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The song, performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, was released as the B-side of the 1984 single "Cover Me". [3] Springsteen slightly rewrote it to replace a Waits line about "whores on Eighth Avenue" with "the girls out on the avenue", and added a verse about taking "that little brat of yours and drop[ping] her off at your mom's" [4] (This line was originally written for "Party ...
In April 2023, the governor of New Jersey issued a proclamation announcing September 23 "Bruce Springsteen Day". [272] Springsteen's songs have been the subject of various scholarly articles analyzing his music and lyrics. [273] [274] The Bruce Springsteen Special Collection houses academic journals and papers on Springsteen published since the ...
Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls recorded a version in Los Angeles, 2009 which is officially endorsed by Bruce Springsteen. The band line up features the original E Street Band keyboardist and accordion player Danny Federici's son, Jason Federici. The song was released through Springsteen's website [20] and a video can be seen on YouTube. [21]
Bruce Springsteen performing in 2024. Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded almost 400 songs over a career lasting six decades. He began his career in the 1960s with local New Jersey bands the Castiles, Earth, and Steel Mill before embarking on a solo career and signing to Columbia Records in 1972.
Springsteen wrapped the set with “Rosalita,” “Born to Run,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Twist and Shout” before closing the night with his cover of Tom Waits’ “Jersey Girl ...
Bruce Springsteen found his “Jersey Girl” in wife Patti Scialfa. “We've been together for 30 years. That's a long [time] – you've shared a lot,” Springsteen gushed during an October 2019 ...
It was the lowering of the Jersey drinking age to 18, in 1973, that led to the profusion of clubs, bands and music followers from which Springsteen rose like a phoenix.
The B-side of the single, "Jersey Girl", was a live performance of a Tom Waits song, recorded on July 9, 1981, at Meadowlands Arena. Springsteen had introduced the song earlier in that special River Tour homecoming stand that opened the arena, slightly rewriting it to replace a Waits line about "whores on Eighth Avenue" and adding a verse that ...