Kim Carnes

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Kim Carnes Wiki Biography

Kim Carnes is an awarded singer-songwriter born on 20th July 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is probably best known for her hit singles “More Love”, “Make No Mistake (He’s Mine)”, and “Bette Davis Eyes” which proved to be her most successful song and earned her two Grammy Awards, Song of the Year and Record of the Year award.

Have you ever wondered how rich Kim Carnes is? According to sources it has been estimated that Kim’s overall net worth is $8 million, as of June 2017,s accumulated her wealth through an extraordinarily lucrative music career which started in the late ‘60s. Since she is still active in the entertainment industry, her net worth continues to increase.

Kim became interested in music from an early age, despite not coming from a musical family. She attended San Marino High School and graduated in 1963, but meantime during her childhood and teenage days she regularly wrote songs and performed occasionally. In 1969, she signed her first publishing deal with producer Jimmy Bowen, and shared demo-recording time with his other writers. One of her first ventures was singing “Nobody Knows” written by Mike Settle, which was eventually featured in the film “Vanishing Point” in 1971. The same year, again in cooperation with Settle, Kim created The Sugar Bears pop group and their first album – “Presenting the Sugar Bears” – reached the top 100 on Billboard charts. Carnes also co-wrote several of David Cassidy’s albums including “Rock Me Baby”, “Dreams are Nuthin’ More than Wishes” and “Cassidy Live!”. Her first solo album, “Rest on Me”, with Amos Records was released in 1972. Three years later she released her second which contained her first charted hit “You’re A Part of Me”, which she later re-recorded with Gene Cotton. After a few more albums released, she performed a duet with Kenny Rogers – “Don’t Fall in Love With a Dreamer” – which became a major hit on the Pop, Country and AC charts. In 1981, Carnes released “Bette Davis Eyes”, a song which was originally written in 1974; it spent nine weeks at number one on US singles charts, and became a worldwide hit, and the biggest hit of the 1980s in the US. The song earned Kim two Grammy Awards and Record of the Year and Song of the Year awards. She was nominated for Best Pop Female and her album, “Mistaken Identity” was nominated for Album of the Year.

In January 1985 Carnes was present on the Billboard Hot 100 with three singles “What About Me”, “Invitation to Dance” and “Make No Mistake, He’s Mine”. As her popularity and fame grew, she was nominated for additional Grammy Awards in 1983 and 1984 – Best Rock Vocal Performance Female for “Voyeur” and Best Rock Vocal Performance Female for “Invisible Hands”. By 1988, Kim had released her eleventh studio album and reunited with producer Jimmy Bowen, which included the Top 10 AC album “Crazy in Love”. Carnes continued releasing hits and albums, including “I’ll Be Here Where the Heart Is” and “Gipsy Honeymoon” which became internationally popular.

With the beginning of the 2000s, Kim released a remake of Johnny Cash’s song “Ring of Fire” which she sang with Jeff Bridges for the film “The Contender”, and continued her songwriting career.

When it comes to her more recent activity, she wrote the song “It’s a Mighty Hand” for the 2006 film “Chances: The Women of Magdalene”. EMI Music released a Kim Carnes compilation named “Essential” in 2011, which received a positive review from All Music, and Kim recorded a new single with British songwriter Frankie Miller three years later.

Privately, Carnes has been married to Dave Ellingson since 1967 and the couple has three sons. She resides with her husband in Nashville.

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Kim Carnes Quick Info

Full Name Kim Carnes
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth July 20, 1945
Place Of Birth Pasadena, California, USA
Profession Music Department, Soundtrack, Actress
Nationality American
Spouse Dave Ellingson
Children Collin Ellingson
Parents James Raymond Carnes
MySpace https://myspace.com/kimcarnessongs
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138731/
Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kim-carnes-mn0000097654
Awards Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Juno Award for International Single of the Year, Bette Davies Eyes, Don’t Fall in Love With a Dreamer, Crazy in the Night
Nominations Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single, Academy of Country Music Award for New …
Movies Vanishing Point

Kim Carnes Trademarks

  1. Raspy Voice

Kim Carnes Quotes

  • Nashville has a great creative atmosphere. It’s a small, close-knit music community that you can’t find anywhere else.
  • I write from what’s in my heart. I write what I love and have always done that. I’m so lucky to be writing and performing with some of the best writers in the world. I’m having a blast.
  • I never had any other thought in my mind. I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.

Kim Carnes Important Facts

  • When not performing live, she resides in Nashville and writes songs for artists like Reba McEntire and Tanya Tucker. [May 2003]
  • After the song “Bette Davis Eyes” became a hit single, Bette Davis wrote letters to Kim and songwriters Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and asked how did they know so much about her. One of the reasons Davis loved the Grammy-winning song is that her granddaughter heard it and thought her grandmother was “cool” for having a hit song written about her.
  • Rock, folk, and country singer and songwriter.

