Eric Carmen, the frontman of the powerpop band Raspberries and singer of solo hits together with All By Myself, By no means Gonna Fall in Love Once more and Hungry Eyes, has died aged 74.
Carmen’s spouse, Amy, introduced his dying on his official web site. No reason for dying was given.
“It’s with super unhappiness that we share the heartbreaking information of the passing of Eric Carmen,” she wrote. “Our candy, loving and gifted Eric handed away in his sleep, over the weekend. It introduced him nice pleasure to know that, for many years, his music touched so many and will probably be his lasting legacy. Please respect the household’s privateness as we mourn our huge loss.”
The American singer was behind a number of enormous hits within the 70s and 80s, starting along with his time as frontman of Raspberries, writing or co-writing most of their songs together with their largest, Go All of the Method. That track – described as having the guitar riffs of the Who and vocals of the Beatles – had suggestive lyrics that have been too controversial for some US and UK radio stations, and was banned from airplay by the BBC. The track’s recognition surged in 2014 when it was included on the primary Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack.
When the Raspberries broke up in 1975, Carmen launched into a solo profession that leant away from rock and towards energy ballads. His first two singles have been large hits in 1976: All by Myself – based mostly on Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 – and By no means Gonna Fall in Love Once more, which was based mostly on part of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2.
A number of of his songs would change into enormous hits when carried out by different artists – Celine Dion lined All By Myself in 1996, Olivia Newton-John lined his 1977 monitor She Did It and Shaun Cassidy had successful with Carmen’s track That’s Rock and Roll.
Carmen additionally had successful along with his contribution to the Soiled Dancing soundtrack, Hungry Eyes, which put him again on the prime of the music charts in 1987, reaching No 4 on the Billboard Scorching 100. The next 12 months his piano pop Make Me Lose Management was an analogous success, reaching No 3.
After the Nineteen Eighties, Carmen’s singles didn’t attain the charts once more, although he would tour with Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band in 2000 and once more with Raspberries in 2004, once they briefly reunited for some dwell performances.
He’s survived by his spouse and their two youngsters, Clayton and Kathryn.
