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The world has lost a legend among songwriters as Jim Steinman, known for his work with Meat Loaf and several other iconic stars, has passed away. TMZ reports that Steinman passed away on Monday. The deteails and cause of death are unclear, but the site reports that there was a medical call to transport a male patient from his home at 3:30 AM on Sunday. Steinman was 73. For most people, Steinman is best known for his collaborations with Meat Loaf. Steinman penned the whole of the rock singer’s Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell albums, but he also wrote several othe...

Music snobs be damned – Jim Steinman was the Wagner of rock  Creator of some of the most magnificently overblown anthems in pop history, for Jim Steinman nothing succeeded quite like excess Underrated legend: Jim Steinman Credit: Sony Music Archive Rest in Peace does not really seem an appropriate phrase to commemorate the passing of Jim Steinman, the American rock composer who has died aged 73. If there is any cosmic justice, Steinman is currently pulling up at the pearly gates on a 1800cc Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a cloud of smoke from a backfiring exhaust, whilst massed ranks of ang...

A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed "Little Richard Wagner" who redefined rock melodrama Rob Sheffield, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was the patron saint of karaoke singers. His idea of the perfect song was a powder keg giving off sparks, one that anybody could be...

Rolling Stone Menu A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed “Little Richard Wagner” who redefined rock melodrama By Niels van Iperen/Getty Images In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was the patron saint of karaoke singers. His idea of the perfect song was a powder keg giving off sparks, ...

The brilliant songwriter for Meat Loaf, Céline Dion and Bonnie Tyler, who has died aged 73, reminded us that pop music should involve fantasy and a sense of the ridiculous