Eric Carmen - Sunrise -- [STEREO]

[jpodunk60]

Music Mike...thanks for uploading this little known gem from the great Eric Carmen; love your intro too..This song was a intended to show Eric's hope for a great new beginning as a solo artist. He had indeed given us so much great music, hasn't he?

[fenderbender534]

Heard This Once on the radio, got it on reel to reel tape at the time, haven't heard it in at least 25 years. Great song - deserved to make higher than 34 on the charts. Probably got lost in the repetitious disco songs that seemed to clutter up the top 40 in the 70's (Please note I am not a disco hater, but there was alot of semi mediocre stuff making the charts back then.

[hooeybrown]

Sunrise is awesome. Very uplifting.

[N8908E]

The electric piano reminds me of Elton John's song " Funeral For A Friend."

[N8908E]

Sounds a little like ELO's style.

[jpavlekovich]

Entire "All by Myself" Album is super fantastical 

[meowmix]

thanks a million for sharing

[sportsmediaamerica]

cool post. thanks.

[JohnnyWaterbucket]

Radio Trent Lives again!!!

[Enerjee]

@JohnnyWaterbucket - they played it too? Trent went on the air 10 months before Beacon Radio which played it as their first track on the stations in April 1976.

[wckartist]

@Enerjee

Beacon was the best back in the day, because of tracks like this!!

Shame about its output in 2012!

[Enerjee]

@wckartist - yes, but Beacon was of a time and had it had the freedom to continue and broadcast to a much wider audience it would have been far more successful for longer. However, the commercial nature of commercial radio would have still led to what we have today because of the increased competition and a fractured audience.

[bigsbz]

Mike, you must be on the same page musically as I am. I pour throu YouTube so I can find "Hidden Gems" like this one. Keep up the good work!

[morrismagic08]

I go all mick jagger at 4:52! lol..

[morrismagic08]

Souds like 'electric light orchestra'. nice.

[vcoaster]

I saw a Beach Boys concert in 1975. The opening band came out and began playing this amazing song. They were great, but I had no idea who they were.... somebody named "Eric Carmen"? Never heard of him. He closed the show by playing Go All the Way by the Raspberries, and I thought, what an odd song to cover.  Shortly after, I found out who Eric Carmen was! What a great songwriter and musician.

[61Slughi]

Is this Mike's real voice or is he making fun of radio DJ vocals? Sounds fake.

[MusicMike2]

@61Slughi --- Lol. It's really me. I spent many years as a radio DJ. The only thing fake about me is my drivers license.

[pixoariz]

@MusicMike2 Your backgrounders on these great songs are really appreciated. Great stuff!

[nuggigandalf]

Sunrise

Shine down a little love on the world today

And make a morning so sweet

That it'll have to chase my blues away

Oh the moon and stars have gone

And I can see the light of dawn

Lightening up the brand new day

[nuggigandalf]

Classic...:-D

[shelly10538]

Cool song, reminds me of I can hear music by the Beach Boys.

[Poltr1]

Thank you for posting this! I was thinking about this song this morning.

[tattoofu]

This is the best beach Boys homage I've ever heard.

[VABkWrm]

Excellent, MIke! Thank you!

[gdschozen]

Wow Mike, keep making great music great, thanks to you I can go back in my mind as to the first time I heard Eric Carmen's songs and having the time of my life. Brings a smile to my day just to hear them again. Keep it up cuz what you are doing does count for something & that is my kids get a chanch to have the same love of muic & to play great music too, my oldest son knows how to make great music great. & my youngest son's knows how to listen and play great music and love it too.

Thanks Mike

[MusicMike2]

@gdschozen ----- Thanks everbody. Thanks Eric Carmen.

[Mikey454545able1]

nice peaceful song with good lyrics

[dannyraye1]

I grew up with this on the stereo... i bought it about 20 yrs later... still play it now :o)

[fishermanswife1957]

Is that a CKLW disc jockey?

[perpetual61]

I still have the album. I have always found Eric's Music to be Uplifting and Positive.

[doonbiz]

You know...growing up with late 60's music, there was usually a song that fit into the over-used "soundtrack-of-you-life" category. Love won, Love lost, "Let's Live For Today", etc. Seems you have to chase-down a tune these days you can sing along with, or simply makes you feel "up". Thanks for the memories Eric!

[mahhapanch]

私にとって名曲中の名曲です。

二十歳そこそこの頃、阪神高速をこの曲をカーステレオで聴きなが­ら、かっ飛ばしてました。

[Enerjee]

@mahhapanch - Fly

[tytandan]

Hasn't anyone noticed that the beginning of this song is the music for the "Halloween" movie series? Sounds eerily familiar to me.

