ira Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 I thought you might find this interesting...All of Eric's charted successes as a Raspberry...as Eric solo...as a writer recorded by others.Scroll to the bottom of the page for chart info.Maybe this has been done already..If so..I swear I didn't know http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 I like the entry in the beginning...very serious:"Not to be confused with Eric Cartman". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elle4ec Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Thanks, Ira! The bottom of the page states it was recently updated. I've not seen this exact page before. Great to see the comparative info here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted May 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Yes elle...I've always enjoyed stats..in baseball...music.. etc.Sometimes I STILL marvel at computers...that I can be thinkin' aboout ANYTHING and find it...It wasn't always that way in our lifetimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les R. Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 "Marathon Man," the third single released from Boats Against the Current, "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #101. Does anyone know of any other EC or Raspberries songs that almost charted but didn't quite make it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mc Carthy Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Marathon Man is one of my favorite songs. It' so inspiring, and is vastly underrated. The arrangement has gusto, to go along with Eric's great vocal delivery with gusto! The lyrics alone are very motivating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Sometimes I STILL marvel at computers... Ira...I marvel at the thermos...yes the thermos. I put cold liquid in it....it stays cold....i put hot liquid in it...it stays hot. How does it know the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 "Marathon Man," the third single released from Boats Against the Current, "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #101. Does anyone know of any other EC or Raspberries songs that almost charted but didn't quite make it?? As for "Raspberries" I know ('cause I've seen one in the plastic) Party's Over was issued as a single... after Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)... many years ago there was a small stack of them in a huge 45 bin in a small used record store in Goose Creek, SC... I have often wished I'd have snatched them up, but I didn't... I think there was a second-single from "Tonight You're Mine" there as well, but I'm not sure which one it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Yes elle...I've always enjoyed stats..in baseball...music.. etc.Sometimes I STILL marvel at computers...that I can be thinkin' aboout ANYTHING and find it...It wasn't always that way in our lifetimes! Yes Ira....but stats NEVER tell the whole story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 GMan...I absolutely agree...The Supremes...for example...may have had more hits than Eric...But Eric's hits drove in more runs as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Sutton Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Foolin Myself was also released as a single in the USA from the Tonight your Mine LP. The B side was Lost in the Shuffle.Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Pretty sure All For Love was the third single released off Tonight You're Mine --- forgot what was on the B side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 "All For Love" was released with "Tonight You're Mine" on the flips side. EC.com has a pretty extensive discography under the MUSIC tab above.Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathon mama Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 ...All of Eric's charted successes as a Raspberry...as Eric solo...as a writer recorded by others. Scroll to the bottom of the page for chart info. Maybe this has been done already..If so..I swear I didn't know http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Carmen The wikipedia page was created by ec.com member Les R., for those who might not have known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missm Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 mar, I didn't know and I'm glad you shared that! Thank you Les R!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les R. Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 YW MissM! I am indeed the creator of several Wikipedia pages in EC's honor (under my Wiki alias of JGabbard). However, I can take credit only for these:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Eric_Carmenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Did_Ithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_All_the_Way_(Raspberries_song)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_Rock_'n'_Rollhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Deanie(Sorry only 2 of those links work -- Parentheses and punctuation cause a glitch.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missm Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Les, I would welcome you to the board but since you have been a member since '07, I will just say that I am sincerely happy to read your posts. I read you wikipedia contributions about Eric while I waited for my membership to be processed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les R. Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 It should be noted that the Cash Box chart (CB) was MUCH kinder to EC (& the Raspberries) than was Billboard's Hot 100 chart (BB):ALL BY MYSELF -- #2 on BB, but #1 on CB. I'll always have a little grudge against BB for that one!NEVER GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN -- #11 on BB, but #9 on CB.SHE DID IT -- #23 on BB, #15 on CB. Those of you who know what my favorite EC song is can just guess what I think about this!BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' -- #62 on BB, #60 on CB.HUNGRY EYES -- #4 on BB, #3 on CB.Same goes for most of the Raspberries's big hits:GO ALL THE WAY -- Reached #5 on BB, but #4 on CB.I WANNA BE WITH YOU -- #16 on BB, but hit the Top 10 in CB! (#10) So on CB, EC has 2 more Top 10 hits to his credit!LET'S PRETEND -- Definitely the biggest discrepancy of all: While it charted only at #35 in BB with 7 weeks in the Top 40, it fared quite differently in CB. There it reached #18, and held that position for 2 weeks! Not only that, Let's Pretend spent the same number of weeks in CB's Top 40 as did Go All the Way -- 12 weeks!TONIGHT -- Another major difference: #69 on BB, but made Top 40 in CB! (#37)I'M A ROCKER -- #94 on BB, but #75 CB.Two EC songs actually tied (COH & ITWL), and a few others did chart just slightly lower on CB. The only significant exception was Overnight Sensation (#18 on BB, #24 on CB). But I hope you'll agree that all EC fans should consider Cash Box to be the more accurate source for charting information!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Now all you have to do is throw in the chart positions from Record World, and you'll have the Holy Trinity from that era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les R. Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Would welcome your expertise, or anyone else with the know-how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Les...thanks for your work on this....very interesting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggsherby Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 This is great..thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlesteve Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Most people know All By Myself reached #2 on the weekly Billboard, but some don't know what songs kept it from #1The week of March 6, 1976 ABM first reached #2 with the Miracles "Love Machine" at their only week at #1. ABM stayed at #2 for three weeks, so what happened when Love Machine dropped to #3 the following week? Frankies "Oh What a Night" leaped from #3 to #1 and kept Eric out of the top spot for the next 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les R. Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 That is great to know! BB does not make their old weekly charts so freely available, but by looking at the CB chart I figured it went something like that. ABM's run on Cash Box went 4-3-2-1-5, instead of 3 weeks at #2. Other great songs of 1976 that hit #1 on Cash Box but not Billboard include:Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (BB #3)Lonely Night - Captain & Tennille (BB #3) Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale (BB #2)Lowdown - Box Scaggs (BB #3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mc Carthy Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 What impresses me the most, is just how well NEVER GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN did as the follow up release to All BY Myself. It is a daunting challenge to score that well after a MEGA hit like that Music history is generally not that kind in most cases. Most artists have found this to be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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