The headlines announcing his passing all refer to him as the composer of "All By Myself" and "Hungry Eyes." And, while those were bonafide hits, they are not how I remember Eric Carmen.

One of Cleveland's favorite sons, Eric was the founder of The Raspberries, a 70's band that combined Beatles-esque harmonies with power chords. The first five seconds of "Go All the Way" leaves no doubt on the power-chord front...and, along with "Born to Run," are the two songs that, when they come on the radio, I always reach for the volume to crank it up.

Among the pack, nobody did sexual teen angst like Eric. On this Music Friday, we say farewell to this amazing talent with a couple other Raspberries songs "I Wanna Be with You" & "Let's Pretend." 

And, here's one he co-wrote for the Footloose soundtrack.

Sleep, sweet prince.