This is the fourth in a series of blogs in which I plan to go through and “musically annotate” Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography, “Born to Run”. This involves going through the book page by page and listing the artists, and when possible, providing a YouTube video of the artists and songs that Bruce mentions as among his favorites.
Here are the previous posts:
Here is the YouTube playlist of all songs/artists mentioned in Chapters 25-32; you can access any particular song by clicking in the top left corner of the screen and choosing the desired video. I also have a listing of the songs, which can be found after the video. In those cases where Bruce just mentions a musical group, I randomly chose one of that group’s songs to include in the playlist.
- Ray Charles – What’d I Say LIVE
- The Shirelles Will you still love me tomorrow (Top Quality + Lyrics)
- The Shirelles – Baby It’s You
- Bob Dylan and The Band – Like A Rolling Stone (rare live footage)
- Louie Louie by the Kingsmen on Hollywood A Go Go
- James Brown – I Feel Good
- Curtis Mayfield ~ Freddies Dead
- Chuck Berry – Johnny B-Goode
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire
- Sha Na Na – Goodnight Sweetheart – 4/21/1973 – Winterland (Official)
- The Midnight Special More 1974 – 03 – Brownsville Station – Smokin’ In The Boys Room
- The Persuasions – DooWop Medley (Live 1971)
- Jackson Browne – Load Out/Stay (Just a Little Bit Longer)
- Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today (Live extended version)
- Eagles – Peacefull easy feeling – Original Live on BBC 1973
- Mountain – Mississippi Queen
- The Midnight Special More 1975 – 17 – Black Oak Arkansas – Jim Dandy
- NRBQ – I Want You To Feel Good Too (Live on Sunday Night 1988)
- Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side (Lyrics in Description)
- Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Buffalo Soldier
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town ~ The Crystals
- Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Sgt Peppers/With A Little Help from My Friends
- Springsteen “New York City Serenade” at the Main Point Feb. 1975
- The E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen – Live In Red Bank 10-11-1975)
- Major Lance – Monkey Time (1963) HQ Audio
- Bruce Springsteen – 4th Of July, Asbury Park [Sandy] (Live 1978-08-15)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Kitty’s Back – 09/20/78 – Capitol Theatre (OFFICIAL)
- Thundercrack – Springsteen – Philadelphia Sept 7, 2016
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) – 09/20/78 (OFFICIAL)
- Wild Billy’s Circus Story (Circus Song) Bruce Springsteen 1973 PRO SHOT by CBS
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Incident On 57th Street Main Point 1975
- elvis presley-hound dog
- Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
- Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
- The Beach Boys – Kokomo (1988)
- Hank Williams – Cold Cold Heart
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Jungleland – 09/20/78 (OFFICIAL)
- The Who – Baba O’riley
- Michael Jackson – Thriller (Official Video)
- Keith Moon – Drum Solo 1974
- Janis Joplin – Me & Bobby McGee
- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- MC5 – Back In The USA
- Woody Guthrie-This Land Is Your Land
- Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road” Hammersmith Odeon, London 1975
- Bruce Springsteen – Backstreets – The best live version – Winterland 1978
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – She’s The One
- Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love? (1987)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out – 09/20/78 (OFFICIAL)
- Bruce Springsteen – Night (Live 1981)
- Bruce Springsteen – Meeting Across The River – Melbourne – 16 February 2014
- The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun (Ed Sullivan 1964)
- The Yardbirds – For Your Love
- the kinks all day and all of the night
- Jeff Beck – Behind The Veil
- Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven (Official Video)
- Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” Live 1964 (Reelin’ In The Years Archives)
- Jimmy Reed – Bright Lights Big City (with lyrics)
- Muddy Waters – Got My Mojo Workin’
- Arthur Alexander – Anna – 1962
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