but Carmen has continued to enjoy success placing songs with other artists over the years. In 2000, he toured with Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band. On December 24, 2013, the first new recording in over 15 years by Carmen titled "Brand New Year" was released. The track, written and recorded in November/December 2013 in Ohio and Los Angeles, was issued via a gratis download by Legacy Recordings as a special "Christmas gift", to herald the March 2014 arrival of a 30 track career retrospective entitled The Essential Eric Carmen.. Personal life Carmen moved from Los Angeles back to Gates Mills in northeast Ohio in the 1990s. In 2016, Carmen married former newscaster Amy Murphy. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums Charted singles Notes References External links 1949 births Living people Musicians from Cleveland American male singer-songwriters American pop rock singers American rock songwriters American soft rock musicians American people of Austrian-Jewish descent Jewish American songwriters John Carroll University alumni Singer-songwriters from Ohio American rock guitarists American male guitarists American pop guitarists American rock keyboardists Guitarists from Ohio 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American guitarists People from Lyndhurst, Ohio People from Gates Mills, Ohio Ballad musicians 20th-century American male singers 21st-century American male singers 20th-century American keyboardists Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band members