30 Facts About Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles.

Kim Carnes 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.

Kim Carnes was born on July 20,1945, in Los Angeles.

Kim Carnes's 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.

Kim Carnes grew up in Pasadena, California and graduated from San Marino High School in 1963.

Kim Carnes was a songwriter and performer from an early age.

Kim Carnes sang "Nobody Knows", written by Mike Settle, which was featured in the end credits of the 1971 film Vanishing Point.

The film featured Kim Carnes' first cut as a songwriter, "Sing Out for Jesus", which was recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton.

Kim Carnes toured the world with Cassidy as an opening act with her husband.

In 1975, Kim Carnes released her self-titled second album, which contained her first charted hit, "You're A Part Of Me", which reached No 32 on the US Adult Contemporary charts.

Kim Carnes re-recorded this track with Gene Cotton three years later.

Streisand recorded Kim Carnes's "Stay Away" on her 1978 album Songbird.

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.

In 1981, Kim Carnes provided backing vocals on Dionne Warwick's No Night So Long album.

In 1981, Kim Carnes recorded the Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss song "Bette Davis Eyes", originally written and composed in 1974.

Kim Carnes was nominated for Best Pop Female, and Mistaken Identity earned a nomination for Album of the Year.

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.

Also on 19 December 1981, Kim Carnes performed with Rod Stewart and Tina Turner at the L A Forum in Inglewood, California.

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.

Kim Carnes reunited with producer Jimmy Bowen for her eleventh album View from the House, released in July 1988.

Kim Carnes recorded a cover of the Everly Brothers' song "Love Hurts" for the soundtrack to the Japanese film Private Lessons II.

Later in 1991, Kim Carnes recorded the single "Hooked on the Memory of You" as a duet with Neil Diamond for his album Lovescape.

In 1997, Kim Carnes co-wrote "Just One Little Kiss" with Greg Barnhill for Lila McCann's debut album Lila.

In 1994, Kim Carnes permanently moved from Los Angeles to Nashville.

In 1997, Kim Carnes recorded a cover of "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" for a tribute album to Jim Croce.

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.

In 2015, Kim Carnes recorded "Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones for 80s Re:Covered, a conceptual compilation album featuring 80s-influenced covers of songs from the 1970s.

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.

Kim Carnes' voice has been described as "distinctively raspy" and "throaty", leading to comparisons to the voices of Rod Stewart and Bonnie Tyler.