NEW YORK 鈥� Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf's
Bill Steinman told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday from kidney failure and was ill for some time. He said Jim Steinman died in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield.
鈥淚 miss him a great deal already," Bill Steinman said by phone Tuesday.
Jim Steinman was born on Nov. 1, 1947, in New York City. He got his start in musical
Steinman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012 and won album of the year at the 1997 Grammy Awards for producing songs on Celine Dion's 鈥淔alling Into You," which celebrated its 25th anniversary last month and featured the Steinman-penned power ballad 鈥淚t鈥檚 All Coming Back to Me Now."
He wrote the music for Meat Loaf's classic album 鈥淏at Out of Hell," released in 1977 and one of the top-selling albums of all-time. It has reached 14-time platinum status by the RIAA, which is equivalent to selling 14 million albums in the U.S. alone.
Steinman also wrote Meat Loaf's 1993 album, 鈥淏at Out of Hell II: Back into Hell," another commercial and multi-platinum success that featured the international hit 鈥淚鈥檇 Do Anything for Love (But I Won鈥檛 Do That)." He also worked on 2006's 鈥淏at Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose," which closed the 鈥淏at Out of Hell" trilogy.
He also composed the rock musical 鈥淏at Out of Hell: The Musical," which premiered in 2017 at the Manchester Opera House in Manchester, England.
Steinman was responsible for Tyler's 鈥淭otal Eclipse of the Heart," which topped the Billboard charts in 1983 and earned Tyler a Grammy nomination. When Tyler's song was No. 1, another Steinman production 鈥� Air Supply's 鈥淢aking Love Out of Nothing at All" 鈥� peaked at No. 2, giving Steinman the Top 2 spots on the chart.
鈥淭here is no other songwriter ever like him,鈥� an emotional and teary-eyed Meat Loaf said at Steinman's induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 鈥淗ere I go getting emotional...
鈥淚 can never repay him," he continued. 鈥淗e has been such an influence, in fact, the biggest influence on my life, and I learned so much from him that there would be no way I could ever repay Mr. Jim Steinman.鈥�
Meat Loaf and Steinman joined forces again for Meat Loaf's most recent album, 2016's 鈥淏raver Than We Are." The songs were written over a 50-year period, and include several originally intended for 鈥淏at Out of Hell.鈥�
Steinman's only album was 1981鈥檚 鈥淏ad for Good,鈥� which featured 鈥淩ock and Roll Dreams Come Through,鈥� a Top 40 hit that Meat Loaf later recorded with more success on the charts. 鈥淏ad for Good鈥� also included the track 鈥淟eft In the Dark,鈥� which Barbra Streisand recorded for her 1984 鈥淓motion鈥� album. Meat Loaf also recorded the song.
Mesfin Fekadu, The Associated Press
