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Kim Carnes

1945 - Today

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Kim Carnes (; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter best known for her smash 1981 hit single, "Bette Davis Eyes". 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 famed Waters Sisters, Maxine Waters Willard and Julia Waters Tillman, who were later featured in the acclaimed 2013 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. In 1971, Carnes released her debut album, Rest on Me. Released in 1975, Carnes' self-titled second album included her first charting single, "You're a Part of Me", which reached No. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Carnes is the 288th most popular singer (down from 235th in 2019), the 1,905th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,446th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kim Carnes ranks 288 out of 4,381. Before her are C. C. Catch, Jacqueline Boyer, Elis Regina, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Morten Harket, and Muslim Magomayev. After her are Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Christa Ludwig, Connie Francis, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Peng Liyuan, and André Claveau.

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Among people born in 1945, Kim Carnes ranks 118. Before her are Catherine Spaak, Bill Weld, Elis Regina, Bob Klose, Patch Adams, and John McAfee. After her are Anatoly Fomenko, Birendra of Nepal, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Jeffrey C. Hall, Milo Manara, and Momčilo Krajišnik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Carnes ranks 1,905 out of 20,380. Before her are John Foster Dulles (1888), Robert Loggia (1930), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), and Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925). After her are Benjamin Bloom (1913), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Carroll Baker (1931), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), and Ryan Murphy (1965).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Kim Carnes ranks 101. Before her are Courtney Love (1964), John Fogerty (1945), Neil Diamond (1941), Sam Cooke (1931), Phil Ochs (1940), and George Benson (1943). After her are Connie Francis (1938), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Travis Scott (1991), Mario Lanza (1921), Ben E. King (1938), and Karen Carpenter (1950).

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