who sang hungry eyes in the movie dirty dancing
Eric Carmen
title: Hungry Eyes text: Hungry Eyes "Hungry Eyes" is a song performed by American artist Eric Carmen, a former member of the band Raspberries, and was featured in the film "Dirty Dancing" (1987). The song was recorded at Beachwood Studios in Beachwood, Ohio in 1987. "Hungry Eyes" peaked at #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and #3 on the "Cash Box" Top 100 in 1988. The power ballad was not released commercially in the UK, but it managed to peak at #82 in January 1988, having charted purely on import sales. Songwriters Franke Previte and John DeNicola wrote the song, as well as title: Hungry Eyes text: another hit from the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". The music video featured Carmen with model Sally Steele, who later founded "Vegas Rocks! Magazine". Eric Carmen, the performer of "Hungry Eyes", had been the vocalist of the Raspberries. Carmen released his first solo album "Eric Carmen", which contained the worldwide hit with "All By Myself". "Hungry Eyes" was his biggest hit and was written in 1984 by John DeNicola and Franke Previte. It was originally recorded by Previte's band, Frankie and The Knockouts for their album Making The Points. Jimmy Ienner, the producer of Carmen's title: John DeNicola text: John DeNicola John DeNicola (born October 4, 1955) is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", for which he won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination, in 1988. In 1989 he was the co-winner of ASCAP Awards' "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures" for "Time of My Life" as well as for "Hungry Eyes", another song from the film. In addition to "Dirty Dancing" hits for Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes and Eric Carmen, he has also written title: Hungry Eyes text: band from his early career, The Raspberries, asked him to sing this song for the "Dirty Dancing" album because he was familiar with Carmen's musical style. Carmen was hesitant to produce a song for another film sound track because he believed that soundtrack music had "horrible deaths", but Carmen recorded a very popular song that can still be heard on radio stations and TV commercials. The song was released commercially on 7" vinyl in many countries; plus, a 3-track 12" maxi single and 2-track cassette were produced. CD singles were a relatively new format; however, a 2-track Japanese mini CD title: Franke Previte text: singles and two Top 50 albums. Franke and the Knockouts' biggest single, "Sweetheart", was written by Previte and Knockout guitarist Billy Elworthy and became a Top 10 hit in 1981. The group's other two Top 40 hits were "You're My Girl" and "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)". The band switched to MCA Records in 1984, but they split up around 1986. Franke Previte co-wrote music for the hit soundtrack to the 1987 movie "Dirty Dancing", including "(I've Had) the Time of My Life," and Eric Carmen's hit "Hungry Eyes". That same year Previte also received a Golden Globe and