A soloist and Clark Sister who turned personal trials into songs of resilience.
For a quick sense of her, try 'Anytime You Need a Friend' from that first solo record. Or 'If I Can't Say A Word', it's a quiet one that holds up.
She came up singing in church with her sisters, then made her own space with songs like 'Anytime You Need a Friend.' That 1997 solo debut, 'Finally Karen,' arrived after the Clark Sisters had disbanded, and she kept writing through a breast cancer diagnosis in 2011. You can hear that steadiness in later albums like 'Destined to Win.'
She was part of the Clark Sisters from 1973, singing on records like 'You Brought the Sunshine.' After the group stopped in 1986, she went solo a decade later. She's kept recording since, sometimes with her sister Dorinda Clark-Cole on tracks like 'He Knows,' and she's done some film and TV work too.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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