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Meat Loaf's father binged alcohol for days at a time, a habit started when he was medically discharged from the U.S. Army during World War II after being wounded by fragments from a mortar shell. [11] Meat Loaf often accompanied his mother in driving to the bars in Dallas to look for his father, and often stayed with his grandmother. [11] He attended church and Bible study every Sunday. [14] Bat Out Of Hell did not reach #8 on the UK singles chart in 1979, it peaked at #15 (24 February 1979). The position of #8 was during the 1993 rerelease (25 December 1993), which came after Meat Loaf had reached #1 with I'd Do Anything for Love. [36] RIAA Top 100 Albums". riaa.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007 . Retrieved August 22, 2007.

a b c d e f g h i "American certifications – Meat Loaf". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 7, 2022. Petkovic, John (August 12, 2019). " 'Bat Out of Hell' Hits the Stage: An Album Born in Cleveland Is Now a Musical (Photos)". Cleveland International Records. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019 . Retrieved October 21, 2019. Barr, Gordon (June 26, 2008). "Meat Loaf to match charity penalty shoot-out total". Evening Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008.ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved May 16, 2022. Since 1968, [29] Steinman had been working on a magnum opus, which finally opened in 2017 in the form of Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical. The first incarnation of his work was a musical called The Dream Engine when he was in college at Amherst. The qualities of teenage rebellion and a girl joining a "tribe" led by a charismatic leader are present in all versions of Steinman's work. It is in The Dream Engine that the spoken word piece "Hot Summer Night" originates, [30] and is the earliest work that appears on the Meat Loaf album, where it is performed by Jim Steinman and actress Marcia McClain. [31] Brunner, Rob (September 26, 2003). "Why Meat Loaf borrowed money from Scary Spice". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. a b ZARRELLI, NATALIE (August 16, 2017). " 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Was Almost a Meat Loaf Song". Atlas Obscura.

Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (February 7, 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.Ill Meat Loaf scraps Europe tour". BBC News. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Bat Out of Hell was released by Cleveland International Records in October 1977. However, at Cleveland International Records' parent label, Epic Records, almost everyone hated it. [26] Steve Popovich, the head of Cleveland International Records, was relentless in his efforts to get Epic and all of CBS Records and radio on board. In 1993, Steinman reflected that the album was "timeless in that it didn't fit into any trend. It's never been a part of what's going on. You could release that record at any time and it would be out of place." [47] Trapp, Phillip (January 24, 2022). "Anthrax's Scott Ian Pays Tribute to His Father-in-Law Meat Loaf". Loudwire. Savage, Mark (October 14, 2022). "Meat Loaf tops chart of biggest-selling debut albums in UK history". BBC . Retrieved December 22, 2022. Butler, Susan (June 5, 2006). "Meat Loaf Sues Over 'Bat Out Of Hell' ". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 26, 2008 . Retrieved September 25, 2006.

The Official Charts Company "UK Charts > Meat Loaf". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011 . Retrieved September 27, 2011. In 2011, Meat Loaf planned to release a Christmas album called Hot Holidays featuring Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire, but the album was never released. [108] batoutofhellmusical.com, Bat Out of Hell |. "Bat Out of Hell". Bat Out of Hell . Retrieved April 8, 2018.ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved February 7, 2022. O'Neill, Natalie (January 21, 2022). "Meat Loaf blamed China for COVID, revealed he couldn't sing months before death". New York Post. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Photo: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Murray, Jeremy A.; Nadeau, Kathleen, eds. (2016). Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania (E-book). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. p.41. ISBN 978-1-4408-3990-0. I never thought of them as personal songs in terms of my own life but they were personality songs. They were all about my obsessions and images. None of them takes place in a normal world. They all take place in an extreme world. Very operatic...they were all heightened. They don't take place in normal reality. [19]

The Historian (April 4, 2009), Jim Steinman talks about 'You Took the Words...' , archived from the original on November 15, 2021 , retrieved April 7, 2018 US Singer Meat Loaf, famous for Bat Out of Hell hit, dead at 74". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. On June 27, 2008, Meat Loaf began The Casa de Carne Tour in Plymouth, England alongside his longtime duet partner Patti Russo, who debuted one of her own original songs during the show. [93] The tour continued through July and August with twenty dates throughout England, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Six U.S. shows were also added for October and December 2008. [94] Stressed' Meat Loaf abandons gig". BBC News. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009.

Top 100 ( Kent Music Report) peaks until June 19, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and June 19, 1988. Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 28 January 2022". Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 28, 2022. In 1967, when Meat Loaf was 19 years old, his mother died from cancer and his father barely missed stabbing him with a knife having falsely accusing him of having girls in his bedroom. [18] He used the inheritance he received from his mother's death to rent an apartment in Dallas and isolated himself for three and a half months until a friend found him. [19] A short time later, he went to the airport and caught the next flight to Los Angeles. [20] He intentionally gained 60 pounds (27kg) to fail his physical examination for the Vietnam War draft. [9] Career [ edit ] Early career [ edit ]