“Only the Strong Survive” comes from Butler's 1968 Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff-produced “The Ice Man Cometh” album on Mercury Records ... Jersey music men: Bruce Springsteen and TJ Lubinsky.

There’s still something about physical media — the records, the books, the sheaves of photocopied paper folded in half and stapled down the middle — that evokes a spirit of conversation ...

Bruce Springsteen ... it was released during a time when Springsteen hated the sound of his own voice and so couldn’t listen to it. “When you first start, you’re not used to hearing yourself, even two ...

As of February 2025, Bruce Springsteen has played “Born To Run” a whopping 1,861 times live in concert. We’re not exactly shocked. This is by far Springsteen’s most well-known song, ...