Lorraine Crosby

Lorraine Crosby, a.k.a. Mrs Loud, is a singer from Newcastle upon Tyne. She is best known for providing the female vocals for <a href="spotify:track:4UrgDocbHywDZv2f3mBhCq" data-name="I&#39;d Do Anything For Love (But I Won&#39;t Do That)">I&#39;d Do Anything For Love (But I Won&#39;t Do That)</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:7dnB1wSxbYa8CejeVg98hz" data-name="Meat Loaf">Meat Loaf</a>, and for her session work with <a href="spotify:artist:0SD4eZCN4Kr0wQk56hCdh2" data-name="Bonnie Tyler">Bonnie Tyler</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2BSGptj55ZjV9ss2D17Hj6" data-name="Frankie Miller">Frankie Miller</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6zlR5ttMfMNmwf2lecU9Cc" data-name="Sam Fender">Sam Fender</a> and others.

After performing in a five-piece cabaret group in the 1980s, Crosby and her partner, <a href="spotify:artist:2IKCC1Uz0SUP4TSw59qr77" data-name="Stuart Emerson">Stuart Emerson</a>, sent some demos to songwriter and producer <a href="spotify:artist:2V3UNup4XHyqdCOGcQai1d" data-name="Jim Steinman">Jim Steinman</a>. He agreed to manage them, and they signed to MCA Records.

Crosby was present for the Bat Out of Hell 2 recording sessions, and she was asked to provide guide vocals for I&#39;d Do Anything for Love while Meat Loaf recorded his part. Impressed by their vocal chemistry, Steinman chose to keep Crosby&#39;s vocals on the studio track. She is credited on the album under the pseudonym, Mrs Loud.

It was around this time that Crosby formed a close friendship with <a href="spotify:artist:0SD4eZCN4Kr0wQk56hCdh2" data-name="Bonnie Tyler">Bonnie Tyler</a>. In 1995, she and Emerson wrote three songs for Tyler&#39;s album <a href="spotify:album:3PdMuuwO7sj7ckg3FmQ6jl" data-name="Free Spirit">Free Spirit</a>. Emerson wrote their 2005 duet, <a href="spotify:track:7vpqoeyx11onvDmz9iKpFg" data-name="I&#39;ll Stand By You">I&#39;ll Stand By You</a>, about their friendship.

In 2008, Crosby released her debut solo album, <a href="spotify:album:0I3V0ceaNNsTYV4IkDp9fH" data-name="Mrs Loud">Mrs Loud</a>.