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Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night
Released: 1983
She saw Meat Loaf sing 'Bat Out of Hell' on TV and demanded his songwriter. Jim Steinman answered with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' — and made a Swansea club singer No. 1 in America.
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Released: 1973
Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics in a Kingston hotel room; the music had to wait for a French château. Elton John’s derailed sessions grew into a 17-track double album.
Phil Collins - Face Value
Released: 1981
Written in the wreckage of his marriage, Phil Collins’s solo debut turned private fury into “In the Air Tonight” — and a Genesis drummer into a star in his own right.
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Released: 1977
After Turnstiles stalled, Billy Joel gambled on producer Phil Ramone — and the partnership turned a struggling songwriter into America’s great musical storyteller.
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