Bonnie Tyler's career exploded when she recorded the '80s power ballad that Meat Loaf has said was originally meant for him Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE.

Steiman would write the music and lyrics for Meat Loaf’s 1977 debut ... One fan of the album was a husky-voiced Welsh singer ...

He was dad," she shares. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Singer Bonnie Tyler Praises Meat Loaf: 'A One Off Talent and Personality' Aday was born in 1981, the same year Meat Loaf released his second ...

“Every time I saw Meat Loaf, he said, ‘Bonnie, that song should have been mine,’” recalled Tyler. “I said, ‘Well, Jim gave it to me.’” The song topped the charts in both Britain ...

Bonnie Tyler’s song Total Eclipse of the Heart ... who wrote and produced for Meat Loaf at the time. Fortunately for her, Jim really loved her voice and played Total Eclipse of the Heart ...