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Jan 22, 2022 · Ellen Foley discusses recording rock's greatest duet, 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light,' and other 'Bat Out of Hell' tracks with Meat Loaf.
Female rocker Ellen Foley is best known as the powerhouse voice behind Meatloaf’s multiplatinum 1977 legendary duet, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” Ellen, with then boyfriend Mick Jones of the Clash.
Foley gained public recognition through singing a duet with Meat Loaf on the hit single "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" from the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. Foley's part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character.
The song opens with a male and female character reminiscing about days as a young high school couple on a date. They are parking by a lake and having fun, experiencing "paradise by the dashboard light", until the young male character insists they're "gonna go all the way tonight".
Feb 9, 2013 · MEAT LOAF feat ELLEN FOLEY Paradise By The Dashboard Light. Another behemoth track from composer Jim Steinman and recording artist Meat Loaf. 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' in...
The female vocalist on the song is Ellen Foley, who at the time was starring in the Broadway production of Hair. She was replaced on tour with Karla DeVito because Foley had other commitments, and because, as she told Top 2000 a gogo, "You're singing backgrounds and then you go up and he sticks his tongue down your throat for 12 minutes."
Was the female singer with Meat Loaf on "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". Ellen has confirmed in concerts that The Clash's 1981 hit song "Should I Stay or Should I Go", written and sung by Mick Jones, was about the turbulent relationship between herself and Jones at the time.
Jul 11, 2021 · Ellen Foley first shot to fame as the powerful female vocalist on Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell.
Jul 18, 2008 · Ellen Foley reserved her place in pop culture’s vast curio cabinet with “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” the 1977 hit by the perspiration machine known as Meat Loaf. Cast as “the Girl” in the...
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