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Birth name | Eric Howard Carmen |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | August 11, 1949
Origin | Lyndhurst, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | March 2024 | (aged 74)
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Years active | 1967–2024 |
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Marcy Hill
(m. 1978; div. 1979)Susan Brown
(m. 1993; div. 2009)Amy Murphy (m. 2016) |
Website | ericcarmen |
Eric Howard Carmen (August 11, 1949 – March 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"[1] 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".[2] In later years, he toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band before reforming the Raspberries in 2004.