Arresting Elvis
In the summer of 1977, Columbia A&R executive Gregg Geller was in London to attend the label's annual convention. Leaving the convention hotel after a morning session, Geller and his colleagues were...
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Paradise By The Dashboard Light
  One of the most successful albums of all time, Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell yielded three hit singles: "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" and "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth." Its bombastic theatricality was like nothing that came before it, and little that's come since, but Meat Loaf and writer Jim Steinman came by it all quite naturally by their training and Broadway backgrounds. Their collaboration resulted in a mix of overblown show music and rock that critics are still trying to figure out. The public, of course, beat them to it long ago.

(J. Steinman); Produced by Todd Rundgren; Meat Loaf, lead vocal; Ellen Foley, featured female vocal; Todd Rundgren, guitar; Roy Bittan, piano, keyboards; Kasim Sultan, bass; Max Weinberg, drums; Jim Steinman, keyboards, lascivious effects; Roger Powell, synthesizer; Todd Rundgren, Rory Dodd, Ellen Foley, Marvin Lee, background vocals.; Rec. 1976-1977. From Bat Out Of Hell, Epic/Cleveland International EK 34974; P 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.