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Eric Carmen’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits: ‘All By Myself’ & More
Carmen charted three solo top 10s, one with the Raspberries and another as a writer for Mike Reno & Ann Wilson.
“It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen,” a message posted to his website, Facebook and X account reads. Carmen scored further success via movie placements in the ‘80s, first as the co-writer of Mike Reno and Ann Wilson’s “Almost Paradise.” The ballad, from the Footloose soundtrack, rose to No. As the group reunited for live shows in the 2000s, Carmen referred to the Raspberries as “like barbarians trying to crash the gates of the bloated progressive rock that we despised.”
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