Greatest Blossom Music Center concerts: No. 6 – Meat Loaf

Flashback: Meat Loaf had already performed in multiple bands and in theater productions like "Hair" when he began work on "Bat Out of Hell" in 1972.

• Multiple labels rejected the album's operatic rock sound until Cleveland International Records founder Steve Popovich heard it and released the album on Oct. 21, 1977.

The intrigue: By the time Meat Loaf's tour came to Blossom the following September, the album had gone platinum, making $5 lawn seats a steal.

• Meat Loaf performed a sweaty, 11-song set highlighted by hits "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)."
• He sat on the edge of the stage during closer "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" as fans sang along.

Between the lines: After the performance, Popovich joined Meat Loaf onstage to give him a framed plaque for the album going platinum, prompting a standing ovation.