Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes 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 selftitled second album primarily contained selfpenned songs including her first charting single Youre 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 cowrite the songs for his concept album Gideon 1980 and their duet Dont 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 Robinsons 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 bestselling 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 Hes Mine No 51 with Barbra Streisand What About Me No 15 with Kenny Rogers and James Ingram Ill 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 cowriting the No 1 duet The Heart Wont Lie with Donna Weiss who had cowritten Bette Davis Eyes with Jackie DeShannon it was recorded by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire and released on McEntires 1993 album Its Your Call Her distinctive raspy vocal style has drawn comparisons to Rod Stewart Her most recent studio album is Chasin Wild Trains 2004 As of 2017 Carnes was residing in Nashville and continues to write music Kim Carnes was born on July 20 1945 in Los Angeles Her father James Raymond Carnes was an attorney and her mother was a hospital administrator Kim Carnes knew she would be a singer and songwriter from the age of three despite the fact that she was not born into a musical family My mother didnt get my career and my father who was an attorney didnt think singing and writing was even a job As a fouryearold Carnes married her nextdoor neighbor musician David Lindley She grew up in Pasadena California and graduated from San Marino High School in 1963 Source Article Kim Carnes from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30