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Jim Steinman

Jim Steinman is an American composer, music producer, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the songwriter for Meat Loaf's most famous hits. Also, in particular, he worked with Bonnie Tyler. Also, Steinman himself released one album (Bad for Good, 1981) as a singer. The album was originally written by him for Meat Loaf, but Meat Loaf was going through a difficult period in his life and had serious problems with his voice, so Jim Steinman, who had ambitions as a singer himself, decided to record it himself. Steinman's album and the only single from it ("Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through," released in May 1981) were a commercial success, but music critics note a lack of vocal ability for such pompous material. Later, Meat Loaf covered many of the songs from this album on his own records.