{"id":10014,"date":"2024-03-14T18:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10014"},"modified":"2024-03-14T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:09:02","slug":"eric-carmen-singer-of-all-by-myself-and-hungry-eyes-dead-at-74-rest-in-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10014","title":{"rendered":"Eric Carmen, singer of \u201cAll By Myself\u201d and \u201cHungry Eyes,\u201d dead at 74 \u2014 rest in peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born August 11, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, Carmen was interested in music from a young age. He was classically taught on piano, and self-taught on guitar.<\/p>\n<p>He gained prominence as the frontman of the 1970s rock group the Raspberries. Carmen was the lead singer, played guitar and piano, and wrote most of the band\u2019s songs. Their hits include \u201cI Wanna Be with You,\u201d \u201cLet\u2019s Pretend,\u201d and their best-known song \u201cGo All the Way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Go All The Way\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtp8WSAzrGw?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The band was regarded as \u201cuncool\u201d by many rock fans and critics \u2014 with their matching suits, the band maintained an intentionally squeaky-clean image that made them stand out from the other bands of their time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost every band had hair down to their waist and beards and ripped jeans and they looked like a bunch of hippies, and I wanted to get as far away from that as I could,\u201d Carmen told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2017\/08\/eric-carmen-raspberries-pop-art-live-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Observer<\/a>\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146746 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/12182549\/GettyImages-73999448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/12182549\/GettyImages-73999448.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"699\" data-eio-rheight=\"1024\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UNSPECIFIED \u2013 SEPTEMBER 01: Photo of Raspberries (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite their unhip image, the band had some high-profile fans including John Lennon and Ringo Starr, and are regarded as pioneers in the power pop music style.<\/p>\n<p>The Raspberries disbanded in 1975, and Carmen embarked on a solo career. Shifting gears from his earlier rock compositions, he wrote two songs based on classical pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146752 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/12185715\/GettyImages-115820674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/03\/12185715\/GettyImages-115820674.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"686\" data-eio-rheight=\"1024\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ATLANTA \u2013 NOVEMBER 10: American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist Eric Carmen, former member of The Raspberries, performs at Alex Cooley\u2019s Electric Ballroom on November 10, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by Tom Hill\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first was perhaps his best-known solo hit: \u201cAll By Myself.\u201d The power ballad reached #2 on the Billboard 100 and was certified gold.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been frequently referenced and parodied in pop culture and often shows up in movies and TV shows. A 1996 cover version by Celine Dion was also a major hit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eric Carmen - All By MySelf (HQ)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EzoazPPC7b8?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Carmen\u2019s follow-up single, \u201cNever Gonna Fall in Love Again,\u201d was also a hit. While his solo career took a downturn, he made a comeback in the mid 1980s, and scored another major hit with \u201cHungry Eyes,\u201d featured on the hugely successful\u00a0<em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>The Raspberries reunited for a short concert tour in 2004; it was well-received by critics and spawned two lives albums. The band also received renewed popularity when \u201cGo All the Way\u201d was featured in the 2014 film\u00a0<em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raspberries 50 - &quot;Go All The Way&quot; HD 2007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6kY3ITqAAm8?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2013, Carmen released \u201cBrand New Year,\u201d his first single in over 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Carmen was married three times; he married his wife Amy, a former newscaster, in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born August 11, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, Carmen was interested in music from a young&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":40,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}