I believe Bat Out of Hell was the 3rd best selling album of all time. 44+ million albums sold.
It took Marvin Aday, aka Meatloaf, over three years to find a label that would produce it. Finally some obscure label gave it a shot. The rest is history.
He’s seeing Paradise by the dashboard light.
About 5 or 6 years back I walk into my son’s bedroom. He was 17 or 18 at the time.
He is listening to Meatloaf Bat out Hell over his laptop/headphones. He said one of his buddies had turned him on to it.
He asked me if I had ever heard of him?
I replied, yes I bought it when it came out on 8 track.
He replied “whats an 8 track?”