Jim Steinman, the songwriter behind huge hits such as Bat Out Of Hell and Total Eclipse Of The Heart, has died aged 73. In this clip from 1981, he talks about his partnership with Meat Loaf, the secret of its success and his solo ambitions. | BBC Archive

On this day in 1984, I appeared with Roy Harper on The Old Grey Whistle Test. After having ascended the substantial height of Scafell Pike in the Lake District - the highest mountain in England - Roy Harper and I performed The Same Old Rock, where Mark Ellen from the BBC was in attendance, looking suspiciously like Paul McCartney. Needless to say, there had to be a duality in this because they switch from us on the mountain to the then new boys on the block Depeche Mode, a keyboard synthesiser b

"I play a role, and that's the acting part that I play." Talking to @WhisperingBob Harris on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1974, Vincent Furnier talks about his infamous stage persona Alice Cooper and (maybe) playing golf with Bob Hope. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1971: Frank Zappa told Richard Williams about life on the road with The Mothers of Invention on The Old Grey Whistle Test, as reflected in his film 200 Motels. | BBC Archive