The Carpenters covered "Superstar", written by Bonnie Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie & Friends) & Leon Russell, in 1971. Richard Carpenter was inspired after seeing Bette Midler cover the track on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and it'd been recorded by Russell a year earlier, with Rita Coolidge (Mrs. Kris Kristofferson) on vocals.
However, this is the version most oldies channels will choose. For obvious reasons.
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