Pandora's Box was a female pop group, assembled by

Jim Steinman James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, mus ...

in the 1980s. Some of its members had previously worked with Steinman, in the ensemble

Fire Inc. ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 American neo-noir rock musical film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It is described in the opening credits and posters as "A Rock & Roll Fable" and is a mix of various movie genres wi ...

, on the album ''

Bat Out of Hell ''Bat Out of Hell'' is the 1977 debut album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. It is one of the best-selling albums in history. The album was developed from a musical, ''Neverland'', a futuristic rock version of '' ...

'', on live shows and on other studio recordings. They produced one

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, '' Original Sin'', released in 1989.

Line-up

The listed members, whose photos were put on the album, were Elaine Caswell,

Ellen Foley Ellen Foley (born 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom '' Night Court'' for one season. In music, she has released five solo albums but is best known for her colla ...

, Gina Taylor, Deliria Wilde and

, who was listed as a keyboardist. The album credits two more artists with lead vocals on songs: Laura Theodore and

Holly Sherwood Holly Sherwood is an American rock music, rock singing, vocalist, best known for her work with Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals. Acting career At the age of three, Holly Sherwood began her professional career as the star of P ...

. Additionally, backing vocals were performed by

Rory Dodd Rory Dodd (born 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 as the duet voice (the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics) on Bonnie Tyler's vers ...

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and

Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Ut ...

. Foley had worked with Steinman on ''

'' and ''Neverland''. Holly Sherwood was a member of his group Fire Inc. Caswell has worked with Steinman on many projects, including

The Dream Engine The Dream Engine is the name of a music performance group created by Jim Steinman and Steven Rinkoff, first publicly presented in 2006. They only performed songs written or co-written by Steinman. TDE did live performances, and worked on studio re ...

. In 2005 and 2006, she performed "

It's All Coming Back to Me Now "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman, the song was inspired by ''Wuthering Heights'', and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create. ''The Sunda ...

" at shows called Over the Top and

, respectively, at

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. Gina Taylor is also known as Gina Taylor Pickens, and was previously a stage actress off-Broadway and member of the band Musique. She previously worked with Steinman as part of the background vocals on the track " This Corrosion" by

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. Jim Steinman says that

Pandora's box Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod reported that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing physi ...

is one of his favourite mythologies. Elaine Caswell stated in interview (in 2018) that Pandora's Box was "four women; three that existed and ..Deliria Wilde who was somewhat mythical, someone teinmankind of created".

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