“Stop Right There!” Three words of warning — and three words that Ellen Foley credits with launching her career in music. It was Foley who belted out the words to Meat Loaf about halfway through their ...

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Question: Did Ellen Foley, the backup singer on Meat Loaf recordings, ever make records of her own? Answer: Like you, most of us discovered Ellen Foley through her association with Meat Loaf in 1977 ...

Meat Loaf released Bat Out of Hell: Back Into Hell 16 years after the original LP, in 1993. It featured the hit single "I'd ...