Los Angeles-born singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, equipped by nature with a husky voice a` la Rod Stewart (England), She debuted with Rest on Me (Amos, 1972), a mild-mannered collection of gospel, country and pop numbers, but had to wait three years before she could make albums that were truly her own: Kim Carnes (A&M, 1975) and Sailin' (A&M, 1976), which included her (and her husband Dave Ellingson's) first compositions (You're A Part Of Me on the former, Sailin' and especially Love Comes From Unexpected Places on the latter, which probably remains her best albums). St Vincent's Court (EMI, 1979) displayed a more assured singer (It Hurts So Bad) and Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer (1980), a duet with Rogers, propelled her into the charts. After the mediocre Romance Dance (1980), Carnes and producer Val Garay crafted Mistaken Identity (1981), taking advantage of high-tech production techniques and Bill Cuomo's synthesizers. The album yielded her own Mistaken Identity and Draw Of The Cards, plus an atmospheric Jackie DeShannon ballad, Bette Davis Eyes, set to a cocktail lounge accompaniment and sung in the tone of a fatale chanteuse, which became her biggest hit. Liberated from the stereotypes of country music, Carnes even experimented with hard-rock on Voyeur (1982). Cafe Racers (1983) went unnoticed, but Carnes continued to chart with assorted collaborations Invitation to Dance, Make No Mistake, What About Me). She self-produced Barking at Airplanes (1985), and Crazy In The Night remains her masterpiece: a haunting, eccentric sonic journey given the semblance of a disco ballad. Light House (1986), instead, marked a return to her country roots. View from the House (MCA, 1988), that contains some of her most mature ballads (Brass & Batons), and Checkin' Out the Ghosts (1991) confirmed her newly-found love for Nashville's country music.