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Music journalist Ken Sharp rated the title track as the Raspberries' 9th best song, describing it as "Raspberries do Elton, with sublime vocals." [12] Classic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian rated it as the band's 4th best song, noting that the piano riff has some similarities to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer". [13]
Carmen and Bonfanti dropped out but Bryson, Smalley and their Starting Over bassist, Scott McCarl, decided to continue on briefly. The trio released a six-song EP entitled Raspberries Refreshed in September 2000. [22] [23] The album's tracks, written by the three remaining members, re-created the group's original sound. [22]
[8] Swanson described it as "a mini-symphony packed into a five minute song" that is "overflowing with vocals, percussion, guitars, drums, saxophones, pianos, you name it." [8] John Lennon, a Raspberries fan, particularly liked "Overnight Sensation" and was present for part of the recording of the Starting Over album. Although uncredited, he is ...
Bonfanti's music career began in 1965 when he saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, [1] which eventually led him to join a band called The Mods, later renamed The Choir. [2] Their recording of "It’s Cold Outside" reached the national charts in 1967. In 1970, Bonfanti, Wally Bryson, Dave Smalley and Eric Carmen formed Raspberries. [3]
Carmen's first brush with fame arrived in 1972, the year the Raspberries took "Go All the Way" all the way to five on the Billboard Hot 100. Eric Carmen, frontman of the Raspberries and 'All By ...
Record World called "I'm a Rocker" a "rollicking rocker that should put [the Raspberries] back in the top ten where they belong" and "another powerhouse Jimmy Ienner production." [3] Cash Box said "Hard, steady rocker with top flight Eric Carmen vocals and driving music makes this one a dance natural." [4] Billboard recommended the single. [5]
When the Raspberries disbanded in 1975, Carmen, a guitarist and pianist, began his successful career as a solo artist. Carmen grew up in the Cleveland area Carmen was born in Cleveland in 1949 ...
Raspberries Capitol Collectors Series is a 1991 compilation of 20 tracks recorded by the band between 1972 and 1974. This release was the first time that many of these songs were available on compact disc. The CD contained two unlisted bonus tracks of radio spots used to promote the albums Fresh Raspberries and Starting Over. The compilation ...