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James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. [1] He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genre
[5] [105] Meat Loaf attempted legal action "to prove that he had some level of dominion of the song", and was furious for many years afterwards when Steinman won the case. [27] The song was recorded as a duet by Meat Loaf and Marion Raven for the 2006 album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, produced by Desmond Child.
Steinman had written five new songs which, in addition to the track "More Than You Deserve" (sung by Meat Loaf in the stage musical of the same name) and a reworked monolog, formed the album Dead Ringer, which was produced by Meat Loaf and Stephan Galfas, with backing tracks produced by Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Iovine, and Steinman.
Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf's best-selling “Bat Out Of Hell" debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died, his brother said.
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was released in 1977 on the album Bat Out of Hell, with vocals by American musicians Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley. An uncommonly long song for a single, it has become a staple of classic rock radio [3] [4] and has been described as the "greatest rock duet". [5]
Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman.The album was developed from the musical Neverland.Neverland is a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan which Steinman wrote for a workshop in 1974.
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a power ballad [3] performed by the American musician Meat Loaf. It is a track off his 1977 album Bat Out of Hell, written by Jim Steinman.It spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 11, [4] and earned a million-selling Gold single from the RIAA, [5] eventually being certified platinum.
According to his autobiography, Meat Loaf asked Jim Steinman to write a song that was not 15 or 20 minutes long, and, in Meat Loaf's words, a "pop song." His autobiography also dates the writing of the song to 1975, the song reportedly being a key factor in Meat Loaf and Steinman deciding to do an album together.