Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes ( born July 20, 1945 in Pasadena, California) is an American musician and composer.

Beginning of singing career

Kim Carnes was from 1962 to 1970 a member of the New Christy Minstrels folk band, in which the passage of time also played musicians such as Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Barry McGuire, Gene Clark ( The Byrds ) and Larry Ramos (The Association). Here she met her future husband and occasional songwriting partner Dave Ellingson, whom she married on 25 November 1967. In the same year Carnes tried unsuccessfully in the film business: In C'mon, Let's Live a Little, she played alongside musicians like Bobby Vee and Jackie DeShannon. Four years later, Carnes was allowed to take part in the soundtrack to the hit movie Vanishing Point ( Vanishing Point San Francisco): The song Sing Out ​​for Jesus, written by Carnes, was sung for the soundtrack of Big Mama Thornton. In contrast, Nobody Knows, was published a composition by Mike Settle, Dave Ellingson as duet. Here fell immediately Carnes ' distinctive, characteristic " raspy voice " that was compared with that of Rod Stewart ( in later years, with the Bonnie Tyler ).

The soundtrack to Vanishing Point was released on the label, Amos, the Carnes 1971 still took them under contract and their debut LP published Rest on Me. The album contained only two original songs ( I Will not Call You Back, Fell in Love with a Poet ), along with songs by the Bee Gees ( To Love Somebody ), and the legendary songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Had produced the work Amos label chief Jimmy Bowen, who was previously with Sammy Davis Jr. and celebrate successes later, especially with country queen Reba McEntire. Rest on Me flopped, however, and Carnes had to wait several years before they could record an album again. As a songwriter she was still in demand: she wrote songs for David Cassidy, BW Stevenson and Frank Sinatra. For Sinatra, she wrote with her husband Dave Ellingson the text to You Turned My World Around ( 1974), a composition of the German Bert Kaempfert and Herbert Rehbein.

The first successes

In 1975 it was so far and the talented singer and songwriter signed a new record deal with A & M. The two albums Kim Carnes (1975) and Sailin ' (1976 ) were notable successes. With You're a Part of Me Carnes had its first success in the adult contemporary charts in the U.S. ( No. 32 ). Two years later she took this song again, this time as a duet with her colleague Gene Cotton, who was traded at this time also as a promising talent. The song reached # 36 in the U.S. pop and the top ten in the AC charts. The composition of the 1976 Love Comes from Unexpected Places Carnes was a year later recorded by Barbra Streisand for the album Streisand Superman. In addition, Carnes won with their own version first prize at the American Song Festival. Streisand was so impressed by Carnes ' abilities that she received in 1978 another song from her pen ( Stay Away ). Also in the 1980s, she chose them for a duet.

Commercially Carnes was still below expectations. In 1978 she signed as the first artist to a contract with the newly introduced label EMI America. In the late 1970s, Carnes had the first success in the charts. 1980 she succeeded with the top 10 hits More Love and Do not Fall in Love with a Dreamer ( duet with Kenny Rogers ), the breakthrough in the U.S..

Your international breakthrough came in 1981 with the hit Bette Davis Eyes, which was a number -one hit in over 30 countries including USA, Germany and Switzerland. The song won an award at the Grammys in 1982 as the Record of the Year. The accompanying album Mistaken Identity was also a great success and sold in the U.S. alone over a million copies. This was followed by the mid- 1980s, more Top 40 hits in the U.S. and Draw of the Cards (1981 ), Voyeur, Does It Make You Remember ( 1982), Invisible Hands (1983 ), What About Me (1984, with James Ingram and Kenny Rogers ) and Crazy in the Night ( Barking at Airplanes ) ( 1985). In 1988, she turned for View from the House of country music to. Five years later she had with Gypsy Honeymoon again a small hit in Germany.

Was published in 2004 after a few years break, the album Chasin 'Wild Trains.

Currently Carnes lives in Nashville, Tennessee. In the capital of country music, she found many grateful recipients for their compositions. So took stars like Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Lila McCann, Pam Tillis and Kevin Sharp on songs by Carnes.