Kim Carnes Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
American Horror Story 2015 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
No Escape 2015/I performer: “Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer” / writer: “Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer” Soundtrack
The Final Girls 2015 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Guapas 2014 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Glee 2013 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Austenland 2013 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
That’s My Boy 2012 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Laurence Anyways 2012 performer: “Bette Davis’ Eyes” Soundtrack
Raising Hope 2010-2011 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Take Me Home Tonight 2011 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
La solitudine dei numeri primi 2010 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Cyprien 2009 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Midnight Heat 2007 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
La mandrágora 2007 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Heartbreak Hotel 2006 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
North Country 2005 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
The Amateurs 2005 performer: “You Made My Skin Burn” / writer: “You Made My Skin Burn” Soundtrack
Loggerheads 2005 performer: “Silver Cord” / writer: “Silver Cord” Soundtrack
Cold Case 2003 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Contender 2000 performer: “Ring Of Fire” Soundtrack
200 Cigarettes 1999 performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Tohuwabohu 1997 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
All About Bette 1994 TV Movie documentary performer: “BETTE DAVIS EYES” Soundtrack
Private Lessons II 1993 performer: “Love Hurts” Soundtrack
Impulse 1990 performer: “Everybody Needs Someone” Soundtrack
Rude Awakening 1989 performer: “Comin’ Home” Soundtrack
Dolly 1988 TV Series writer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Spaceballs 1987 performer: “My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own” Soundtrack
Summer Heat 1987 performer: “The Heart Must Have a Home” Soundtrack
Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe 1987 TV Movie performer: “You Are A Part of Me” Soundtrack
Women in Rock 1986 Video documentary performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Maricela 1986 TV Movie performer: “Bette Davis Eyes” Soundtrack
Solid Gold TV Series performer – 1 episode, 1985 writer – 1 episode, 1985 Soundtrack
We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song 1985 TV Movie documentary “We Are the World”, uncredited Soundtrack
That’s Dancing! 1985 Documentary performer: “Invitation to Dance” / writer: “Invitation to Dance” Soundtrack
Flashdance 1983 lyrics: “I’ll Be Here Where the Heart Is” / music: “I’ll Be Here Where the Heart Is” / performer: “I’ll Be Here Where the Heart Is” Soundtrack
Top of the Pops 1981 TV Series performer – 2 episodes Soundtrack
Lolly-Madonna XXX 1973 performer: “Peaceful Country” / writer: “Peaceful Country” Soundtrack
Vanishing Point 1971 performer: “Nobody Knows” / writer: “Sing Out for Jesus” Soundtrack
My Sister Sam 1986-1988 TV Series singer – 44 episodes Music Department
C’mon, Let’s Live a Little 1967 Melinda Actress
The Patty Duke Show 1965 TV Series Joan Actress
Nachtfahrer 1981 Short Composer
Greatest Hits 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Les années bonheur 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Kenny Rogers, Cards on the Table 2014 Documentary Herself – Singer-Songwriter Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2013 TV Series documentary Herself Self
VH-1 Where Are They Now? 2002 TV Series documentary Herself Self
We Are the World: A 10th Anniversary Tribute 1995 TV Special Self
The 16th Annual American Music Awards 1989 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
The 29th Annual Grammy Awards 1987 TV Special Herself Self
Women in Rock 1986 Video documentary Herself Self
The 12th Annual American Music Awards 1985 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Solid Gold 1983-1985 TV Series Herself Self
New American Bandstand 1965 1980-1985 TV Series Herself Self
The 27th Annual Grammy Awards 1985 TV Special Herself Self
We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song 1985 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The 26th Annual Grammy Awards 1984 TV Special Herself Self
Leather and Lace 1983 TV Movie Herself Self
Champs-Elysées 1982 TV Series Herself Self
The American Music Awards 1982 TV Special Herself Self
Rod Stewart: Tonight He’s Yours 1981 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Stars 1981 TV Series Herself Self
American Bandstand’s 30th Anniversary Special 1981 TV Movie Herself Self
Fridays 1980-1981 TV Series Herself Self
Music Central 1981 TV Movie Herself Self
Kenny Rogers’ America 1980 TV Movie Herself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1980 TV Series Herself Self
Sha Na Na 1980 TV Series Herself Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1976 TV Series Herself – Vocalist Self
American Bandstand’s 50th Anniversary Celebration 2002 TV Movie Herself Archive Footage
Top of the Pops 1981 TV Series Herself Archive Footage

Kim Carnes Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1984 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Flashdance (1983) Won
1984 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Flashdance (1983) Nominated