caption website associated_acts years_active notable_instruments alias label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
kim carnes , michael mcdonald in 2008 http://kimcarnes.com/ kim , randy meisner , kenny rogers , usa for africa & , james ingram , barbra streisand , smokey robinson , dave clarence clemons , neil diamond , angelo petraglia , jeff , bridges , jeffrey osborne , anders osborn , matraca berg david , mariya takeuchi , carolyn dawn johnson , rod stewart cassidy : absolutely live and many others . , gene cotton 1967 -- present acoustic synthesizer arp synthesizer guitar fender rhodes acoustic piano piano melodica keyboard kim carnes ellingson a & m emi mca sparky dawg records kim carnes
 solo_singer 20 july 1945 vocals , background vocals , keyboards rock , country , blue-eyed soul kim carnes with mike macdonald.jpg hollywood , california , u.s. kim carnes singer-songwriter , musician
kim carnes

kim carnes -lrb- born july 20 , 1945 -rrb- is an american singer-songwriter .
born in los angeles , california , carnes now resides in nashville , tennessee , where she continues to write music .
she 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 waters sisters -lrb- featured in the acclaimed documentary , `` 20 feet from stardom '' -rrb- .
after she signed her first publishing deal with jimmy bowen , she released her debut album `` rest on me '' in 1972 .
as a solo artist , carnes saw success with her singles `` more love , '' `` crazy in the night -lrb- barking at airplanes -rrb- , '' `` make no mistake -lrb- he 's mine -rrb- , '' with barbra streisand , and `` i 'll be here where the heart is . ''
her most successful single was `` bette davis eyes , '' released in 1981 .
the song won two grammy awards ; song of the year and record of the year , and became the best-selling single of the year in the united states .
carnes ' self-titled debut album primarily contained self-penned songs , including her first charting single `` you 're a part of me '' , which reached number thirty-five on the `` billboard '' adult contemporary chart in 1975 .
in the following year , carnes released `` sailin '' ' , which featured `` love comes from unexpected places '' .
the song won the american song festival and the award for best composition at the tokyo song festival in 1976 .
other successes as a songwriter include co-writing the number one duet `` the heart wo n't lie '' with donna weiss , recorded by vince gill and reba mcentire , and co-writing the songs for kenny rogers ' concept album `` gideon '' -lrb- 1980 -rrb- .
her distinctive raspy vocal style has drawn comparisons to rod stewart .
