Eric Carmen

Eric Carmen ( born August 11, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

Career

Eric Carmen was five years singer of The Raspberries, which he had founded in 1970 in Cleveland. The group had some hits, but broke up in 1975. Thereafter Carmen solo continued.

He became famous in 1976 with his pop - All By Myself adaptation of the second movement ( Adagio sostenuto ) of Rachmaninoff's famous Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor. The song has been covered over the years by numerous artists, including Shirley Bassey, Ray Conniff, Tom Jones, Eartha Kitt, Il Divo, Carmen McRae and Céline Dion. Also, the subsequent hit Never Gonna Fall In Love Again (1976 ) is based on Rachmaninoff composition, the third set of his second symphony. In 1977 he had a hit with the song She Did It Up In 1980 Carmen regularly LPs for the record label Arista on, but that sold less continuously. After a few years break, was released in 1985 the album Eric Carmen on the label Geffen.

After it had become quiet in the 1980s around him, Carmen managed a big comeback in 1987 with the U.S. top five hits Hungry Eyes from the film Dirty Dancing (Authors John DeNicola and Franke Previte ) and Make Me Lose Control. Thereafter, however, was not followed by a new studio album, and Carmen's own career petered out again. However, he wrote songs for many other artists. Céline Dion made ​​from All By Myself again in 1997 a large, worldwide hit. Carmen published 2000, the album received little attention I Was Born to Love You, which was released in Japan in 1998 already under the title Winter Dreams.

In 2004, Carmen brought the Raspberries together again and went with them on tour. Among other things, they opened in the U.S. concerts of Bruce Springsteen.

Discography

The Raspberries

  • The Raspberries (1972 )
  • Fresh Raspberries (1972 )
  • Side 3 (1973 )
  • Starting Over (1974 )
  • Raspberries Best (1976 )
  • Live on Sunset Strip (2007)

Solo

  • Eric Carmen (1975 )
  • Boats Against the Current (1977 )
  • Change of Heart (1978 )
  • Tonight You're Mine (1980 )
  • Eric Carmen (1984 )
  • The Best of Eric Carmen (1988 )
  • Definitive Collection (1997)
  • I Was Born to Love You ( 2000)
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