Jim Steinman
James Richard "Jim" Steinman (born November 1, 1947) is an American composer, lyricist, and Grammy Award-winning record producer responsible for ... More »
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Songwriters Hall of Fame Honors Inductees
Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger and Jim Steinman – who wrote the songs on Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album – were among the tunesmiths inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday at a ceremony in New York. Also given a place in the hall were the country songwriter Don Schlitz, a ... Read more »
Ben E. King, 'Stand By Me' and Lance Freed to receive special SongHall awards
" Previously announced inductees at this year's SHOF gala include Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones and Jim Steinman. The prestigious Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Bette Midler. Additional special SHOF award honorees will be ... Read more »
Mike Ragogna: Still A Wizard, A True Star: A Conversation With Todd Rundgren, Plus Tonight Alive's "...
So I go into this rehearsal studio and there is Meat Loaf and there are two background singers and there is Jim Steinman, the guy who composed the record, sitting at the piano. They essentially performed the entire record for me, the four of them. It was like everything you've seen in ... Read more »
Songwriters Hall of Fame announces 2012 inductees
The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) has announced its 2012 inductees: Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Jim Steinman and the songwriting team of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. The honorees will enter the prestigious SongHall at the organization's 43rd Annual Induction and Awards ... Read more »
iTunes Music Hell In a Handbasket by Meat Loaf
Will Jim Steinman EVER Come Back????? As a Meat Loaf fan of over 20 years, I'm a little bummed-out that this will mark my second consecutive Meat Loaf album that I am prepared to skip over. :-( Although 'Handbasket' has a few more appealing individual singles than 'Teddy Bear', I'm still ... Read more »
Bette Midler To Be Honored By Songwriters Hall : NPR
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is inducting Bob Seeger, Gordon Lightfoot, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, and Jim Steinman this year... Read more »
Ne-Yo to receive SongHall's 2012 Hal David Starlight Award
“We are looking forward to applauding his many accomplishments at our Annual Awards Gala.” Previously announced inductees at this year's SHOF gala include Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, the songwriting team of Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones and Jim Steinman. The classic hit "Stand ... Read more »
Just Go Bananas: Sean Anders on That's My Boy and Dumb and Dumber 2
I’m a fan of the Jim Steinman Meat Loaf stuff. I’m still listening to the non-Steinman Meat Loaf stuff. Yeah, I have some of that too. So when that came up, the funny thing was I was going to suggest that stuff a long time ago but I thought well, we were in more standard territory. ... Read more »
Seger, Lightfoot among songwriter hall inductees
Meatloaf performed the title track from his breakthrough 1977 album, "Bat Out of Hell" before introducing the man who wrote it, calling Jim Steinman "the magnificent, the unbelievable - my best friend in the entire world. " Steinman penned every song on the immensely popular ... Read more »
The All City Musical production of ‘Footloose’ explodes on the stage
Additional music for Footloose was written by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman. Footloose is produced through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com. The thirteenth annual All-City Musical is presented with generous support from The Abington ... Read more »
Meat Loaf is back in Cleveland to mark 35th anniversary of 'Bat Out of Hell'
That included disdainful and powerful CBS executive Clive Davis, who told composer Jim Steinman he had no clue on how to write a rock song. One of Meat Loaf’s managers at the time reportedly even said that the industry was CREATING labels just to reject the first collaboration between ... Read more »
Photos: Songwriters Hall of Fame 43rd Annual Induction
(Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame) Jim Steinman and Constantine Maroulis attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 43rd Annual induction and awards at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 14, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for ... Read more »
Gordon Lightfoot to be inducted into U.S. hall of fame
Jim Steinman, who wrote Total Eclipse of the Heart and Paradise by the Dashboard Light, as well as every song on Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell. Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, musical theatre writers of Our Town and The Fantasticks. Lightfoot considers his fellow nominees exalted company. ... Read more »
Meat Loaf¿s back ¿ and he¿s considering a tour
My doctor said I should be flattered!’ The singer’s biggest problem was coming to terms with the success of Bat Out Of Hell, a rock-operatic collaboration with songwriter Jim Steinman that sold 43 million and spawned two sequels. Turning to cocaine to help him cope, he suffered a nervous ... Read more »
Meat Loaf: Hell in a Handbasket
The Loaf may be irked that songwriter-producer Jim Steinman doesn't want to play, but a team of writers (and an apocalyptic cover of California Dreamin' ) have filled the gap with a mountain range of dips and peaks. Our Love and Our Souls reunites him with Patti Russo; Party of One is a ... Read more »
Gordon Lightfoot slated for Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York
According to an article posted yesterday (2/21/12) at Billboard.com, the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter will be among the newest members of the elite group, along with Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, as well as Jim Steinman. The prolific composer, has a huge ... Read more »
Wham Bam!
Walken, then 32, was fresh off Jim Steinman’s off-Broadway musical “Kid Champion,” while stage icon Worth, 59, was a frequent collaborator of avant-director Peter Brook in England. Lighting designer Ken Billington recalls that after he put on some flattering spots, Worth did the ... Read more »
Todd Rundgren: 'Every once in a while I took a trip and never came back'
By some estimation better than Meat Loaf and [songwriter] Jim Steinman. Did you earn tens of millions? Not quite that. But my very first royalty cheque was for three-quarters of a million. I haven't seen one like it since. XTC's 1986 album Skylarking was your most gruelling production ... Read more »
Meat Loaf – review
Reunited with his talismanic hanky, he is a marvel – you can glimpse flashes of the "great Gothic beast" that inspired his songwriting partner Jim Steinman in the first place. Each of the seven classic tracks are practically jukebox musicals in and of themselves. Halfway through Paradise ... Read more »
Bonnie Tyler is the UK's best bet for Eurovision
Forget that Bonnie Tyler is primarily known for the overwrought bombast of the Jim Steinman era, responsible for Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out for a Hero, and not watery little ballads that sound like they should be soundtracking one of Michael Parkinson's dreary adverts for ... Read more »