Discography

  • Rest on Me ( 1971)
  • Kim Carnes (1975 )
  • Sailin ' (1976 )
  • St Vincent 's Court (1979 )
  • Romance Dance ( 1980)
  • Mistaken Identity (1981 )
  • Voyeur (1982 )
  • Lighthouse ( 1986)
  • View from the House ( 1988)
  • Checkin 'out the Ghosts (1991 )
  • Gypsy Honeymoon: Best of Kim Carnes (1993 )
  • Master Series (1999)
  • Chasin 'Wild Trains (2004)

Guest Albums, Singles & Soundtracks

  • Presenting the Sugar Bears (Kim Carnes as " Honey Bear ", 1971)
  • Vanishing Point ( duet with Dave: Nobody Knows, Soundtrack, 1971)
  • Heroes ( Song: Long Long Time, Soundtrack, 1977)
  • Gene Cotton - Save The Dancer ( duet: You're a Part of Me, 1978)
  • Kenny Rogers - Gideon (Duet: Do not Fall in Love with a Dreamer, 1980)
  • Randy Meisner (Deep Inside My Heart duet, 1980)
  • Kenny Rogers - Lady (Duet: No te enamores de un loco, Spanglish Album 1981)
  • Más Amor ( Love More Love in Spanish, 1981)
  • Rod Stewart - Absolutely Live (Duet: Stay with Me by Rod Stewart & Tina Turner, 1982)
  • Flashdance (Song: I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is, Soundtrack, 1983)
  • Barbra Streisand - Emotion (Duet: Make No Mistake, He's Mine, 1984)
  • What about Me? ( Trio with Kenny Rogers & James Ingram, 1984)
  • That 's Dancing (Song: Invitation to Dance, Soundtrack, 1985)
  • USA for Africa - We are the World ( Charity Single, 1985)
  • Spaceballs ( duet with Jeffrey Osborne: My Heart Has a Mind of its Own, Soundtrack, 1987)
  • Rude Awakening ( Song: Comin 'Home, Soundtrack, 1989)
  • Clarence Clemons - A Night with Mr. C (Duet: Dance, Dance, Dance, 1989)
  • Pulses ( Song: Everybody Needs Someone, Soundtrack, 1989)
  • Neil Diamond - Hooked on the Memory of You / Hard Times for Lovers (Duet CD single, 1991)
  • Kenny Rogers - All Hits & Love Songs (Duet: Do not Fall in Love with a Dreamer [ re-recording ], 1991)
  • Seiko Matsuda - Romantique ( Song: Hold Me, 1991)
  • Neil Diamond - Greatest Hits 1966-1992 (Duet: Heartbreak Hotel, 1992)
  • The Stars Come Out for Christmas Vol III (Song: Run, Run Rudolph, 1992)
  • Private Lessons ( Song: Love Hurts, Soundtrack, 1992)
  • Re - Import ( Song: Shiny Day, 1992)
  • Tycoon ( Song: Working Girl Soundtrack 1992)
  • Christmas Classics (Songs: What Child is This, " O Little Town of Bethlehem, 1994)
  • The Stars Come Out for Christmas Vol VI ( Song: Away in a Manger, 1994)
  • Make a Wish for Christmas Vol II (Song: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, 1994)
  • Lunch - A Modern Musical Myth ( trio with BJ Thomas & Brian Mitchell: Skyline, Soundtrack, 1994)
  • Hope - Country Music 's Quest for a Cure ( Charity Single, 1996)
  • Jim Croce - A Nashville Tribute ( Song: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, 1997)
  • Cleveland Browns - Greatest Hits ( Song: Somebody Let the Dawgs Out ", 1999)
  • Dave Pardue - Mrs. Lightning's Valentine (Duet: Who do You Love, 2000)
  • Sincerely ... Mariya Takeuchi Songbook Vol II ( Song: Let's Try Again ", 2003)
  • The New Christy Minstrels - New Kick! (Song: Beautiful, Beautiful World, 2004)
  • Loggerheads (Song: The Silver Chord, Soundtrack 2005)
  • Noriyuki Makihara - Songs from LA (Song: It's Clear Sky Again Today ", 2007)
  • Jill Johnson - Music Row (Duet: Tumblin ' Dice, 2007)

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