- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Richard Steinman
- Nicknames
- Richard Wagner of rock
- Father of the Power Ballad
- Height5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
- Jim Steinman was born on November 1, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and producer, known for Footloose (1984), The Mask of Zorro (1998) and Anastasia (1997). He died on April 19, 2021 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
- ParentsLewis Irving SteinmanEleanor Blefeld
- RelativesWilliam Charles Steinman(Sibling)
- 'Weird Al' Yankovic's "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me" is a style parody of Jim Steinman, rather than a parody of a particular song.
- Best known for the rock songs he has written for Meat Loaf.
- Working on a musical version of "Batman".
- Wrote the music for "Dance of the Vampires", which opened in October 2002 and closed three months later on January 25, 2003. Though the music got good reviews, the critics trashed the rest of the creative team and cast, making this show the biggest failure in Broadway history at a cost of $12 million.
- He made one platinum album as a singer, Bad For Good.
- If you don't go over the top you can't see what's on the other side.
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