Bi•og'ra•phy: Karen Dalton
uncredited writer, Capitol Records, September 1969
ALL KAREN Dalton has to do to create her own legend is sing. When she does, in a voice that belongs to no specific time but rather to all time, you're going to wonder where she's been all your life. She's been around.
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