Julianne Phillipsm. 1985–1989
Bruce Springsteen, also known as "The Boss," began his career by playing the bar circuit in New Jersey while assembling his famous E Street Band.
Springsteen nailed his biggest hit and Cox jump-started her Hollywood career. Springsteen turned the 'Courteney Cox moment' into a concert staple by continuing to bring random fans up to dance with him on stage, during the song's performance.
Bruce Springsteen, of course, has been known to frequently throw a surprise cover or two into his setlists. But it's rare for him to cover another artist's song on one of his studio albums. Still, he has done so occasionally, and I decided to put together a post featuring the original versions of these songs.
50 of the greatest covers of all time:
| 1 | Sorrow - 2015 RemasterDavid Bowie | 2:53 |
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| 2 | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Nina Simone | 4:48 |
| 3 | Hallelujah Jeff Buckley | 6:53 |
| 4 | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) Bobby Womack | 2:08 |
| 5 | Hanging On The Telephone Blondie | 2:25 |
Songs written by Bruce and given to other artists include Because The Night (Patti Smith), Fire (Pointer Sisters) & Blinded By The Light (Manfred Mann).
Blinded by the Light
| "Blinded by the Light" |
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| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen |
| Producer(s) | Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos |
| Bruce Springsteen singles chronology |
| "Blinded by the Light" (1973) "Spirit in the Night" (1973) |
Levon Helm kept “Atlantic City†in his solo repertoire, playing it at countless Midnight Rambles in the final years of his life.
"Thunder Road" is a classic rock staple and has been covered by artists such as Eric Church, Melissa Etheridge, Cowboy Junkies, Badly Drawn Boy, Brazilian singer Renato Russo, Frank Turner, Tori Amos, Brian Vander Ark (Live at Eddie's Attic), Kevin Rowland, Nate Ruess during his Grand Romantic world tour, Matt
All 337 Bruce Springsteen songs, ranked, including all new 'Letter To You' songs - nj.com.
Paul Civic Center in Minnesota on June 29, 1984. Courteney Cox, who was planted in the audience, got the role of the adoring fan in the front row who gets to dance on stage with Bruce.
As for the title of the song, Dancing in the Dark, it means living a dangerous, adventurous life as if tomorrow doesn't exit; it's like living on the edge.
Dietz may have simply coined this phrase to express the feeling one gets from dancing in the dark--presumably a very romantic experience, with shared intimacy in the privacy of the dark.
“I'm pretty much the first out there; I love to dance.†Asked if she ever recreates her moves in Bruce Springsteen's “Dancing in the Dark†video (in which she stars as a fan brought onstage to dance with the singer), Cox, 54, just laughs.
Courteney, one of your very first jobs was a memorable appearance in Bruce Springsteen's music video for "Dancing in the Dark."
Bruce Springsteen: $81 million.
More Stories by Seth. In the classic 1984 video for his song “Dancing in the Dark,†Bruce Springsteen picks a lucky girl out of the crowd to dance onstage with. (Those old enough to remember will know the girl was none other than Courteney Cox.)
