Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley born 1951 is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television where she costarred in the hit NBC sitcom Night Court during its second season In music she has released five solo albums but she is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf particularly the 14 Platinum selling 1977 album Bat Out of Hell Foley was born in St Louis Missouri the daughter of John and Virginia B Foley She attended Webster University 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 Foleys part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character Although Karla DeVito who toured with Meat Loaf in support of the album is featured in the music video DeVito is lip synching to Foleys vocals Her debut album Night Out was released in 1979 the albums single Whats a Matter Baby reached No 7 in the Dutch charts and No 92 on the US charts The single We Belong to the Night reached No1 in the Netherlands The album which peaked at No 152 was produced by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson Foley recorded a duet with Ian Hunter in 1980 We Gotta Get Outta Here Her creative relationship with Hunter led her to singing backing vocals on the Iron City Houserockers 1980 album Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive produced by Hunter Ronson and The E Street Bands Steven Van Zandt She also sings in the title cut of the 1979 Blue Öyster Cult album Mirrors and on The Clash album Sandinista released in 1980 in the songs Hitsville UK and Corner Soul and on the unreleased track Blonde Rock n Roll In 1981 all four members of The Clash appeared on her album The Spirit of St Louis and Mick Jones and Joe Strummer cowrote a number of songs for the album Jones produced the album which featured members of The Blockheads and peaked at No 137 on the US charts In 1982 she provided backing vocals on The Clashs song Car Jamming from the album Combat Rock The Clashs hit song Should I Stay or Should I Go written and sung by Jones was about the turbulent relationship he shared with Foley at the time She released her third solo album Another Breath in 1983 it failed to chart In 1984 she sang backing vocals on Joe Jacksons album Body Soul and had a large role in the music video for Utopias Crybaby Foley was one of four female vocalists to front the group Pandoras Box formed by Jim Steinman in the late 1980s Their album Original Sin released in 1989 was the first to feature the song Its All Coming Back to Me Now vocals by Elaine Caswell both Celine Dion and a duet between Meat Loaf and Marion Raven had separate chart successes with that song in some countries years later Source Article Ellen Foley from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30