitter's Leader of the Gang and then, Donny Osmond's Young Love.
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