After the middling sales of Springsteen’s first two albums, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., and The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, executives at Columbia Records weren’t enthusiastic ...

The stakes were never higher for Bruce Springsteen than they were in 1975, the year his classic album "Born to Run" hit record stores and radio waves. Though it was only the rocker's third studio ...

The infamous sax solo Clarence Clemons plays on Bruce Springsteen’s rock classic “Born To Run” is so vibrant and exhilarating that it seems like a moment of pure inspiration on Clemons’ part. In truth ...

Before “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen was in danger of being dropped by his record label. But the landmark album, released 50 years ago this month, changed all that: The New Jersey native vaulted to ...

Author Peter Ames Carlin, who previously wrote the biography “Bruce,” digs into the origins of one of Bruce Springsteen‘s most beloved albums 50 years after its release in his new book, “Tonight in ...

With “Tonight in Jungleland,” Peter Ames Carlin looks deep inside the album that made Springsteen a rock star. By Jon Pareles When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn ...

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this didn't work, he was done."... Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album, Born to ...

Peter Ames Carlin first heard Bruce Springsteen’s single “Born to Run” in 1975 when the future music biographer was a 12-year-old kid in a car headed home from a hike with his Boy Scout troop. He was, ...

Fifty years ago, the Boss was at a pivotal moment in his career. A new book details what it took to launch ‘Born to Run’ Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring ...

In “Tonight in Jungleland,” Mr. Carlin, the author of a 2012 biography of Mr. Springsteen, revisits the creation of his subject’s 1975 album, “Born to Run,” whose title track was exactly what Columbia ...