Rachmaninoff heavily influenced Eric Carmen and others: https://www.cmuse.org/you-cant-believe-how-much-rachmaninoff-influenced-popular-music/ https://www.cmus

Rachmaninoff heavily influenced Eric Carmen and others: https://www.cmuse.org/you-cant-believe-how-much-rachmaninoff-influenced-popular-music/ https://www.cmuse.org/you-cant-believe-how-much-rachmaninoff... >> As far as derivative works are concerned, the adagio theme (the second movement) appears in the ballad All By Myself (1975) by Eric Carmen, who subsequently explained that Rachmaninoff was “his favourite music.” The following year, he released Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, which, in turn, was based on the third movement from Rachmaninoff’s Symphony n.2. >> >> Little did Carmen know, however, that Rachmaninoff’s music, which he quoted extensively, was not in the public domain, as the Rachmaninoff estate informed him after the release of his album. The two parts, however, managed to reach an agreement: the estate would receive 12% of the royalties both from “All by Myself” and “Never Gonna Fall in Love again.”