Spirit in the Night Spirit in the Night "Spirit in the Night" is a song written and originally recorded by New Jersey-based singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen for his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." (1973). It was also the second single released from the album. A cover version titled "Spirits in the Night" (spirit being plural), performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, was released on the album "Nightingales and Bombers" and as a Top 40 single. The original version of "Spirit in the Night" was released on Bruce Springsteen's debut album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." It was one of the last songs to
Metropolitan Hotel (Asbury Park) Metropolitan Hotel (Asbury Park) The Metropolitan Hotel was a 180-room historic structure located at 309 Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey and was one of the last large hotels operating in Asbury Park before it closed in 1989. In September 2007, it was announced that the Metropolitan Hotel had deteriorated to a point in which restoration or rehabilitation was no longer a possibility. The hotel was demolished in early March 2008. The most recent structure was not the original, although a hotel had operated on the site under this name since the 1880s. The main structure was a Spanish