The B-Side: The Clash album you didn’t know existed
The bad news: It’s a companion piece to 'Sandinista!'
Ellen Foley has one of those classic show business stories that reminds one of a moth – always circling the spotlight, dipping in and out of the glare and casting its shadow, but somehow never quite landing.
Her biggest moment was as Meat Loaf’s duet partner for “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” singing the classic “Will you love me forever?” call to his “Let me sleep on it” response. If you’ve seen the video – that’s not her. That’s another performer, Karla DeVito, lip-synching to Foley’s part.
As an actor, she appeared in the Broadway hit Hair. She spent a year starring on Night Court, only to be replaced by Markie Post. And she fronted a Clash album you’ve never heard of.
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