The Raspberries frontman Eric Carmen – whose solo hits embody All By Myself and Hungry Eyes – has died on the age of 74.

His spouse, Amy, introduced his loss of life on the singer’s official web site.

“It is with tremendous sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Eric Carmen,” she mentioned.

“Our sweet, loving and talented Eric passed away in his sleep, over the weekend.

“It introduced him nice pleasure to know, that for many years, his music touched so many and can be his lasting legacy.”

She ended the statement with the quote “love is all that issues… devoted and eternally” from his 1977 solo album Boats Against The Current.

The Ohio-born singer-songwriter rose to fame with power pop group Raspberries before achieving solo success with hits including Never Gonna Fall In Love Again.

His song All By Myself, covered by Celine Dion, features in the classic opening scene of Bridget Jones’s Diary.

Hungry Eyes featured in Dirty Dancing starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.

Carmen also wrote Almost Paradise from the Footloose soundtrack.

He co-founded the Raspberries in the early 1970s alongside Jim Bonfanti and Wally Bryson, who were later joined by Dave Smalley after the departure of John Aleksic.

The group released their debut album Raspberries in 1972, with tracks reaching chart success including Go All The Way.

The song caused controversy and was later banned by the BBC in the UK for its sexually suggestive lyrics and was included in the first Guardians Of The Galaxy soundtrack.

Four albums later the band broke up in 1975 and Carmen launched into a solo profession.

Carmen additionally toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in 2000.

He is survived by his spouse and two kids, Kathryn and Clayton.