Skip to content
226,923 profiles ranked

Kim Carnes

American singer and songwriter · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1945 · age 81

Kimberly Carnes Ellingson is an American singer and songwriter best known for her 1981 hit single, "Bette Davis Eyes".

Kim Carnes is read about 1,066 times a day, in 37 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare Claim

People around Kim

Close ties

Also in Deutsch

Media & music

Listen

Spotify
Loads from Spotify when you press play
Open artist page on Spotify

About this person

She embarked on a solo career as a songwriter and performer in the early 1970s and also worked for several years as a session background singer with the Waters Sisters, Maxine Waters Willard and Julia Waters Tillman, who were later featured in the 2013 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. In 1971, Carnes released her debut album, Rest on Me. Released in 1975, Carnes's self-titled second album included her first charting single, "You're a Part of Me", which reached No. 32 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. 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.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

Where to find them