[Planktontwo]

Love the history, the song and intro Mike. I have this one on vinyl and will treasure it like manyh other classics.

[tommied2004]

Mke .. .it´s nice to see ... also the lamp on the left side

[genebh1]

The MAN let us go too early!! Come back, Eric

[Wolfsky9]

I own this album, & treasure it! what a great, great song this is! In my mind, I've always wondered how The Late Great Carl Wilson would have done it, with The Beach Boys. Imagine for a moment!! Wolfsky9, 63 y/o

[mattjackleroy]

Carmen was friends with Carl Wilson and opened for the Beach Boys on their 1975-76 tour.

[iqfrenzy]

You just cannot beat the instrumental in this song.

Will love you always, Eric.

[bluestriker4444]

Great song

[richintalent]

1975- I was 11 and had my very first radio- a local station would play this at the beginning of their broadcast day, right after the national anthem, to open up 'The Sunrise Show'- It always seemed to coincide with the sun coming up!

[CearbhaillMom]

This was my favorite album for a. very. long. time.

And this was my favorite track! Put it on first thing in the morning and you are guaranteed to have a GREAT day!!!

I'm putting it on my workout playlist now!

[iqfrenzy]

Yep. It is still a great way to start the day...this and Carmen's "Faith Enough".

[iqfrenzy]

I absolutely adore this song...had the whole album on vinyl when I was 16. Ahhhh, good times.

[jfglistens]

Mike....you're the BEST. Love what you do! Booyah!

[grumpyoldwoman2]

love all eric's songs...such an underrated artist- deserved more success

[sabrinamessenger61]

I grew up in Cleveland and can remember when Eric Carmen and the Raspberries got their start! I love his music to this day, especially this song. You can never go wrong starting your morning with it. Very positive and affirming ;)

[Green18600]

I have never heard of that song until today. An electricfying tune will sometimes put on a smile on an otherwise dreadful day. A Brilliant 10!! That song should have been played with some degree of regularity over the air waves. Long Live The 1970's!!

[Enerjee]

You can check out how this song was the first to be played on a new radio station in the UK in 1976. Google 'beacon radio 303' and go to jingles and programmes, click on FIRST PROGRAMME - MIKE BAKER, and there it is.

[Enerjee]

@Enerjee - put in:

"Beacon Radio launch ATV"

to YT and you'll see and hear Eric Carmen's "Sunrise" start that radio station off on 12th April 1976.

[ph1lanthrope]

Very Beach Boys and always loved the sweet intro. Creativity like this has unfortunately passed away....come back the 70's all is forgiven!

[DisembowelMe]

There is a lot of creativity today, it's just that in most cases, you have to look past the top 40's to find it.

[ph1lanthrope]

Believe me, I couldn't care less about any top 40's....let alone know who's in them!

The type creativity I am referring to is a strong melody supported by a good chord structure and excellent musicianship. A pretty basic recipe on the face of it but realistically only achieved through hard work and inspiration, Rare qualities which only seem to be found within jazz circles these days.

Check out my page for further examples.

[DisembowelMe]

Great musicianship (if you're referring to technical ability) is only really a bonus to me if the music is passionate and enjoyable, but there are still lots of hard working bands making great, passionate music today. I don't know, maybe I'm just lucky living in Iceland, where there are thankfully few bands making brainless, passionless music. ( the music scene is actually one of the few things about my country I'm proud of)

Oh and yeah, lovely music you have up :)

[LuvIzAhl]

Carmen should have been the biggest star of the 1970s. Must have had some bad management and poor label support. Rock On, Eric!

[mattjackleroy]

Also, bad timing.. he came along post-Beatles but had to compete with guys like Elton, Billy J, etc... I saw the Raspberries about 18 months ago here in NYC...Eric still has quite a voice. Too bad he stopped composing.

[malcolmyoung86]

i have this record but it isnt in good shape, scratched up bad

[MarinK123]

This whole album Reminds me of slow dancing in 8th grade with my first boyfriend at parties with my friends. Gives you energy to listen to it. We loved Barry Manilow's Weekend in New England.... ahhh memories!

[lakeboi420]

Simply the best of my childhood having grown up in Ohio among the best! The video and song empower feeling of clean euphoria.

Ron King-California

[ohioscott]

Another one of those songs that I thought only I knew...this was a great album. Besides All By Myself and Never Gonna Fall In Love Again (hits), the cuts That's Rock and Roll and his version of On Broadway stand out as well.

[saranac2009]

Eric new how to construct a melody with the best of them. In this instance, the obvious inspiration was Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Brian himself couldn't have done better! A true musical genius who sold out in the disco era with crap like "Hungry Eyes."

