Meat Loaf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Meat Loaf

American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States

Profession: actor, record producer, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, television actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Meat Loaf

  • Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), mostly known professionally as Meat Loaf, is an American singer and actor.
  • He is noted for his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice and for his theatrical live shows. With songwriter and collaborator Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell trilogy of albums—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
  • More than 40 years after its release, Bat Out of Hell still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums in history.After the commercial success of Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and earning a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love", Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States.
  • This did not stop him from becoming one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records.
  • The key to this success was his retention of iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the United Kingdom, where he received the 1994 Brit Award for best-selling album and single, appeared in the 1997 film Spice World, and ranks 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts, as of 2006.
  • He ranks 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".Sometimes credited as Meat Loaf Aday, has also appeared in over 50 movies and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona.
  • His most notable film roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Robert "Bob" Paulson in Fight Club (1999).
  • His early stage work included dual roles in the original cast of The Rocky Horror Show, and he was also in the musical Hair, both on- and off-Broadway.

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