All By Myself songwriter Eric Carmen dies aged 74

Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, recognized for hit music All By Myself, has died aged 74, his spouse has introduced.

The US star rose to fame with the ability pop group the Raspberries earlier than establishing himself as a solo artist.

Hungry Eyes, considered one of his large solo hits, featured in 1987 cult film traditional Soiled Dancing.

“It introduced him nice pleasure to know, that for many years, his music touched so many and might be his lasting legacy.”

She ended the assertion with the quote “love is all that issues… trustworthy and eternally” from his 1977 solo album Boats Towards The Present.

The Ohio-born singer co-founded the Raspberries within the early Nineteen Seventies alongside Jim Bonfanti and Wally Bryson, who have been later joined by Dave Smalley after the departure of John Aleksic.

They launched their debut album Raspberries in 1972, with tracks reaching chart success together with Go All The Method – which was later banned by the BBC within the UK for sexually suggestive lyrics and was later included on the 2014 Guardians Of The Galaxy soundtrack.

After 4 albums collectively, the band broke up in 1975 with Carmen then embarking on a solo profession.

Among the many solo tracks he’s most well-known for is All By Myself, which later grew to become considered one of Canadian singer Celine Dion’s most iconic hits when she coated it.

The music additionally featured within the opening scene of Bridget Jones’s Diary.

As a songwriter, Carmen had hits together with Virtually Paradise from the Footloose soundtrack, in addition to By no means Gonna Fall In Love Once more and Make Me Lose Management.