Here’s the sad story behind Bruce’s most beloved holiday classic.
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One time only: Watch Bruce Springsteen back Darlene Love and Bette Midler on Love’s greatest (yet uncredited) hit.
Bruce first covered The Crystals’ 1963 hit around the same time he recorded “Born to Run.” That’s almost certainly not a coincidence.
One time only: Bruce covers Darlene Love (in a song for which she was never credited) for the first time in the summer of 1976.
It’s up for debate whether Darlene Love’s vocals are anywhere to be found on the original recording, but she certainly was front and center with the E Street Band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in 2009.