She did. I so admired her growing up and would sing along and harmonize to my sister’s records. I was an ‘alto’, too, even at a young age.
Karen had a great upper range too. One day she and a friend were out driving around, singing along to all the songs on the radio.
“Karen,” her friend said, “you have a beautiful upper range. Why don’t you ever use it?”
To which Karen responded; “The money’s in the basement.”