Music Video Babe -- Kim Carnes

Like a few other well known artists Kim Carnes was once a New Christy Minstrel. However, I wasn't really aware of her singing until 1980 when she sang "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" (Lois and Clark fans might especially like the preceding video) in a duet with Kenny Rogers (another onetime New Christy Minstrel).

1981 proved the true breakthrough year for her singing career.  Her album Mistaken Identity provided hits which also became music videos. The video for "Draw of the Cards," the second single released from the album, qualifies as truly surreal in its style. It even has a creepy clown or two for Wally. However, the first track became the biggest hit of 1981 --

Only Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" ranked as a bigger hit during the entire decade of the 1980s.

A belated Happy Birthday to Kim Carnes.

Posted by Tom Ender, who enjoys Kim's very distinctive voice, but it looks like I was a few minutes late for her birthday.