Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and clubs. Carnes was a member of New Christy Minstrels from 1966 until 1970. Kenny Rogers was also a member, and during this time Carnes met and married Dave Ellingson, with whom she would write most of her songs. For a short while in the early 1970s, she and Ellingson formed the folk duo Kim and Dave, which was not successful. She began releasing albums during the early 1970s. Her self-titled album in 1975 contained her first hit, "You're A Part Of Me," a duet with Gene Cotton (and a cover of a minor hit for Canadian singer Susan Jacks earlier that year) that went to #36 on the charts. This album was followed in 1976 with Sailin'. One track, "Love Comes From Unexpected Places," won best song at the 1977 American Song Festival and gained some additional notice after it was recorded by Barbra Streisand on her 1977 album Streisand Superman. In 1980 a duet with Kenny Rogers titled "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" became a major hit on the country and western charts and also became a pop hit. Her cover version of the Smokey Robinson & The Miracles song "More Love" became her first solo hit single in 1980 when it reached the U.S. Top 10. In 1981 she recorded the Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss song "Bette Davis Eyes". As the first single released from the album Mistaken Identity, it spent 9 weeks at number one on the US singles charts and became a worldwide hit. The single went on to become the #1 bestseller for the year and won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. It is second only to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" (released later in 1981 and late enough to be the number one single of 1982), which spent 10 weeks at number one, as the biggest hit of the entire decade of the 1980s
1 | Still Hold On | The Best of Kim Carnes |
2 | Bette Davis Eyes 2002 (DJ Samp-ling's Club Mix) | Bette Davis Eyes 2002 CD5 |
3 | Bette Davis Eyes | The Best of Kim Carnes |
4 | Don't Cry Now | The Best of Kim Carnes |
5 | Mistaken Identity | The Best of Kim Carnes |
6 | Rough Edges | The Best of Kim Carnes |
7 | More Love | Mistaken Identity Collection |
8 | Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer | The Best of Kim Carnes |
9 | Make No Mistake, He's Mine | The Best of Kim Carnes |
10 | It Hurts So Bad | The Best of Kim Carnes |
11 | Bettie Davis Eyes | Bettie Davis Eyes |
12 | Bette Davis Eyes (DJ Sampling & DJ Stephen Mix) | The Mistaken Identity Collection |
13 | You're A Partof Me | The Best of Kim Carnes |