Legendary songwriter Jim Steinman, best known for writing Meat Loaf's 1977 masterpiece, the 14-times-platinum Bat Out Of Hell, died this week at age 73 in Connecticut, reportedly of kidney failure. Steinman, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012, will forever be remembered the instant Meat Loaf classics "Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad," "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," "You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth" and Meat's sole chart-topper 1993's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)," from the 1993 Steinman-penned and produced Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell.
Steinman also wrote such major chart hits as Bonnie Tyler's 1983 Number One, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" as well as co-writing her 1984 "Holding Out For A Hero" track from 1984's Footloose soundtrack.
Steinman also wrote Air Supply's 1983 Top Two smash, "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All," and Celine Dion's 1996 hit "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," which also peaked at Number Two. #RIP
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