E Street Shuffle Archive

Whether spotlighting his heroes or his bandmates, “Sweet Soul Music” is a reliable crowd-pleaser whenever Bruce breaks it out.

The Sonics’ 1965 hit became a nightly 1988 encore on Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love Tour. Watch Bruce ham it up inside.

A few years before Dirty Dancing catapulted The Contours back onto the charts, Bruce was busting out his own dance moves to the 1962 classic.

“Street Fighting Man” was a regular encore during the early days of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. Listen to great performances of the Rolling Stones’ anthem inside.

It’s one of rock’s most meta-powerful songs, and in 1984 Bruce and Steve transformed it into a tribute to their brotherhood. Hear that moment and watch more great performances of “Drift Away” inside.

She doesn’t come out often, but when she does it’s probably going to be a loose but impassioned rave-up. Watch some of Bruce’s best (and funniest) performances of “Little Latin Lupe Lu.”

Eddie Floyd contributed more than just a song to Bruce’s sets. Let’s take a look at how one of Bruce’ great musical influences inspired Bruce’s on-stage presence as well.

Frequently part of encore medleys, Sam Cooke’s “Shake” has only been covered once in its entirety by the E Street Band, at Kilkenny in 2013.

Bruce has played Little Richard’s “Lucille” dozens of times in bars and clubs over the years, but exceedingly rarely with the E Street Band. Check out some great performances of this early rock classic inside.

Are you loose? Bruce certainly was, the first time the E Street Band covered Chuck Berry’s 1959 classic, “Little Queenie.”