Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. the pre-Christmas crush. Both "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night" were released as singles by Columbia, but neither reached the U.S. charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of "Blinded by the Light" on their album "The Roaring Silence", which reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 on 19 February 1977 and #1 on the Canadian RPM chart the same day. This recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only number one single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. His best showing on the Hot 100 as a performer was in 1984, with "Dancing
Asbury Park station the new station at Interlaken began in August 1889, with a projected cost of $10,000 (1889 USD). Timber and staking came by August 27. Construction of the station at Interlaken finished and opened in late-June 1890. As a result of the new station at Interlaken, North Asbury Park station was closed by the railroad on November 23, 1890, despite please to keep it open. Passengers started using the Asbury Park station instead of the new depot at Interlaken, however. However, a new station opened at North Asbury Park in July 1892 at the cost of $8,000. A new agreement was