Eric Carmen is the debut album by American rock and roll musician and singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. Dan MacIntosh. It features five hits by the Raspberries, a power pop group which he led in the early 1970s. RASPBERRIES: BRIT. Thanks Amazon! Try it free. 17 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Check out The Definitive Collection by Eric Carmen on Amazon Music. Try it free. It is also his first of two self-titled albums, the other released in 1984. The Definitive Collection is a 1997 greatest hits compilation album of all the singles released by Cleveland, Ohio singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. From his early days with the Raspberries, known for their hit "Go All The Way", to classic solo hits such as "All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" this is a great CD for anyone into this style of music. Raspberries were an American pop rock band formed in 1970 from Cleveland, Ohio.They had a run of success in the early 1970s music scene with their pop rock sound, which Allmusic later described as featuring "exquisitely crafted melodies and achingly gorgeous harmonies." “All By Myself,” like all of the songs on the album (and much of Carmen’s Raspberries’ output), was written on the Model O Steinway piano in the living room of his 19th floor apartment in The Watergate, a high-rise overlooking Lake Erie in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid. 2 in C minor, Opus 18, famously used to underscore the 1945 British film Brief Encounter.The chorus was taken from the song "Let's Pretend", which Carmen wrote and recorded with the Raspberries in 1972. There are other great songs on this CD as well and my wife has throughly enjoyed listening to it. All By Myself Lyrics: When I was young / I never needed anyone / And making love was just for fun / Those days are gone / Living alone / I think of all the friends I've known / But when I dial the This CD is in my car a lot. Born on August 11, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, Carmen began his musical training at an early…. All By Himself No More: An Interview With Eric Carmen Dan MacIntosh. It peaked at #21 on the Billboard album chart on its release in 1975 (see 1975) and generated the #2 pop single "All by Myself" in the same year. The verse is based on the second movement (Adagio sostenuto) of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. POP FROM OHIO! Going All the Way With Head Raspberry Eric Carmen ... the other day and when you get to All By Myself, ... understand that’s not all I can do. Eric Carmen (former vocalist of The Raspberries) is a pop/rock musician and singer-songwriter well known for his first single "All By Myself" (released in 1976) and his 1987 comeback single "Hungry Eyes" (written by J. DeNicola and F. Previte for the iconic 'Dirty Dancing' soundtrack). The Definitive Collection is a 1997 greatest hits compilation album of all the singles released by Cleveland, Ohio singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. From a family of Russian Jewish immigrants, Carmen was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Lyndhurst, Ohio.He has been involved with music since early childhood. In the Mid-70’s, a British pop sound emerged from of all places, the American Midwest. He seems to have had some classical training reflected in his work like "All By Myself" based on a melody of Rachmaninoff. Biography Early life. ... Includes some of the best Raspberries songs and all the Eric Carmen hits. It features five hits by the Raspberries, a power pop group which he led in the early 1970s. By the age of two, he was entertaining his parents with impressions of Jimmy Durante and Johnnie Ray.By age three, he was in the Dalcroze Eurhythmics program at the Cleveland Institute of Music.