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The Essential Eric Carmen
''The Essential Eric Carmen'' is a two-disc compilation album that contain 15 tracks each by American soft rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Eric Carmen, released on March 25, 2014. It is part of Sony BMG's Essential series of compilation albums and includes tracks from Carmen's solo output, as well as tracks from his Raspberries (band), Raspberries days and Cyrus Erie. The tracks consist of some of Carmen's biggest hits and popular album 1968 as leader of American band Cyrus Erie through his 1984 release Eric Carmen (1984 album), Eric Carmen. Reception Tony Peters from Iconfetch says: "Most music today is consumed through lousy quality ear buds or computer speakers. Yet, once in a while, a remaster comes along that sounds so good, you'll want to dust off that old CD player to get the full experience. ''The Essential Eric Carmen'' is the first two-disc collection to span the talented singer/songwriter's entire career. And, it's one of those rare CDs where the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Carmen
Eric Howard Carmen (born August 11, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. He was first known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries. He had numerous hit songs 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, including hits such as "All by Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", " She Did It", " Hungry Eyes", and " Make Me Lose Control". Early life From a family of Russian Jewish immigrants, Carmen was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and grew up in Lyndhurst, Ohio. He has been involved with music since early childhood. 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. At six years old, he took violin lessons from his aunt Muriel Carmen, who was a violinist in the Cleveland Orchestra. By age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Pretend (Raspberries Song)
"Let's Pretend" is a song by Raspberries, released in March 1973 as the second single from their second LP, '' Fresh''. It was written by band leader Eric Carmen, who also provided the lead vocals. The song reached the top 40 on three principal US charts, including at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 14 on ''Record World''. It was also a number 13 hit in Canada, becoming their second greatest hit in that country. The song spent 16 weeks on the ''Billboard'' chart, longer than any of their other singles except for their greatest hit, " Go All the Way", which lasted 18 weeks. ''Cash Box'' said that the "Raspberries change the pace a bit and deliver a strong semi-ballad with all the grace and capabilities of the Beatles early sound." Background Eric Carmen stated that "Let's Pretend" is one of the best melodies he has ever written, and that he reused part of it for his first solo hit, " All By Myself". He said the song lyrics about young people in love dreaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change Of Heart (Eric Carmen Album)
''Change of Heart'' is a 1978 album by Eric Carmen. It was his third solo LP, and reached No. 137 on the ''Billboard'' album chart. The album yielded two charting singles, the title track which was a Top 20 hit in North America, as well as Carmen's remake of the Four Tops' 1964 song, "Baby I Need Your Loving". Both songs were also hits on the American and Canadian adult contemporary charts, reaching the Top 10 in Canada. The single release, "Change of Heart" is ranked as the 135th biggest Canadian hit of 1978, as well as the 160th biggest Canadian hit of 1979. The LP also contained Carmen's rendition of " Hey Deanie," a Top 10 hit which he wrote for Shaun Cassidy, which was the flip side of the title track 45 RPM. Samantha Sang, who provides backing vocals on the LP, covered "Change of Heart" that same year, and it was featured as the B side of her second hit single, "You Keep Me Dancing" (US No. 56, Canada AC No. 10). "Someday," the flip side of Carmen's previous hit, " She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Did It
"She Did It" is a song written and originally recorded by Eric Carmen in 1977. Carmen's single was a Top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, reaching number 23. "She Did It" was covered in 1981 by actor and singer Michael Damian, who reached number 69 on the Hot 100 with his version. Eric Carmen version Background and release "She Did It" was first recorded and performed by Eric Carmen. Released in August 1977, it was the first and greatest hit on Carmen's second solo LP, ''Boats Against the Current''. It reached number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, number 15 on the '' Cashbox'' Top 100, and number 11 in Canada. This ballad is an upbeat love song about finally finding the right person and experiencing love after being lonely for an extended period of time. It is a happy answer to Carmen's more melancholy hits the year before, " All By Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again." It has been hailed as "the best Beach Boys song Brian Wilson ''never'' wrote." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boats Against The Current
''Boats Against the Current'' is a 1977 album by Eric Carmen. The title is taken from a line in the novel ''The Great Gatsby'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” It was Carmen's second solo LP, after the Raspberries disbanded. It peaked at #45 on the Billboard album chart for the week ending October 8, 1977. The album yielded two charting singles, the title track as well as " She Did It." " She Did It" is the bigger hit from this album, which reached #23 ''Billboard'' and #15 '' Cash Box'', as well as #11 in Canada. The title track subsequently reached #88 ''Billboard'' and #92 ''Cash Box''. "Marathon Man" was released as a third single in March 1978 but failed to chart. "Love Is All That Matters" melody is lifted from Tschaikovsky's "Fifth Symphony, Second Movement." Guest musicians on this album included back-up vocals by several of the Beach Boys and Burton Cummings (formerly of the Guess Who), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Rock 'n' Roll
