The American singer Eric Carmen, singer of “Hungry Eyes” appearing on the soundtrack of the film “Dirty Dancing” and the global hit “All By Myself”, subsequently covered by Celine Dion, died at the age of 74, his wife announced on Tuesday.
“Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep this weekend. He was very happy to know that for decades his music touched so many people and will always be remembered by them.” , she wrote in a message posted on the artist’s official website.
Amy Carmen also asked fans to “respect the family’s privacy as we mourn our tremendous loss.”
Cause of death not specified
Born in 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, Eric Carmen began his musical career by co-founding, in the 1970s, the rock group The Raspberries, which disbanded five years later. The band’s first album featured a raspberry-scented scratch-and-sniff sticker.
The group reformed in 2004. A concert from this tour was the subject of an album, released in 2017, and entitled “Raspberries Pop Art Live”.
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The successes of “Dirty Dancing”
The singer is best known for being the singer of the hit “All By Myself” in 1975 and “Hungry Eyes”, from the soundtrack of the very popular film “Dirty Dancing” (1987) with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. His song “Almost Paradise”, which he co-wrote for the film “Footloose”, earned him a Grammy nomination.
His hits have been covered by artists as varied as Céline Dion (“All By Myself”), Shaun Cassidy (“That’s Rock ‘n Roll”) and John Travolta (“Never Gonna Fall in Love Again”).