Eric Carmen

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地区: United States of America 美国

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Eric Carmen(艾瑞克卡门)1949年8月11日生于美国俄亥俄州克利夫兰，他的音乐人生始于童年。那时三岁的他被克利夫兰音乐学院录取，成为学院里最年轻的学生。六岁他开始跟在克利夫兰交响乐团担任小提琴手的阿姨学习小提琴。十一岁时，他已经学会弹钢琴，并且梦想着写他自己的歌。甲壳虫乐队和滚石乐队的成功鼓舞了他，在Eric就读Charles F. Brush高中二年级的时候加入了一个摇滚乐队。

在Eric就读John Carroll大学的时候，他组建了Cyrus Erie乐队，并发行了一张单曲。乐队的吉它手Wally Bryson跟朋友Jim Bonfanti和Dave Smalley已经在克利夫兰一支很受欢迎的乐队the Choir一起合作，1967年发行的一支单曲“It's Cold Outside”取得了不错的成绩。60年代末 Cyrus Erie和the Choir解散后，Eric，Wally，Jim和Dave组建了Raspberries乐队。

Raspberries很快成为了克利夫兰最受欢迎的摇滚乐队。1971年，乐队与Capitol公司签约，并在第二年发行了他们的首张同名专辑。其中的单曲Go All The Way飙升至Billboard单曲排行榜第五的位置。评论家也一反常态，给予Eric很高的评价。

乐队接下来的两张专辑——1972年的Fresh和1973年的Side 3——包括I wanna be with you和Let’s pretend在内的几支单曲双双缔造了同时打上排行榜40强的好成绩。1973年，Jim和Dave离队，乐队又新加入鼓手Michael McBride和贝司手Scott McCarl，并在接下来的一年发行了新专辑Starting over，专辑的主打歌曲Overnight Sensation闯入了排行榜前二十强。

Eric Carmen1975年发行了他的个人首张专辑，包括All by myself在内的三支单曲打上了排行榜前40。1977到1980的几年之间，他又相继发行了三张专辑，1978年发行了单曲Change of Heart。1984年Eric为电影Footloose所作的主题曲Almost Paradise让他再度成为最优秀的十位作曲家之一，1987年为电影Dirty Dancing所作的主题曲Hungry eyes重新登上排行榜。1988年Eric发行了另一首打榜单曲Make me lose control，并在后来的巡演中登台演唱。

1999年，Eric的新音乐录影带在日本发行取名Winter dreams，第二年在美国发行的时候改名为I Was Born To Love You。在那一年他跟Ringo Starr以及他的乐队All-Starr一起组织了巡演。

2004年11月，原Raspberries乐队成员宣布重组乐队，并在俄亥俄州克利夫兰组织了一次特殊的公演，给人们带来了惊喜，三十一年后再度合作，Eric解释说：“我们的初衷只是想一起表演，我们刚开始排练的时候，一些有趣的事情接踵而来，我们第一场公演的门票在四分钟之内全部售罄，在那里我们取得了成功。

乐队的公演从纽约到洛杉矶，十场门票场场卖光，有老歌迷来捧场，又有新的歌迷加入，令评论家们印象深刻。纽约每日新闻把乐队列入纽约House of Blues年度最佳演唱会。

Eric说：“我希望我能不断的写出更好的歌，我的目标一直是，写好歌，写最好的歌。”如今，他的两首歌“All by myself”和电影Footloose 主题曲“Almost paradise”已经被列为美国流行音乐史上最受欢迎歌曲。

Eric Carmen has amassed an impressive amount of hit singles over his long career, whether it be as a member of the influential power pop outfit the Raspberries, as a solo artist, or as a songwriter for others. Born on August 11, 1949, in Cleveland, OH, Carmen began his musical training at an early age -- by the age of six, he was taking violin lessons, and by 11, he was playing piano and penning his own original compositions. With his discovery of the Beatles during the early '60s, Carmen's attention shifted toward rock & roll, as he began playing piano and singing with high school bands. It was while Carmen was a student at John Carroll University that he joined a local group called Cyrus Erie, who, apart from issuing several obscure singles for Epic Records, failed to leave much of an impact outside of the local region. But when another popular local rock outfit, the Choir, split up, Carmen and another Cyrus Erie member, guitarist Wally Bryson, joined forces with former Choir members Dave Smalley (bass) and Jim Bonfanti (drums), which led to the formation of the Raspberries. Mixing rockers (that combined the melody of the Beatles and the guitar riffs of the Who) with lush ballads, the quartet quickly created a buzz, which resulted in a recording contract with Capitol. Right off the bat, the quartet scored a massive hit single with the infectious &Go All the Way& (taken from their self-titled 1972 debut), which peaked at number five on the singles charts. Despite issuing further solid albums (1972's Fresh, 1973's Side Three, and 1974's Starting Over), the group became known first and foremost as a &singles& act, as their albums failed to match the chart success of such further hit singles as &I Wanna Be With You,& &Let's Pretend,& and &Overnight Sensation (Hit Record).& With Carmen's increasing frustration with the group, the Raspberries split up in 1975 (it wasn't long, however, before other groups began translating the Raspberries' sound/approach into their own hits, especially Cheap Trick and the Knack, among countless others).Immediately thereafter, Carmen inked a solo deal with Arista. Instead of following in the Raspberries' power pop direction, he opted for a more mature, singer/songwriter/ballad style, as evidenced by his self-titled 1975 debut. The shift in musical styles soon reaped rewards for Carmen, as it spawned two big hits -- &All by Myself& and &Never Gonna Fall in Love Again& -- while the album almost cracked the Top 20. Despite a strong start to his solo career, the hits soon dried up, as such subsequent albums as 1977's Boats Against the Current, 1978's Change of Heart, and 1980's Tonight You're Mine each sold less than its predecessor. Carmen sunk from sight for several years, but penned the Top Ten hit power ballad &Almost Paradise& (from the incredibly popular 1984 Footloose [Original Soundtrack]), sung by Heart's Ann Wilson and Loverboy's Mike Reno. With the single proving that a large audience still existed for Carmen-penned ballads, the singer resurfaced a year later with his first solo album in five years -- the second self-titled release of his career. While it did spawn a moderate hit with the single &I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips,& the album failed to move up the charts. But it was another movie soundtrack, 1987's Dirty Dancing, that would land Carmen his next big hit, the Top Ten &Hungry Eyes.& Carmen scored another hit a year later, &Make Me Lose Control,& and also toured as part of the Dirty Dancing concert tour, as well. When the tour wound up, Carmen pulled a disappearing act once more, yet throughout the '90s, a wide variety of renowned artists covered songs of his, including Babes in Toyland, Peter Cetera, Sheryl Crow, Celine Dion, and Diana Ross, among others. 1998 saw Carmen issue his first solo full-length in 13 years, the Japanese release Winter Dreams (released in the U.S. as I Was Born to Love You a year later), while rumors began to swirl regarding an impending Raspberries reunion tour. While it was true that all four original Raspberries members met up in early 1999, and three of them performed a few months later in Cleveland at a party, a reunion ultimately failed to materialize.

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