"That's Rock 'n' Roll" is a song written and originally recorded by Eric Carmen in 1976. It became a popular ''Billboard'' top 10 hit in 1977 for teen idol Shaun Cassidy. Eric Carmen version Background American pop rock artist Eric Carmen released his version of "That's Rock 'n' Roll" in some nations as the third single from his first eponymous debut album, ''Eric Carmen''. The single's limited release did not include the United States. The song charted at number seven in Denmark. Parts of the song are autobiographical. Carmen performed the song on the '' Midnight Special'' TV program on March 26, 1976. In 1988, "That's Rock 'n' Roll" was featured as the B side of a subsequent major hit by Carmen, " Make Me Lose Control." Chart performance Shaun Cassidy version Background "That's Rock 'n' Roll" was covered in 1976 by American teen idol Shaun Cassidy on his first solo LP, ''Shaun Cassidy''. It was Cassidy's second of three consecutive Top 10 hits. The following lyrics are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bottom Line (venue)
The Bottom Line was a music venue at 15 West 4th Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. During the 1970s and 1980s the club was a major space for small-scale popular music performances. It opened on Feb 11, 1974. History For three decades the two club owners, Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky, presented major musical acts and premiered new talent. Bruce Springsteen played showcase gigs at the club and Lou Reed recorded the album '' Live: Take No Prisoners'' there. Harry Chapin held his 2000th concert at the Bottom Line in January 1981. The Bottom Line hosted an extremely wide variety of music and musicians. Among the thousands who performed on its stage were Eric Clapton, João Gilberto, Carl Perkins, Linda Ronstadt, The Manhattan Transfer, Patti Smith, The Police, Rockapella, Adrian Belew, Prince, Pat Benatar, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Miles Davis, Laura Nyro (documented on '' Laura: Live at the Bott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Gonna Fall In Love Again
"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" is a song co-written and recorded by American pop rock artist Eric Carmen. It was released as the second single from Carmen's self-titled debut solo album, the song peaked at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in June 1976, remaining in the Top 40 for ten weeks. The song reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening chart. In Canada, it was a number-one hit on both charts. The melody of "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" is based on the third movement (Adagio) from Symphony No. 2 by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. On his second solo LP, ''Boats Against the Current'', Carmen had a subsequent Top 40 hit entitled " She Did It", a happy answer to the loneliness and lovelessness described in this song and its equally melancholy predecessor, " All By Myself". Television performance Carmen performed "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" and his prior hit, "All By Myself" on '' The Midnight Special'' television program on July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and he made a point of using his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at the age of four. He studied with Anton Arensky and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory and graduated in 1892, having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces. In 1897, following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All By Myself
"All by Myself" is a song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen released in 1975. The verse is based on the second movement (''Adagio sostenuto'') of Sergei Rachmaninoff's circa 1900–1901 ''Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor'', Opus 18. The chorus was taken from the song " Let's Pretend", which Carmen wrote and recorded with the Raspberries in 1972. The slide guitar solo was performed by studio guitarist Hugh McCracken. Background and composition According to Carmen, he first wrote the solo part of the song, writing four bars at a time, eventually completed the interlude after two months. He needed to put this into a song, and after listening to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto, a piece famously used to underscore the 1945 British film ''Brief Encounter'', he adapted the melody of its second movement to write the verse. Rachmaninoff's music was in the public domain in the United States at that time, so Carmen thought no copyright existed on it, but it was still protecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Carmen (1975 Album)
''Eric Carmen'' is the debut album by American rock and roll musician and singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. It is also his first of two self-titled albums, the other released in 1984. It peaked at No. 21 on the ''Billboard'' album chart upon its release in 1975, the highest position of his career, and generated the No. 2 pop single " All by Myself" in the same year. The song reached No. 1 on the Cashbox and Record World charts. The album also included two follow-up Top 40 hits, "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (#11), and "Sunrise" (#34), both of which charted in 1976. All tracks were written by Eric Carmen except the Drifters' song " On Broadway", which was written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This LP also contained Carmen's original version of "That's Rock and Roll", which became a No. 3 hit for Shaun Cassidy in 1977. The album was Carmen's first solo production after leaving the Raspberries, a power pop group which scored several Top 40 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starting Over (Raspberries Album)
''Starting Over'' is the fourth and final studio album by the 1970s power pop band Raspberries. It peaked at #143 on the ''Billboard'' pop album chart in 1974. The LP generated the #18 ''Billboard'' pop single " Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)," while a second single, "Cruisin' Music", did not chart. This was the first album by the Raspberries to feature songs with profanity. Those songs were “Starting Over”, which featured the word "fucking" once, and the song “Party’s Over”, which featured the word "shit" twice. Background Stylistically, ''Starting Over'' represented a more aggressive arena rock/ hard rock sound than previous albums in a way reminiscent of The Who, which was one of the groups' biggest influences. The album also included softer ballads such as "Rose Coloured Glasses" and "Cry". ''Starting Over'' featured a new line-up with Michael McBride (drums), who had drummed with Carmen and Bryson in their previous band in the late '60s, Cyrus Erie, and Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
