Lorraine Crosby

Lorraine Crosby (born 27 November 1960) is an English singer and songwriter. She was the female vocalist in Meat Loaf's 1993 hit single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". Her debut album Mrs Loud was released in 2008.

Lorraine Crosby
Also known asMrs. Loud
Born (1960-11-27) 27 November 1960
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
GenresRock / Blues
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Associated actsMeat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, John Parr
Websitelorrainecrosby.co.uk

Early life

Crosby was born in Walker Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father died in a road accident when his car collided with a bus when she was two years old, leaving her mother to raise Lorraine, her two sisters, and one brother. She attended Walker Comprehensive. She sang in school and church choirs and played the violin in the orchestra but did not start singing professionally until she was 20.[1]

Work with Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman

Inspired by Tina Turner, Crosby searched the noticeboard for bands wanting singers at the guitar shop Rock City in Newcastle. After joining several bands she set up a five-piece cabaret band which toured extensively, playing to British and American servicemen throughout the early 1980s.

Back in Newcastle, she met Stuart Emerson, who was looking for a singer for his band. They began writing together, and also became a couple. In the early 1990s, Crosby sent songwriter and producer Jim Steinman some demos of songs she had written with Emerson. Steinman asked to meet them so they decided to move to New York. They then followed Steinman after he moved to Los Angeles. Steinman became their manager and secured them a contract with Meat Loaf's recording label MCA. While visiting the label's recording studios on Sunset Boulevard, Crosby was asked to provide guide vocals for Meat Loaf, who was recording the song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". Cher, Melissa Etheridge and Bonnie Tyler were considered for the role. The song was a commercial success, becoming number one in 28 countries.[2] However, as Crosby had recorded her part as guide vocals, she did not receive any payment for the recording but she receives royalties from PRS, and so the credit "Mrs. Loud" was used on the album. Also, Crosby did not appear in the Michael Bay-directed music video, where model Dana Patrick mimed her vocals.[3] Meat Loaf promoted the single with American vocalist Patti Russo performing the live female vocals of this song at his promotional appearances and concerts. Lorraine also sang additional and backing vocals on the songs "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back", "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are", and "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell. On these three selections, she was credited under her real name rather than the alias of Mrs. Loud.[4]

Solo work

Crosby regularly performed at holiday camps and social clubs in England until April 2005 when she took a break from live work.

In 2005, she sang a duet with Bonnie Tyler for the track "I'll Stand by You" from the album Wings. The song was written and composed by Stuart Emerson about Crosby's and Tyler's relationship.[5] Also in 2005, Crosby appeared as a contestant on ITV's The X Factor. She performed "You've Got a Friend" and progressed to the second round after impressing judges Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne but Simon Cowell expressed doubt saying she "lacked star quality."[6]

Crosby returned to live performances in April 2007. In November 2007, she appeared on the BBC Three television show "Most Annoying Pop Songs We Hate To Love"[7] discussing the Meat Loaf track "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" which featured at No. 76.

In November 2008, Crosby appeared at Newcastle City Hall with special guest Bonnie Tyler to launch her self-produced album entitled "Mrs Loud"[8] The concert was later repeated in March 2011. In April 2009 she was also featured on The Justin Lee Collins Show and performed a duet with Justin, singing the Meat Loaf song "Dead Ringer for Love". She also performed "I'd Do Anything for Love" with Tim Healy for Sunday for Sammy in 2012.[9]

Crosby performs in cabaret shows with her band[10] along with her partner Stuart Emerson.

Crosby appeared in the first round of BBC's second series of The Voice on 6 April 2013.[11] She failed to progress when she was rejected by all four coaches.[12]

Crosby and her band reached No. 4 on the Reverbnation rock charts on 9 April 2013.

Other work

In the mid-1990s, Crosby appeared as an extra in several television series episodes.

in 2019, Lorraine joined Steve Steinman Productions in the show Steve Steinman's Anything For Love which is touring the UK throughout 2019 and 2020, performing hits such as Good Girls Go To Heaven, Holding Out For A Hero and dueting with Steinman on What About Love and I'd Do Anything For Love amongst others. In 2020 she release a duet with Bonnie Tyler Through Thick and Thin (Ill Stand By You ) in aid of the charity Teenage Cancer Trust

Discography

Crosby has provided backing vocals on Bonnie Tyler's albums Free Spirit (1995) and Wings (2005).

Studio albums

Singles

Other recordings
  • "I'll Stand by You" (with Bonnie Tyler) (2005)
  • Double Take by Frankie Miller 2018

Re-recording

In May 2020, Bonnie Tyler and Lorraine Crosby released "Through Thick and Thin (I’ll Stand by You)" as a charity single in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

References
  1. "Biography - Lorraine Crosby". Lorraine Crosby. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. Chart Success for Meat Loaf, Official Charts Company, retrieved 7 April 2012
  3. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". songfacts.com. Retrieved 29 August 2006.
  4. Credits in the booklet of the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.
  5. I'll Stand By You, a video of Tyler and Crosby performing the song in 2011.
  6. "Entertainment Zone Forums > The X Factor > sat 27/08 Meat Loaf Lady". DigitalSpy. Retrieved 29 September 2006.
  7. Most Annoying Pop Songs We Hate To Love, BBC Three
  8. Mrs Loud on Spotify
  9. Sunday for Sammy 2012, MWMDVD106, Dir. Geoff Wonfor, Prod. Ray Laidlaw
  10. Lorraine Crosby Band, the Lorraine Crosby Band
  11. The Voice 2013: Meat Loaf singer Lorraine Crosby & Emma Jade Garbutt in tomorrow’s Blind Auditions, Unreality TV, Lisa McGarry, 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013
  12. Lorraine Crosby: 'I would do anything for fame, but I won’t do The Voice again' Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine, "Evening Chronicle", Gordon Barr, 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013
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