Louise Palanker · CC BY-SA 2.0

As lead singer of the Raspberries, Carmen wrote the power-pop hit "Go All the Way" before launching a solo career built on "All by Myself" and "Hungry Eyes", the latter a defining Dirty Dancing single. He later toured with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band and reunited the Raspberries in 2004, closing the loop on the band he started with.