(1945-07-20) July 20, 1945 (age 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Pop rock[1]
soft rock[2]
country[3]
folk[3]
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
Years active
1962–present
Labels
Amos
A&M
EMI America
MCA
Sparky Dawg
Website
kimcarnes.com
Musical artist
Kim Carnes (/kɑːrnz/; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles. She began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Water Sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1971. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single "You're a Part of Me", which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured "Love Comes from Unexpected Places". The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.
In her breakthrough year, 1980, Carnes was commissioned by Kenny Rogers to co-write the songs for his concept album Gideon (1980), and their duet "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and earned the duo a Grammy Award nomination. Later that year, her cover of Smokey Robinson's "More Love", from her fifth album Romance Dance (1980), hit No. 10. The following year, Carnes released Mistaken Identity, which featured the worldwide hit, "Bette Davis Eyes". It became the best-selling single of the year in the United States, spending nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, going Gold, and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Mistaken Identity reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, was certified Platinum, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Carnes also had success with the singles "Draw of the Cards" (No. 28), "Does It Make You Remember" (No. 36), "Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)" (No. 15), "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" (No. 51), with Barbra Streisand, "What About Me?" (No. 15), with Kenny Rogers and James Ingram, "I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is", from the Flashdance soundtrack, and the Grammy Award nominated singles "Voyeur" (No. 29) and "Invisible Hands" (No. 40). Her other successes as a songwriter include co-writing the No. 1 duet "The Heart Won't Lie" with Donna Weiss (who had co-written "Bette Davis Eyes" with Jackie DeShannon); it was recorded by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire, and released on McEntire's 1993 album It's Your Call.
Her distinctive, raspy vocal style has drawn comparisons to Rod Stewart.[4][5] Her most recent studio album is Chasin' Wild Trains (2004). As of 2017, Carnes was residing in Nashville and continues to write music.
^"Picks and Pans Review: View from the House". People. Vol. 30, no. 9. August 29, 1988. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
^Johnstone, Andrew (February 6, 2015). "A General Guide to Soft Rock". Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2017.. Rip It Up.
^ abCite error: The named reference Huey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Rockwell, John (July 26, 1981). "Kim Carnes Lifts 'Bette Davis' To The Top". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
^Holden, Stephen (August 26, 1981). "Kim Carnes Sings At Savoy". The New York Times. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
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an American recording engineer and record producer who has worked with KimCarnes, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, and others. Garay also co-founded...
came in 1984 with "What About Me?", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers, KimCarnes, and James Ingram, and topped the US and Canadian Adult Contemporary charts...
US Billboard 200 chart. The single, "Deep Inside My Heart" featuring KimCarnes, peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and the single "Hearts...
Ray Charles, Anita Baker, Viktor Lazlo, Nancy Wilson, Natalie Cole, KimCarnes, and Kenny Rogers. In October 1990, he scored a No. 1 hit on the Billboard...
David Coverdale as a solo artist. He also recorded with Randy Meisner, KimCarnes, Al Stewart, Joe Walsh, 38 Special, Cinderella, Randy Newman and many...
musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Beth Hart, Stevie Nicks, KimCarnes, Randy Newman, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones (lead guitar on "Saint...
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album by American singer-songwriter KimCarnes. It was released on June 2, 1980, by EMI America. It became Carnes' first charting album, peaking at no...
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