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Jim
Steinman
Lyricist
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Though Jim began his carrer in theatre,
he is best known as a songwriter/producer whose records have sold more
than 100 million copies, described by the Los Angeles Times as "the
Richard Wagner of Rock". At Amherst College he wrote and starred in an
epic musical The Dream Engine. It caused a sensation and New York
Shakespeare Festival's Joe Papp bought the rights at the interval. His
first professional musical was More Than You Deserve presented at
Joe Papp's Public Theatre where he worked for five years. When a singer
named Meat Loaf auditioned for him, Spin magazine called the meeting "one
of the top ten most important moments in the history of rock and roll".
Then came his first record the legendary Bat Out of Hell with Meat
Loaf, the biggest selling debut album ever and thirs best selling album
of all time, well over 30 million. The sequel Bat Out of Hell II,
Back Into Hell topped the album charts in 38 countries 16 years
later in 1993.
N°1 songs include "Total Eclipse of
the Heart" (1983 and 1995), "Paradise" by the Dashboard Light", "Dead Ringer",
"Making Love Out of Nothing at All", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", "Holding
Out for a Hero", "I'd Do Anything for Love, But I Won't Do That" (best
selling rock single ever) and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" which was
named the 1997 Song of the Year by BMI, for having had the most broadcasts
worldwide. He won a Grammy award as producer for Best Album of the Year
for Celine Dion's Falling Into You. He made one platinium album
as a singer, Bad for Good. Fim music includes Footloose,
Street of Fire,The Shadow and Mask of Zorro.
He is currently writing Neverland
and Lulu, two new musicals. He is excited by the possibility of
doing music and lyrics for Batman, a large scale musical being developed
by Warner Brothers, as well as an American network television presentation
of a musical based on The Little Prince. He was written the music
for Dance With the Vampires, a rock opera, staged by Roman Polanski
which opened in Vienna in October 1997 to rave reviews and record box office
and is scheduled to open next year in London or New York. |
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