The debut performance, recorded live in Paris on April 18, 1981.

1981-04-18 Palais Des Sports De Saint-Quen, Paris, France

Can't Help Falling in Love (1981-04-18, Paris)

Wreck On The Highway 1981 - 05 - 02 Copenhagen

"Run Through the Jungle," Recorded in Stockholm, May 8, 1981

Run Through The Jungle 1981 - 05 - 08

I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 1984 - 09 - 15 Philadelphia

Factory 1981 - 08 - 11 Detroit

1981 - 08 - 12 Detroit This Land Is Your Land

1981 - 08 - 20 Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Prove It All Night 1981 - 08 - 20 Los Angeles

Springsteen talked to the crowd before the 8/20/81 "Night for the Vietnam Veteran" show  about the purpose of the benefit, and he asked Muller to address the audience, too. From his wheelchair, Muller delivered his own moving speech about "ending the silence" about the Vietnam war, with this night as "the first step."

Remarks Before The Music 1981 - 08 - 20

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Follow That Dream 1984 - 10 - 22 Oakland

"Coming Monday, October 31: The King of All Media meets The Boss, as we welcome Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, Oscar winner, 20-time Grammy-winning songwriter, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Bruce Springsteen." Howard is super-stoked.

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Photographer Danny Clinch joins 'Bruce Brunch' host Tom Cunningham on 105.7 The Hawk to discuss his new book, 'Still Moving,' with a foreword by Bruce Springsteen. Interview recorded and edited by Gary Titus, September 21, 2014. 

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform "The River" at Seattle Center Coliseum, October 24, 1980. From 'That Old '80 Sound,' a new fan-based recording coinciding with the 34th anniversary of both the concert and of Backstreets.

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In honor of his 66th birthday, a rare Bruce Springsteen performance of "Route 66" (by way of "Bang a Gong") in 1994, when he joined old friends John Eddie, Greg Kihn, Marshall Crenshaw and Elliott Murphy at the Playpen in Sayreville, NJ.

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on the original River tour, at the Seattle Center Colisuem in Seattle, WA

Oct 24 1980 Here She Comes Walkin And I Wanna Marry You

Cheap Trick with Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana, produced by Garry W. Tallent in 1996.

Bad Little Girl (unreleased version)

Incorporates a sample from Lyn "The Female Preacher" Collins' "Me and My Baby Got Our Own Thing Going" [James Brown/Lyn Collins, 1972]. Dynamo Productions is Andy Smith and Scott Hendy.

Dynamo Productions: Hey Yeah!

From Peter David's short story "Killing Time by the River Styx," read by Harlan Ellison for the audiobook version of 'Meeting Across the River: Stories Inspired by the Haunting Bruce Springsteen Song.' With permission from Blackstone Publishing.

Excerpt: Harlan Ellison Reads "Killing Time By The River Styx"

The live world premiere of "A Night with the Jersey Devil," Halloween night 2012 in Rochester, NY

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Bruce Springsteen performs "Land of Hope and Dreams" solo acoustic at the 11/5/12 campaign rally in Columbus, OH.

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The world premiere of "American Skin (41 Shots)," performed live in concert by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band on June 4, 2000, in Atlanta, GA. 

Read more on the 20th anniversary of "American Skin" here: http://www.backstreets.com/news.html#americanskin

PREMIERE: "American Skin (41 Shots)" live in Atlanta, GA, June 4, 2000

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Hungry Heart” at the Rosemont Horizon on November 20, 1980. In 2020, Springsteen recounts this moment as a “First Time” to Rolling Stone — hearing his audience sing the song’s opening verse back to him.

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