Kim Carnes Biography And Net Worth

Who is Kim Carnes?

Kim Carnes is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles. 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 Water Sisters featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1971.

This article contains facts about Kim Carnes’s Biography, Early life, and Net Worth.

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Early Life

Kim Carnes was born on July 20, 1945, in Los Angeles. Her father, James Raymond Carnes, was an attorney and her mother was a hospital administrator. Kim Carnes knew she would be a singer and songwriter from the age of three, despite the fact that she was not born into a musical family. “My mother didn’t get my career, and my father, who was an attorney, didn’t think singing and writing was even a job.”As a four-year-old, Carnes “married” her next-door neighbor musician David Lindley. She grew up in Pasadena, California, and graduated from San Marino High School in 1963.

Career

Kim Carnes was a songwriter and performer from an early age. Carnes signed her first publishing deal in 1962 with producer Jimmy Bowen.  Carnes also sang “Nobody Knows”, written by Mike Settle, which was featured in the end credits of the 1971 film Vanishing Point. Also in 1971, she and Mike Settle again worked with Bowen to create the bubblegum pop studio group The Sugar Bears. The album Presenting the Sugar Bears and three singles was released with the song “You Are the One”, reaching No. 83 on the Billboard charts.In 1971 Her first solo album was released After signing with Amos Records and  It was produced by Jimmy Bowen.

In 1975, Carnes released her self-titled second album, which contained her first charted hit, “You’re A Part Of Me”, which reached No. 32 on the US Adult Contemporary charts. Carnes re-recorded this track with Gene Cotton three years later. 

In June 2004, Carnes released her thirteenth and latest studio album, Chasin’ Wild Trains, featuring songs co-written with Angelo Petraglia, Matraca Berg, Kim Richey, Al Anderson, Jeffrey Steele, Marc Jordan, Anders Osborne, and Chuck Prophet. Throughout the 2000s Carnes continued to write and record songs for movie soundtracks, including “Ring of Fire” with Jeff Bridges for The Contender (2000), “The Silver Cord” for Loggerheads (2005), and “It’s a Mighty Hand” for Chances: The Women of Magdalene (2006).

In 2007, Carnes recorded “It’s Clear Sky Again Today” for a tribute album to the Japanese singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara, and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ song “Tumbling Dice” with Jill Johnson for her album Music Row. Subsequent songwriting credits include “Enough” for Dana Cooper on his album The Conjurer (2010), “Live to Tell” for Alyssa Reid’s album The Game (2011), and three tracks for the Australian country duo O’Shea.

In October 2012, American label Culture Factory reissued Carnes’ Mistaken Identity, Voyeur, and Cafe Racers albums. Light House and Barking at Airplanes followed in August 2013. In 2013, Carnes was featured in an episode of the LMN series The Haunting of…

In 2015, Carnes recorded “Under My Thumb” by The Rolling Stones for 80s Re: Covered, a conceptual compilation album featuring 80s-influenced covers of songs from the 1970s. In the following year, Carnes featured on the track “To Be with You Again” from Frankie Miller’s duets album, Double Take.

In 2021, Carnes performed at the Rheneypalooza Jam, an online concert and auction to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis

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Personal Life

Carnes resides in Nashville with husband Dave Ellingson (1967–present). She has two sons, Collin and Ry. Her son Collin is featured on this album at the beginning of the song “Crazy in the Night”. Collin co-wrote, with his mother, the songs “Divided Hearts”, “Gypsy Honeymoon”, “Don’t Cry Now”, and “River of Memories”.

Awards

• Record of the Year’Bette Davis Eyes” in 1982.
• Best Album of Original Score Written For a Motion Picture or a Television ‘Flashdance” in 1984.

Net Worth

Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $8 million. Kim Carnes was born in Los Angeles, California in July 1945. Carnes started her career as a songwriter in the 1960s while she worked as a session background singer with the Waters sisters. 

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