but Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s cover of “Blinded by the Light” is an exception. The song was originally written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen for his 1973 album, Greetings from Asbury ...

The song was written by Bruce Springsteen and recorded for his 1973 debut album "Greetings From ... radio airplay and never charted, but Manfred Mann's cover is still the only song written by ...

Manfred Mann was worried about seeing Springsteen after the cover because of one word in the song. Springsteen released “Blinded By the Light” on his first album. Four years after he released ...

Chris Thompson was the new guitarist and vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ... “Blinded by the Light,” a cover of a ...

Symmetry and uniformity: Manfred Mann pose outside EMI's headquarters ... shot of Jones on the rear of its cover (he had just charted with the peppy “High Time”) and is a great listen – it is the ...

N.J. Then Manfred Mann's Earth Band garbled a lyric, and their cover shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Springsteen's only chart-topping composition. On one level, that was just what ...

Manfred Mann were part of the same British art-school ... But then the band noticed that the Beatles were doing well with covers of American girl-group songs, and so they decided to try it themselves.