October 11, 1975 -- By 1975, 26-year-old Bruce Springsteen had two - TopicsExpress



          

October 11, 1975 -- By 1975, 26-year-old Bruce Springsteen had two heavily promoted major-label albums behind him, but nothing approaching a popular hit. Tapped by Columbia Records as the Next Big Thing back in 1973, hed been marketed first as the New Dylan and then as Americas new Street Poet, but unless you were a rock-journalism junkie or had been witness to one of his raucous three-hour live shows in an East Coast rock club, youd probably never bought one of his records or even heard his name. That would all change soon, however, for the poet laureate of the Jersey Shore. On this day in 1975, the epic single Born to Run became Bruce Springsteens first-ever Top 40 hit, marking the start of his eventual transition from little-known cult figure to international superstar.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:49:10 +0000

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