Born on this day – Meat Loaf:

Meat Loaf

Singer

Actor

September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983); Bad Attitude (1984); Blind Before I Stop (1986); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995); Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010); Hell in a Handbasket (2011); Braver Than We Are (2016).

Movies / television / music videos:

Ghost Wars (2017–2018); Elementary (2012); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues (2016); Sausage Party (2016); Wishin' and Hopin' (2014); Stage Fright (2014); All American Christmas Carol (2013); The Moment (2013); Meatloaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour, Live from Sydney (2012); U B Da Judge (2012); Fairly Legal (2011); Absolute Killers (2011); Polish Bar (2010); Glee (2009); Beautiful Boy (2010); Burning Bright (2010); Meat Loaf: Los Angeloser (2010); Monk (2002); Citizen Jane (2009); House (2004); Jimmy Kimmel & Ben Affleck: I'm Fucking Ben Affleck (2008); Urban Decay (2007); Meat Loaf: Cry Over Me (2007); Meat Loaf: Blind As a Bat (2006); Masters of Horror (2005); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); The Pleasure Drivers (2006); Memento of Flesh and Bones (2005); BloodRayne (2005); Crazylove (2005); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Extreme Dating (2005); Fight Club (2004); A Hole in One (2004); Meat Loaf: Did I Say That? (2003); Meat Loaf: Man of Steel (2003); Learning Curves (2003); Meat Loaf: Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); John Doe (2002); The Car Kid (2002); Wishcraft (2002); The Salton Sea (2002); Polish Spaghetti (2001); Formula 51 (2001); Focus (2001); Trapped (2001); Rustin (2001); Italian Ties (2001); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); From Spam to Sperm (2000); Blacktop (2000); The Outer Limits (1995); The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999); Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999); Fight Club (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Outside Ozona (1998); South Park (1997); Everything That Rises (1998); The Mighty (1998); Black Dog (1998); Gunshy (1998); Spice World (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Nash Bridges (1996); Meat Loaf: Not a Dry Eye in the House (1996); Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); To Catch a Yeti (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Top of the Pops (1964); Cher: The Video Collection (1993); Psyched for Snuppa (1993); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Leap of Faith (1992); The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Lightning Force (1991); Wayne's World (1992); Motorama (1991); Monsters (1988); The Squeeze (1987); Meat Loaf: Getting Away with Murder (1986); Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986); Meat Loaf Feat. John Parr: Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985); The Equalizer (1985); Rebellious Jukebox (1983); Feel the Motion (1985); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Modern Girl (1984); Meat Loaf: Razor's Edge (1983); Meat Loaf: If You Really Want To (1983); Will Powers: Adventures in Success (1983); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Roadie (1980); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Americathon (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); State Fair (1962).

On this day in music history:

Dead Ringer by Meat Loaf (1981)

Rossini by Cecilia Bartoli (2018)

Dead Ringer

Album by Meat Loaf,

released September 21, 1981.

Written by Jim Steinman.

Album cover art by Bernie Wrightson.

Track list: Peel Out; I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us; More Than You Deserve; I’ll Kill You If You Don’t Come Back; Read ‘Em and Weep; Nocturnal Pleasure; Dead Ringer for Love; Everything Is Permitted.

Rossini

by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 21, 2018.

21-disc boxset.

On this day in music history:

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell by Meat Loaf (1993)

Strauss Heroines by Renée Fleming (1999)

Handel Arias by Renée Fleming & Harry Bicket (2004)

Maria by Cecilia Bartoli (2007)

 

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Album by Meat Loaf,

released September 14, 1993.

Track list: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That); Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back; Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through; It Just Won’t Quit; Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire); Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are; Wasted Youth; Everything Louder Than Everything Else; Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere); Back Into Hell; Lost Boys and Golden Girls.

Strauss Heroines

Album by Renée Fleming,

released September 14, 1999.

Track list: Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Da geht er hin; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ach, du bist wieder da!; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ich hab ihn nicht einmal geküßt; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Marie Theres! - Hab mirs gelobt; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ist ein Traum; Arabella, opera, Op. 79 (TrV 263): Ich danke, Fräulein; Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Moonlight music / Closing scene; Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Wo ist mein Bruder.

Handel Arias

Album by Renée Fleming and Harry Bicket,

released September 14, 2004.

Track list: Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me?; Endless pleasure...; Scoglio d’immota fronte; Quando spieghi i tuoi tormenti; “Ombra mai fù”; “To fleeting pleasures make your court”; “Lascia ch’io pianga”; Dunque, I laci d’un volto, Ah! Crudel; Let The Bright Seraphim; “V’adoro, pupille”; Da tempeste il legno infranto; Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio Tesoro; Sommo rettor del cielo, d’una torbida sorgente; Pensieri; Bel Piacere; Calm thou...Convey me to some peaceful shore.

Maria

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 14, 2007.

Track list: Se Un Mio Desir; Ira Del Ciel; Cari Giorni; Infelice; Yo Que Soy Contrabandista; Ah! Non Credea Mirarti; Ah! Non; Air A La Tirolienne Avec Variations; E Non Lo Vedo; Rataplan; Dopo Tante E Tante Pene; O Rendetemi La Speme; Vien, Diletto; Come Dolce A Me Favelli; Scorrete, O Lagrime; Prendi, Per Me Sei Libero; Casta Diva.

On this day in movie history - Dead Ringer (1982)

Dead Ringer

directed by Allan F. Nicholls,

written by Al Dellentash, Meat Loaf and David Sonenberg,

was released at the Montréal World Film Festival, in Canada, on August 27, 1982.

Music by Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf.

