When powerhouse vocalist-actor Meat Loaf eulogized composer-producer Jim Steinman last April in Rolling Stone, the singer – who died Thursday at age 74 – said of his “Bat Out of Hell ...

Bat Out of Hell’ is the latest in a series of anthologies edited by Sarasota writer Don Bruns inspired by songs from classic best-selling albums.

Meatloaf's 1978 smash “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” features a spoken interlude by New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto, ostensibly calling the action in a baseball game on the radio.

LINCOLN, R.I. - If you want to see a splendid combination of music and acting, you must take in a Meatloaf show.