Karen Kamon

And then the connection became even stranger.

According to Karen Ramone, known to her friends as Itchy, Phil Ramone eventually brought Karen Carpenter into the studio during Michael Jackson's 1979 solo sessions, where she watched him working on Get On The Floor.

Phil wanted Karen to hear the direction Jackson's new album was taking, partly because he was frustrated that she had initially resisted some of Temperton's material.

Think about where Karen Carpenter suddenly was.