Cast:

Meat Loaf, Josh Mostel, Alan H. Braunstein, Leah Ayres, Frederick Coffin, Burton Collins, Terry Williams, Davey Williams, Sandy Alexander, Nicole Brandon, Steve Buslowe, Cher, MacIntyre Dixon, Mark Doyle, Paul Jacobs, Davey Johnstone, Bert Kittel, Philip Kramer, John LoFranco, Brendan Manning, George Meyer, Pamela Moore, Ted Neeley, Frankie Perrone, Don Picard, Eric Troyer, Howie Weisbrod, Chuck Zito.

On this day in movie history - Out of Bounds (1986)

Out of Bounds

directed by Richard Tuggle,

written by Tony Kayden,

was released in the United States on July 25, 1986.

Music by Stewart Copeland.

Cast:

Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry, Pepe Serna, Michele Little, Jerry Levine, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Kevin McCorkle, Linda Shayne, Maggie Gwinn, Ted Gehring, Meat Loaf, Allan Graf, Dan Lewk, John Vickery, Tony Acierto, David Chung, Tony Kayden, John Tarnoff, Jennifer Balgobin.

On this day in movie history - Roadie (1980)

Roadie

directed by Alan Rudolph,

written by Big Boy Medlin and Michael Ventura,

based on a story by Big Boy Medlin, Michael Ventura, Zalman King and Alan Rudolph,

was released in the United States on June 13, 1980.

Music by Craig Huxley.

Cast:

Meat Loaf, Kaki Hunter, Art Carney, Gailard Sartain, Don Cornelius, Rhonda Bates, Joe Spano, Richard Marion, Sonny Carl Davis, Ginger Varney, Al Mays, Cindy Wills, Allan Graf, Merle Kilgore, Jack Elliott, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams Jr., Hector Britt, Larry Lindsey, Conrad E. Palmisano, Tim Chitwood, Bobby Sargent, Rick Seaman, Hamilton Camp, Lenore Woodward, Terry Wills, Chuck Bulot, Helena Humann, Marcy Hanson, Carole McClellan, Rudy Ortiz, Bruce Patron, Debbie (Deborah) Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Frank Infante, William Hanna, James Lewis, Ray Benson, Richard Portnow, Anthony Casertano, Alice Cooper, Sheryl Cooper, Joe Gannon, Jesse Frederick, Larry Marshall, Rick Brunt, Eric Gardner, Kurtwood Smith, Paul Jamieson, Alvin Crow, Fred Mandel, Davey Johnstone, Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, John Wilcox, Chris O’Connell, Bobby Black, Pat Ryan, Daniel Levin, John Nicholas, Francis Christina, Dean DeMerritt, Rick Crow, Smoothie, D.K. Little, Pete Finney, Tiny McFarland, Roger Crabtree, Kerry Craig, Joe Hamilton, Warren Keith, Charles Smith, Dale Stratton, Shona Lay, Bob Murray, Larry Seaman, Randy Franklin, David Cardwell, Peter Frampton, John Lizzi, Johnny Stevens.

On this day in music history - Meat Loaf, Fiona Joy Hawkins, Cecilia Bartoli:

Midnight at the Lost and Found by Meat Loaf (1983)

Flowers Of Fire by Kathy Raimey (2001)

600 Years in a Moment by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2013)

Sound Currents by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019)

Casta Diva by Cecilia Bartoli (2024)

Midnight at the Lost and Found

Album by Meat Loaf,

released May 17, 1983.

Track list: Razor’s Edge; Midnight at the Lost and Found; Wolf at Your Door; Keep Driving; The Promised Land; You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl; Priscilla; Don’t You Look at Me Like That; If You Really Want to; Fallen Angel.

 

Flowers Of Fire

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released May 17, 2001.

Track list: Flowers of Fire; Reverie; Questions to the Sea; Farewell to Lee; Shimmer Float.

600 Years in a Moment

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released May 17, 2013.

Track list: 600 Years; Naked Love; The Journey; Earthbound; Gliding; Tango on Wednesday; Running on Joy; Ancient Albatross; The Lost Ballerina; Antarctica; Captured Freedom; Forgivness.

Sound Currents

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released May 17, 2019.

Track list: A Sound Traveler’s Dream; Following The Current; Canyon Echoes; Star Trails; Timeless Flow; Night Tides; Midnight Mystique; This Side of Silence; Theta Waves.

Casta Diva

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released May 17, 2024.

Track list: “Casta Diva” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Nacqui All’affanno E Al Pianto” - “Non Più Mesta; “Cari Giorni” (Romanza Der Ines); Una Parola.Chiedi All’aura; “Mira, O Norma” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); “Si, Fino All’ore Estreme” (Critical Ed. Maurizio Biondi and Riccardo Minasi); Prendi: L’anel Ti Dono [Edit]; No Mia Vita, Mio Tesoro; O Rendetemi la Speme; Ira Del Ciel; Vaga Luna Che Inargenti; La Danza; No. 12, Voi Che Sapete; Il Cor VI Dono; Se Mai Senti Spirarti Sul Volto; Come Nave in Mezzo All’onde; Di’ Cor Mio; Ma Quando Tornerai.

On this day in movie history - Black Dog (1998)

Black Dog

directed by Kevin Hooks,

written by William Mickelberry and Dan Vining,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.

Music by George S. Clinton.

Song: Drivin' My Life Away by Rhett Akins.

Cast:

Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Randy Travis, Gabriel Casseus, Graham Beckel, Brenda Strong, Rusty De Wees, Cyril O'Reilly, Erin Broderick, Charles S. Dutton, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lorraine Toussaint, Hester Hargett, Stuart Greer, Whitt Brantley, Gene Hartline, Bo Keister, André B. Walker.