While reviews of Steinman’s solo album weren’t all negative, one point that consistently received criticism was his vocal performance on the mega-ballad “Left in the Dark.” So, here we are three years later replacing him with probably the most-respected voice of the generation in Barbra Streisand. That certainly sounds promising. The song is also being…

Allegedly, Steinman wrote this song in two days when the producers of Streets of Fire were unable to secure the rights to use Bruce Springsteen’s song “Streets of Fire.” I know that not everyone is a lawyer, but as a general rule, it is actually not the most secure legal position to assume the use…

It’s a complicated story how it happened, but Steinman ended up writing and producing two songs for the score to the film Streets of Fire (Walter Hill, USA 1984). They were credited to “Fire, Inc.,” which was basically Steinman’s normal backing crew with Laurie Sargent added to some of the vocals. The film wound up…