Kim Carnes News

With a career that began in the mid-1960s, hit records as both a performer and a songwriter to this day, and a host of inventive collaborators eager to work with her, the music business has been very good to Kim Carnes.

CD 1 1. John Lennon Woman 2. Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine 3. Tom Baxter Better 4. Otis Redding The Dock Of The Bay 5. Will Young Leave Right Now 6. Spandau Ballet True 7. Alicia Keys Fallin' 8. The Cars Drive 9. John Waite Missing You 10.

John Mellencamp The nominations for the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony have been announced, with ballots in the mail to the SongHall voting membership.

The poster for the Martha's Vineyard Songwriters Festival. September 17, 2009 First Key West, and now Martha's Vineyard.

Despite former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson's staunch nay-saying , Courtney Love soldiers on under the band's name and performed a short set Saturday night at a private party in New York with new Hole axeman Micko Larkin -- which included a cover of Kim Carnes' 1981 hit "Bette Davis Eyes"! Watch video below.

As the speculation reaches a fever pitch over whether former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will try for his old job, let's turn back the clock to 1981.

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Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 74. Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 66.

Today is Monday, July 20, the 201st day of 2009 with 164 to follow. The moon is waning.