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The Definitive Collection (Eric Carmen Album)
''The Definitive Collection'' is a 1997 greatest hits album of all the singles released by Cleveland, Ohio singer-songwriter Eric Carmen. It features five hits by the Raspberries (band), Raspberries, a power pop group which he led in the early 1970s. It also contains his versions of two major hits which he wrote for Shaun Cassidy, two popular songs from the movie ''Dirty Dancing'', and his greatest hit, "All By Myself", which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on March 5, 1976. Critical reception Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes, "''The Definitive Collection'' lives up to its title. Over the course of a single disc, the compilation features all of Eric Carmen's best-known songs and biggest hits" Track listing Musicians *Eric Carmen – Bass, Drums, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Harpsichord, Mellotron, Percussion, Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Tack Piano, Vocals, Background Vocals *Jim Bonfanti – Drums, ... [...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 11, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raspberries (album)
''Raspberries'' is the debut album from the Raspberries, released in April 1972 (see 1972 in music). It was their second-highest charting LP, reaching #51 on the '' Billboard'' album chart, but spent more weeks on the chart than all of their other albums combined. The American and Australian versions of this LP carried a scratch and sniff sticker with a strong raspberry scent. It contained two charting singles, "Don't Want to Say Goodbye," which reached #86, and their biggest hit, " Go All the Way," which reached #5. This album was re-released on CD as part of the 'Power Pop Vol. 1,' also containing their second album ''Fresh''. Track listing Charts Band members *Eric Carmen - bass guitar, lead and backing vocals, piano *Wally Bryson - lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structur ... [...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." Ba ... [...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), g ... [...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 23 ... [...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] |
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 hits i ... [...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 protected o ... [...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 McC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)
"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" is a hit single by Raspberries, released in September 1974. It was written by band leader Eric Carmen, who also provided the lead vocals. It was the first single release from their fourth and final LP, '' Starting Over''. The song reached the Top 40 on three principal US charts, number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 24 on '' Cashbox'', and number 26 on '' Record World''. It was also a number 22 hit in Canada. It spent 12 weeks on ''Billboard'', and was their final charting single release. Background Carmen said: ''Rolling Stone'' critic Dave Marsh said that "..in 1974, when Carmen despaired of ever breaking through to more substantial recognition he came up with a last ditch effort called 'Hit Record (Overnight Sensation)' that painted his aspirations with perfect bluntness. 'Overnight Sensation' ''is'' the radio that leads to Carmen's street of dreams, and in it, his vision of himself as the true inheritor of the innocence of early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Side 3 (Raspberries Album)
''Side 3'' is the third album from the Raspberries, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The album cover is diecut like a basket of Raspberries, with the group's name placed at the top of the LP sleeve. Three singles were released from the album: "Tonight" / "Hard to Get Over a Heartbreak", which reached number 69 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 37 on the '' Cash Box'' chart; "I'm a Rocker", which reached number 94 on ''Billboard'' and number 75 on ''Cash Box''; and a third single, "Ecstasy", which did not chart on ''Billboard'' but reached number 116 on ''Cash Box''. '' Cash Box'' called "Ecstasy" a "melodic gem" with an "appetizing mixture of smooth harmony and driving rhythm" and a "superb lead guitar break." The album itself reached number 138 on the US albums chart. This album was re-released on CD as part of the ''Power Pop Vol. 2'', also containing their fourth album '' Starting Over''. "Tonight" was later recorded by glam metal band Mötley Crüe for their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight (Raspberries Song)
"Tonight" is a song by Raspberries, released in August 1973. It was written by band leader Eric Carmen, who also provided the lead vocals. The song was the first of three single releases from their third LP, ''Fresh (Raspberries album), Side 3''. Carmen said that it was inspired by the Small Faces and that it is his favorite Raspberries song. He said that it was the song recorded in the studio where the band sounded like it did live. Guitarist Wally Bryson said that it has "one of those intros that nobody knows how to play but me" because he made up "weird chords to get different sounds." Reception ''Cash Box'' called the song a "driving Eric Carmen composition that is destined to become the group's fourth successive chart item." ''Record World'' called it a "Top 40 powerhouse that is reminiscent of early Beatles." ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' recommended the single. ''Arcadia Tribune'' critic Randall Davis called it a "typically great AM radio tune." ''Rolling Stone'' c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |