Kim Carnes
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- Born
- 1945-07-20
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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…
Known for
- Michael Jackson: A Life in Music — Self (archive footage)2026
- The Greatest Night in Pop — Self (archive footage)2024
- One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two — Self (archive footage)2024
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)2022
- TV Story Superstar — Self (archive footage)2020
- Bette Davis: Larger Than Life — Self2017
- Greatest Hits2016
- O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar — Self (archive footage)2009
- Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self2009
- Best of Disco Star Parade 70-80 — self2007
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Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter best known for her 1981 single "Bette Davis Eyes". She began a solo career as a songwriter and performer in the early 1970s and also worked as a session background singer with Maxine Waters Willard and Julia Waters Tillman, later featured in the 2013 documentary "20 Feet from Stardom". In 1971, Carnes released her debut album "Rest on Me". Her self-titled second album, "Kim Carnes" (1975) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kim+
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Key facts
- Born
- Kimberly Carnes , ( 1945-07-20 ) July 20, 1945 (age 80) , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Genres
- Pop rock soft rock country folk
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Works
- Kim Carnes discography
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Labels
- Amos A&M EMI America MCA Sparky Dawg
- Spouse
- David Ellingson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Website
- kimcarnes .com
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Key dates
- Born
- 20 July 1945
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kim
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Pasadena City College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- We Are the World
- Field of work
- music composing
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Kimberly Carnes Ellingson (/kɑːrnz/; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter best known for her 1981 hit single, "Bette Davis Eyes". She embarked on a solo career as a songwriter and performer in the early 1970s and also worked for several years as a session background singer with the Waters Sisters, Maxine Waters Willard and Julia Waters Tillman, who were later featured in the 2013 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. In 1971, Carnes released her debut album, Rest on Me. Released in 1975, Carnes' self-titled second album included her first charting single, "You're a Part of Me", which reached No. 32 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. 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 and her husband, David Ellingson, were commissioned by Kenny Rogers to co-write the songs for his concept album Gideon. Her duet with Rogers, "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, Carnes' cover of Smokey Robinson's "More Love", from her fifth album, Romance Dance, hit No. 10. In 1981, Carnes released Mistaken Identity, which featured the chart-topping "Bette Davis Eyes". A worldwide hit, it became the best-selling single of the year in the United States. "Bette Davis Eyes" spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, went Gold, and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the 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.
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