The Angel (song) The Angel (song) "The Angel" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." in 1973. It was also released as the B-side to Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" single. The song was part of the demo that Springsteen recorded for John Hammond of CBS Records in advance of getting his first recording contract. At the time "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." was released, Springsteen considered it his most sophisticated song. It has had very few live performances. The song is one of the slower tracks on "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", played on piano.
Asbury Park, New Jersey hall. At the same time, Asbury Park launched a first-class education and athletic program with the construction of a state-of-the-art high school overlooking Deal Lake. On September 8, 1934, the wreck of the ocean liner SS "Morro Castle", which caught fire and burned, beached itself near the city just yards away from the Asbury Park Convention Hall; the city capitalized on the event, turning the wreck into a tourist attraction. In 1935, the newly founded Securities and Exchange Commission called Asbury Park's Mayor Clarence F. Hetrick to testify about $6 million in "beach improvement bonds" that had gone into default.