Rory Dodd (b. Port Dover, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics on Bonnie Tyler's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

Dodd performed the background vocals for many of Meat Loaf's songs. He also sang three songs on Steinman's solo album, Bad for Good (although he's only credited for 2 of them on the liner notes of the LP pressing). He is notable for having a unique falsetto.

Recently, Dodd has been regularly doing voiceover work for commercials. He provided the main voice in the Hungry Hungry Hippos commercial.

Partial discography

All with asterisks indicate Jim Steinman's involvement.

1970s

• Rockabye Hamlet (Studio cast album, 1976)
• Meat Loaf — Bat out of Hell — (1977)*
• Ted Nugent — Cat Scratch Fever — (1977)
• Ellen Foley — Night Out — (1979)
• Garland Jeffreys — American Boy & Girl — (1979)
• Ian Hunter— You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic — (1979)

1980s

• Jim Steinman — Bad for Good — (1981)*
• Meat Loaf — Dead Ringer — (1981)*
• Karla DeVito — Is This a Cool World or What? — (1981)*
• Peter Criss — Let Me Rock You — (1982)
• Steve Forbert — Steve Forbert — (1982)
• Billy Joel — An Innocent Man — (1983)
• Ian Hunter — All of the Good Ones Are Taken — (1983)*
• Air Supply — "Making Love out of Nothing at All" — (1983)*
• Bonnie Tyler — Faster Than the Speed of Night — (1983)*
• Original soundtrack — Streets of Fire — (1984)*
• Al Corley — Square Rooms — (1984)
• Julian Lennon — Valotte — (1984)
• Lou Reed — New Sensations — (1984)
• Billy Squier — Signs of Life — (1984)*
• Barbra Streisand — Emotion — (1984)*
• Barry Manilow — "Read 'Em and Weep" — (1984)*
• Carly Simon — Spoiled Girl — (1985)
• James Taylor — That's Why I'm Here — (1985)
• Martin Briley — Dangerous Moments — (1985)
• Rory Dodd — "A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (demo) — (1985)*
• Bonnie Tyler — Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire — (1986)*
• Julian Lennon — Secret Value of Daydreaming — (1986)
• Patty Smyth — Never Enough — (1987)
• Survivor — Too Hot to Sleep — (1988)
• Scritti Politti — Provision — (1988)
• Pandora's Box — Original Sin — (1989)*

1990s

• Garland Jeffreys — Matador & More... — (1992)
• Laura Branigan — Over My Heart — (1993)
• Meat Loaf — Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell — (1993)*
• Barry Manilow — Another Life — (1995)
• Meat Loaf — Welcome to the Neighborhood — (1995)*
• David Arkenstone — Quest of the Dream Warrior — (1995)
• Bon Jovi — These Days — (1995)
• Celine Dion — Falling into You — (1996)*

2000s

• Ian Hunter — Once Bitten Twice Shy — (2000)

Personal life

Dodd currently resides in a suburb of New York City with his wife and teenage son.

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