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Bruce Springsteen performed a legendary five-night series of concerts at New York's The Bottom Line, which preceded his breakthrough with the album “Born to Run”.
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- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night series of ten sold-out concerts at The Bottom Line in New York. The performances attracted considerable attention from the media and music industry and helped Springsteen gain national attention.
- Bruce Springsteen released his third studio album “Born to Run” on Columbia Records, marking a major breakthrough in his career. The album reached number three on the US Billboard chart and eventually sold seven million copies in the US. The title track reached number 23 on the US chart and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” reached number 83.
- Bruce Springsteen released the single “Born to Run”.
- Bruce Springsteen played the first of a series of seven nights at Oliver's club in Boston. Each night he performed two 60-minute sets.
- Bruce Springsteen performed at the Agora Theater in Cleveland during his Darkness Tour. The concert became well known and was widely circulated through unofficial recordings.
- Bruce Springsteen performed at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Actor Gary Busey joined the band for Buddy Holly’s “Rave On”.
- Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
- Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
- Bruce Springsteen performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.
- Bruce Springsteen vystoupil v Capital Centre v Landoveru v Marylandu.
- Bruce Springsteen performed at the Los Angeles Sports Arena at a benefit concert for the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and the Los Angeles Mental Health Center. After the concert, he personally donated $100,000, which was credited with helping save the VVA organization from financial collapse.
- Eighteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen joined Earth in August 1968, a heavy blues-rock trio or quartet that mainly played cover versions of Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, Cream and Chicago blues.