One time only: Honoring a young fan’s request (or perhaps his parents’), Bruce and the E Street Band delivered a crowd-pleasing cover of Johnny Rivers’ 1965 hit.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2080)
One time only: on the occasion of Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday, Bruce, Patti, and an all-star line-up of musicians join Seeger in a rousing rendition of his 1973 benediction.
The Band may have recorded the definitive cover of “Atlantic City,” but Amy Helm does her dad proud with her own version.
One time only (in public, at least): Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to the Fab Four when the E Street Band plays their first-ever show in the same Atlantic City building where The Beatles once played.
It’s an okay trifle, but whatever makes a pop song great, “You’ve Got It” ain’t got it.
On the occasion of Bruce Springsteen’s 70th birthday, fellow New Jerseyan Robert Randolph gifted all of us with an irresistibly funky cover of “Ain’t Got You.”
One time only: Bruce and The Castiles cover The Blues Magoos’ “One By One” shortly after the release of the band’s last-charting single.
The decade-long and winding tale of an early outtake that missed making three albums but ended up (sorta) on one by Warren Zevon.
One time only: The Boss pays tribute to the Chairman of the Board on the occasion of Sinatra’s 80th birthday.