[fireplace911]

his biggest inspriation by far was RACHMANINOFF

since he pinched his 2nd piano concerto 2nd movement for "all by myself" ...and his second symphony for "never gonna fall in love again"

[mattjackleroy]

Eric did a nice version of the Beach Boys' Caroline No. I agree... he probably listened to Brian's work awfully close. IMO, Brian is the greatest of all pop composers.

[bwworld]

Thanks for sharing this, Mike! I, too, just dug through my LP's and lo and behold, there' it is, Eric Carmen's first solo album with the faux-copper cover and this incredible song! I played it for my daughters (13 & 11) and they loved it!

[MusicMike2]

Fantastic! It's wonderful that you are sharing music of the past with your children. I have done the same with mine. My kids like a lot of what they call "vintage rock".

[charlie8575]

The ending is spectacular. Pretty song overall. I loved that one of those bands was named after a crane company (Bucyrus Erie,) which made its fortune in making crane cars for railroads and other heavy-duty cranes.

[jerahs1984]

Thank you Casey Kasem-American Top 40-The 70's (and Mike) for introducing me to this song. I have been an Eric Carmen fan for years but somehow missed this GEM. Thanks again !

[MNOKTV]

Thanks Music Mike! I used to have this "45" when I was 14 back in the seventies.

[Welloiledcog]

This should be played loud and loud it should be played!!!!!!!!!

[gwt55]

Saw Eric live in Philadelphia at the Spectrum in 1975. He opened for America. I remember that his drummer wore white gloves!

[roberthanson]

One of the "BEST" songs ever!!! A& R people should pull it out once and a while to hear what great music actually sounds like... The stuff today sucks

[philipleanza3]

Thanks Mike!.....I use to wake up every morning and put this song on so I could start my day off right......Which was hard to do living in Cleveland in the mid 70's!

[bwworld]

I just dug through my packed up LPs and bingo! I've still got the album. Gonna play it for my kids now, so they should know what GOOD music sounds like.

[Planktontwo]

WTG Music Mike! I still have the LP of this and enjoy hearing it because it is filled with good stuff.

[mrob75]

This is such a kick song, Mike! I remember first hearing it on Casey's Top 40 show. They never played it here on our local stations in town...We could only hear it on Casey's Top 40 here in the desert southwest...Again, Mike, thanks for a great pick and for a great memory!

[TheSmileFetcher1961]

This is an incredibly great tune that I haven't heard in sooo long....Thanks for putting it on you-tube

[lerxst990]

This song had "hit record" all over it...The melody, lyrics, HOOK, and changes were (still are) incredible...Love it!

[hug2046]

Thank U

[kountryrocks]

Thanks, Mike, for this song. I have not heard it in 30 years plus and always enjoyed it.

[bassclef38]

I was gonna say about Beacon 303 as well, but somebody's already beaten me to it!

[1313agents]

The Video To This Song Is FANTASTIC!!!!! WOW!

[lakefloor]

That was a great album. The stations played an edited version of this song without the intro. I always loved the way it rocked at the end. Thanks for sharing.

[bryanb55]

I had this on 8-track as well. Iplayed it until I wore it out. The television station I worked for also used a portion of it in a wrestling promo.

[Lorasgrad]

Love this song! It reminds me of when I had this album in high school and seeing Eric Carmen in concert in '76 singing this song and his many other hits. Eric, you are the best!

[Enerjee]

This was the first song played on Beacon Radio 303 (Wolverhampton, UK) on 12th April 1976 at 6am (Google it). It aimed to play beautiful music with a heavy bias towards the American Billboard charts. What a great tune to open a radio station with !

[wolverbob]

Man, I have not heard this since 1975. I remember being in the Navy and local radio DJs playing this at sunrise.

[newwavepopman]

Great song Mike.But then again I just love anything at all by Eric Carmen.Guess you'll never get to posting Shame Shame on here by The Magic Lanterns?

[keikocat2001]

My favourite Eric Carmen song ever. I just loved the ending. So upbeat. Thanks, Mike!

[chriscrimson98]

havent heard this in years...thanks for posting it...:)

[keekee4660]

Thanks Mike! Was looking up some oldies and had 'One fine morning' on my mind. Love your videos

[rin3guy]

Thanks so very much for posting, Mike! Just need "She Did It" posted on here, & Eric's Top 40 hits will be complete!

[garyco3]

I like this song!

[jfglistens]

Awesome song...I especially like the picture of "Ricky" at the end.

[hollies65]

Great,great song...how did it not top the charts! Great choice Mike!

[eydie57]

i love eric carmen and the raspberries. great song.

[eejg]

Great song !!

More Eric Carmen please

[dburr13]

I had the 8 track!...One of the best songs on the album...Thanks for featuring it!