Eric Carmen, singer-songwriter of 'All By Myself' and 'Hungry Eyes,' dies at 74

Eric Carmen was the frontman for the Raspberries. The singer wrote music that helped set the mood for several popular movies throughout his career, includingEric Carmen wrote and performed some of the biggest power ballads of the 1970s and '80s. Many of them became famous from the movies they helped score.

In 1970, Carmen started a Cleveland band called the Raspberries that made up in influence what it lacked in fame; fans included John Lennon, Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen, as Carmen toldFormer Beatles drummer Ringo Starr poses with members of the sixth incarnation of the All-Starr Band who are Jack Bruce, left, Eric Carmen, Ringo Starr, Dave Edmunds, Mark Rivera and Simon Kirke during a press conference in May 2000.

"The first time I met Bruce Springsteen, I walked in his dressing room before a show, and he was writing out the setlist, and we both looked at each other for a couple of minutes — I was very uncomfortable being on the fan end, so I felt a little stupid," Carmen remembered to reporter Ken Kurson."But Bruce looked at me, and he goes, 'You know, while I was writing"The River" all I listened to was Woody Guthrie and the Raspberries' greatest hits.'".

A constellation of stars, including John Travolta, Shirley Bassey and Celine Dion, have recorded Eric Carmen's music over the years. The Raspberries reunited in 2004 and toured for the next three years. Carmen also toured with Ringo Starr in the sixth iteration of his All-Starr Band.Full passenger rail service between San Diego and Orange County expected to resume in early April

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