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
Asbury Park, New Jersey Asbury Park was the only beach in New Jersey affected by the Beach Commission law. In 1943, the New York Yankees held their spring training in Asbury Park instead of Florida. This was because rail transport had to be conserved during the war, and Major League Baseball's Spring Training was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. With the opening of the Garden State Parkway in 1947, Asbury Park saw the travel market change as fewer vacationers took trains to the seashore. While the Asbury Park exit on the Parkway opened in