Kim Carnes

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' 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. 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 didn't get my career, and my father, who was an attorney, didn't think singing and writing was even a job." As a four-year-old, Carnes "married" her next-door 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 CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Kim Carnes
  • Popularity: 7.777
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1945-07-20
  • Place of Birth: Pasadena, California, USA
  • Homepage: http://www.kimcarnes.com/
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Kim Carnes Movies

  • 1967
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    C'mon, Let's Live a Little

    C'mon, Let's Live a Little

    5 1967 HD

    An Arkansas folk singer goes to college and woos the dean's daughter at a time of campus unrest.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Bobby Vee

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  • 2017
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    Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

    Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

    6 2017 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kim Carnes

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  • 1985
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    We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

    We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

    8.545 1985 HD

    We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written, how producer Quincy Jones and songwriters...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Jane Fonda

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  • 2022
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    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    8.8 2022 HD

    The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California....

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Pat Benatar

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  • 2002
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    Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's

    Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's

    1 2002 HD

    01 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 02 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Vocals - Maggie Reilly 03 Marillion - Kayleigh 4 Feargal Sharkey - A...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Sinéad O'Connor

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  • 2024
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    The Greatest Night in Pop

    The Greatest Night in Pop

    7.921 2024 HD

    In 1985, 46 music icons, including Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross, and Stevie Wonder, came together for...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lionel Richie

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  • 2024
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    One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two

    One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two

    1 2024 HD

    This is a look into the darkest corners of the BBC’s music archives for a reminder of songs by the likes of The Las, The Mock Turtles, Joan...

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    Cast: Kim Carnes

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  • 1966
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    The Patty Duke Show

    The Patty Duke Show

    5.654 1966 HD

    The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Patty Duke

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  • 2002
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    Where Are They Now?

    Where Are They Now?

    7.5 2002 HD

    Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1982
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    Disco

    Disco

    1 1982 HD

    Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Ilja Richter

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  • 2016
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    Greatest Hits

    Greatest Hits

    5 2016 HD

    A music series featuring Hit-Makers of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s with each episode highlighting a five-year period celebrating the biggest hits from...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Arsenio Hall

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  • 2014
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    Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

    7.3 2014 HD

    Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour...

    Genre: Reality

    Cast:

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  • 2013
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.5 2013 HD

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Michel Drucker

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  • 2021
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    TV Story Superstar

    TV Story Superstar

    1 2021 HD

    Genre: Reality

    Cast: Raffaella Carrà

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  • 1992
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.3 1992 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Johnny Carson

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