THE SAD NEWS of the passing of rock icon and actor, #Meatloaf today, I feel we can't let go by without paying a nod of tribute to a singer and actor who also had a driving role of #Eddie in the #RichardOBrien movie, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'... which when filmed in 1974, was shot on the very grounds, interiors and remaining lots of #Hammerfilms home, #BrayStudios... the very place where #PeterCushing and #ChristoperLee made their first box office smashes of 'The Curse of Frankenstein' 'Dracula' 'The Mummy' and more.
Meat
Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas, to Wilma Artie (Hukel),
a teacher and gospel singer, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a police officer.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands. In 1970, he
moved to New York and appeared in the Broadway musicals "Hair",
"Rockabye Hamlet" and "The Rocky Horror Show," and Off Broadway in
"Rainbow", "More Than You Deserve", "National Lampoon Show" and the New
York Shakespeare Festival's production of "As You Like it;" as well as
other productions at the famed New York Public Theatre. He made his film
debut with a memorable role in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture
Show (1975).
In
1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album
called "Bat Out Of Hell"; the record was huge and has sold 50,000,000
copies worldwide and is tied with AC/DC for the 2nd best selling record
of all time. The tour and promoting the album took a toll on Meat Loaf's
voice and left him unable to sing for 2 years, but with months of
rehabilitation, he was able to get back in the studio and record the
album "Dead Ringer". Meat Loaf stayed in the dark through the 1980s in
the US, recording 4 records which got very little airplay or high chart
positions in the US but continued to have major chart success in Europe
and Australia . Meat Loaf had many film roles, such as the lead
character Travis Redfish in Roadie (1980); a pilot in Out of Bounds
(1986); in The Squeeze (1987) with Michael Keaton; and Fred in Focus
(2001) (based on the Authur Miller book by the same name), with Laura
Dern and William H. Macy.
When
Meat Loaf and Steinman got back together in 1993, they delivered a
powerful sequel "Bat Out Of Hell II" which went to #1 in the US and UK
and 26 other countries. Bat II has now sold over 22,000,000 copies.
Who Loves Ya Baby?...Today we remember the birthday of the late #TellySavalas, who would have been 100 today!
A MUCH LOVED and larger than life man, on and off the screen. His #PeterCushing
connection is his rip roaring performance as the Cossack, Captain Kazan
in the 'run-away-train-with-a-monster-and-zombies-onboard' epic from
1972, '#HorrorExpress'. It's
a film that never stops going up gears through out it's tense 90 mins.
When Savalas appears, almost an hour in, it really is full steam ahead!
Along with Cushing and Lee, he makes the film a whole lot of fun.
OUR PCASuk review and gallery on
MANY OF US remember Savalas as the lolly sucking cop in the excellent tv show, '#Kojak' and his quick to catch on catch phrase, 'Who Loves Ya Baby?'…… Who loves ya Telly? Why we do and always will... A HAPPY CENTENARY TELLY!
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