Meat Loaf: Through the years

Rock star Meat Loaf holds the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards, March 1, 1994, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Rock stars Chubby Checker, left, and Meat Loaf are seen together at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 1987.

Rock star Meat Loaf is seen with his daughter Pearl Aday, left, and Lisa Ronson, daughter of British rock star Mick Ronson, in a New York coffee shop, June 7, 1979.

Meat Loaf performs on the NBC “Today” television program in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Friday Oct. 27, 2006.

Rock star Michael Aday, left, popularly known as Meat Loaf listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Sept.4, 2006.

Rock performer Meat Loaf jokes around with volleyball player Misty May prior to the Pro-Celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Saturday, April 9, 2005, in Long Beach, Calif.

Rock star Meat Loaf, left, and tennis star John McEnroe are seen during a celebrity tennis match at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York, Aug. 27, 1982.

Rock star Meat Loaf is shown with his arm around Blondie lead singer Deborah Harry at the party for the premiere of the movie “Roadie, June 12, 1980 in New York. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)  (G. Paul Burnett / AP)

Rock star Meat Loaf, right, appears on stage with singer Marion Raven during the first concert of his tour through Germany in Hamburg, northern Germany on Tuesday, June 12, 2007.

Cast members from the movie “The Mighty,” from left, Meat Loaf, Kieran Culkin, Harry Dean Stanton, Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson and Elden Henson pose for pictures at the premiere, Oct. 7, 1998, in Los Angeles.

Meat Loaf performs at a concert in New York’s Madison Square Garden, Wednesday, July 18, 2007.

Singer Meat Loaf performs at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Thursday June 14, 2012 in New York.

Meatloaf on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before ringing the opening bell on June 21, 2010.

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, sings “God Bless America” during a campaign stop at the football stadium at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, with, from left, Randy Owen, Meat Loaf, John Rich and Big Kenny.

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney sings “God Bless America” with Meat Loaf as he campaigns at the football stadium at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.

Singer Meat Loaf and Patti Russo arrive at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Thursday June 14, 2012 in New York.

Meat Loaf, left, and Constantine Maroulis perform together at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Thursday June 14, 2012 in New York.

Rock star Meat Loaf appears on stage during the first concert of his tour through Germany in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday, June 12, 2007.

Singer Meat Loaf performs in support of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the football stadium at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.

Meat Loaf performs with Marion Raven, left, on the NBC “Today” television program in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Friday Oct. 27, 2006.

Meat Loaf, whose birth name is Marvin Lee Aday, left, appears at a news conference with rocker Nikki Sixx, announcing the release of the album titled “Bat Out Of Hell lll: The Monster is Loose”, Monday, July 31, 2006, in New York.

Finalist Katharine McPhee performs with Meat Loaf during the season finale of American Idol on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 in Los Angeles.