Eric Carmen, frontman of Raspberries and singer of “All by Myself”, dies at 74

Eric Carmen, WHO became A icon of power popular as THE leader of THE Raspberries Before reach even bigger shots as A solo artist In THE 1970s And 80 years, has deceased has age 74.

"He East with tremendous sadness that We share THE heartbreaking news of THE who passed of Eric Carmen, » her marry, Amy Carmen, wrote on THE singers website. wrote. "OUR soft, magnet And talented Eric pass far In her sleep, on THE weekend. He brought him great joy has know, that For decades, her music touch SO a lot And will be her sustainable legacy. Please respect THE family confidentiality as We mourn OUR huge loss. 'Love East All That Imported… Faithful And Forever.'”

THE last quote Since that of Carmen marry East A remind has THE song "Love East All That Imported," Since that of Carmen 1977 solo album “Boats Against THE Current. »

No cause of the death Or exact date of that of Carmen the death has has been given.

While Above all known as A balladeer, In her early years THE Born in Cleveland singer was THE primary singer And songwriter of THE Raspberries, WHO rebelled against THE heavy, glamour And progressive rock scenes of THE early 70s And threw back has THE Beatlesesque popular they were raised on. Carmen was not only A skillful (if deliberately derivative) songwriter but Also A at full throttle rock And to roll crier In THE Paul McCartney/ Steve Marriott tradition, And THE writer of several classic Songs of THE gender, including their very suggestive First of all And the biggest hit, "Go All THE Path," as GOOD like I Wanna Be With You," " Let's go Pretend," "This evening" And "Overnight Sensation. »

While THE band was castigated has THE time For be Also popular Or wimp, THE Raspberries could be A central rock band When they selected has. Along with kinship spirits Bad finger, Big Star And Todd Rundgren, they created A model that has has been RELAUNCH several times on THE decades, most strongly In THE early 90s with bands as Teenager Fan club, THE Posies And even Nirvana: Kurt Cobain, along with Bruce Springsteen — WHO contributed lining Remarks has A live meeting album — Kiss And Motley Flood, were all fans.

After THE band broken up In THE mid-70s, Carmen established himself as A successful solo artist with "All by Myself," "Never Go Autumn In Love Again" And "Hey Deanie” (A hit For Shaun Cassidy). Her run of shots continued In THE 80 years with THE "Dirty Dancing" song "Hungry Eyes. »

THE son of Russian Jew immigrants, Carmen was born In Cleveland In 1949 And immediately watch musical Talent. He began socket violin course has six - her aunt was A violinist In THE Cleveland Orchestra - And later piano And guitar; by high school was in writing Songs And playing In rock bands, including A with THE unusual name of Cyrus Erie (inspired, as Buffalo Springfield, by A name on A tractor). THE vibrant Cleveland rock scene of THE time — which Also generates Joe Walsh, later of THE Eagles - Featured a lot of THE even the musicians playing together In A dizzy series of bands. Cyrus Erie released A Single on Epic called "Get THE Message" In 1968 And continued For A couple more years Before Carmen And THE bands lead guitarist, Wally Brison, joined forces with bass player John Aleksic And central drummer Jimmy Bonfanti has form THE Raspberries In 1970, with THE intention of in writing focused on harmony pop rock Songs (all four members were strong singers). Bonfanti had plays with Bryon In local legends THE Choral, which would brand A 1966 at national scale hit In their mid-teens with THE garage-pop classic "It is Cold Out" And open For a lot of their hero, including THE WHO And THE Garden birds. Aleksic Soon abandoned out And was replaced by ex-Choir singer Dave Smalley, which would recently income Since portion In Vietnam. Not surprisingly, considering their years of playing together, THE line up gelled quickly And powerfully, And Soon United with producer-manager Jimmy Ienner (older brother And business partner of future Colombia Records CEO Put on Ienner) And sign with Capitol Records. A inspired producer, THE elder Ienner help THE band has reach their vibrant combination of power And popular: Bringing together A wide range of influence that from a distance Since THE the Beatles, Beach Boys And girl groups has hard seesaws as THE WHO And Free, those influence came In vi...