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Eric Carmen
Sign in to saveAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Song of the Owashtanong
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1949
- Active to
- 2024
Discography
Member of
- Raspberries1970–1971
- Raspberries1970–1975
- Raspberries1970–1975
- Raspberries1971–1972
- Raspberries1972–1975
- Cyrus Erie
- Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
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Eric Carmen (born Eric Howard Carmen in Cleveland, Ohio, on 11 August 1949; died 8 March 2024) was an American guitarist and keyboardist remembered as the lead vocalist of The Raspberries and for the numerous hit songs he had in the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of The Raspberries (who had a million-selling single with "Go All the Way") and then with his solo career that included hits such as All By Myself" (released in 1976), "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It", "Hungry Eyes" (w
Key facts
- Born
- Eric Howard Carmen , ( 1949-08-11 ) August 11, 1949, Cleveland , Ohio , U.S.
- Origin
- Lyndhurst, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10) (aged 74), Paradise Valley, Arizona , U.S.
- Genres
- Pop rock power pop soft rock
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards guitar bass
- Years active
- 1967–2024
- Labels
- Arista Geffen
- Formerly of
- Raspberries Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
- Spouse s
- Marcy Hill ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) , Susan Brown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 ) , Amy Murphy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 , until his death )
- Website
- ericcarmen .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Paradise Valley
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- lyrics
- Genre
- power pop
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Arista Records
- Official website
- www.ericcarmen.com
- Image
- Eric Carmen.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1949-08-11
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- social media followers
- 262000
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- member of
- Raspberries
- Commons category
- Eric Carmen
- date of death
- 2024-03-10
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- name in native language
- Eric Carmen
- birth name
- Eric Howard Carmen
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/14828-eric-carmen
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Eric Carmen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Eric Howard Carmen (August 11, 1949 – March 10, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead vocalist of the Raspberries, with whom he recorded the hit "Go All the Way" and four albums. He embarked on a solo career in 1975 and had global success with "All by Myself," "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again," "She Did It," "Hungry Eyes," and "Make Me Lose Control." In later years, he toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band before reforming the Raspberries in 2004.
Early life
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