1. Kim Carnes is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles.
30 Facts About Kim Carnes
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Kim Carnes worked for several years as a session background singer with the famed Waters Sisters, Maxine Waters Willard and Julia Waters Tillman, who were later featured in the acclaimed 2013 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom.
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In 1971, after she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, Carnes released her debut album Rest on Me.
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Later that year, Kim Carnes' cover of Smokey Robinson's "More Love", from her fifth album, Romance Dance, hit No 10.
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Kim Carnes continues to write and perform and her songs have been featured in numerous films and TV series.
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Kim Carnes was born on July 20,1945, in Los Angeles.
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Kim Carnes's father, James Raymond Carnes, was an attorney and her mother was a hospital administrator.
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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.
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Kim Carnes signed her first publishing deal with producer Jimmy Bowen.
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Kim Carnes sang "Nobody Knows", written by Mike Settle, which was featured prominently in the 1971 film Vanishing Point.
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The film featured Kim Carnes' first cut as a songwriter, "Sing Out for Jesus", which was recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton.
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Also recorded by both Rita Coolidge and Anne Murray, Kim Carnes re-recorded this track with Gene Cotton three years later.
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Streisand recorded Kim Carnes's "Stay Away" on her 1978 album Songbird.
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In 1979, using the pseudonym "Connie con Carne", Kim Carnes recorded a song titled "She Dances with Meat", written by herself and Dave Ellingson.
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Robinson was, indeed, so impressed with Kim Carnes's recording and success with the song that he later wrote and composed "Being with You" for her.
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In 1981, Kim Carnes provided backing vocals on Dionne Warwick's No Night So Long album.
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In 1981, Kim Carnes recorded the Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss song "Bette Davis Eyes", originally written and composed in 1974.
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Kim Carnes was nominated for Best Pop Female, and Mistaken Identity earned a nomination for Album of the Year.
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In what she considers a career highlight, Kim Carnes performed the song live for Davis at a tribute to the legendary actress held just before her death.
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Kim Carnes was one of the singers invited to perform on USA for Africa's 1985 famine relief fundraising single "We Are the World" and can be seen in the music video and heard singing the last line of the song's bridge with Huey Lewis and Cyndi Lauper.
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Kim Carnes reunited with producer Jimmy Bowen for her eleventh album View from the House, released in July 1988.
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In 1991, Kim Carnes recorded the single "Hooked on the Memory of You" as a duet with Neil Diamond for his album Lovescape.
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In 1997, Kim Carnes co-wrote "Just One Little Kiss" with Greg Barnhill for Lila McCann's debut album Lila.
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In 1994, Kim Carnes permanently moved from Los Angeles to Nashville.
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In 1997, Kim Carnes recorded a cover of "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" for a tribute album to Jim Croce.
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In 2007, Kim Carnes recorded "It's Clear Sky Again Today" for a tribute album to the Japanese singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara, and a cover of the Rolling Stones' song "Tumbling Dice" with Jill Johnson for her album Music Row.
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In May 2015, Kim Carnes was interviewed by singer-songwriter Peter Cooper at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
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Kim Carnes recorded a cover of "Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones for 80s Re:Covered, a conceptual compilation album featuring songs from the 70s recorded with the production style of the 80s.
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In 2021, Kim Carnes performed at the Rheneypalooza Jam, an online concert and auction to raise funds for St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
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Kim Carnes' voice has been described as "distinctively raspy" and "throaty", leading to comparisons to the voices of Rod Stewart and Bonnie Tyler.