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 a potent but as yet unknown rival. A B&W multi-camera recording of Blondie in 1979, just prior to the release of their fourth album, Eat to the Beat, was taped at the Asbury Park Convention Hall on July 7, a home-state crowd for Jersey girl Debbie Harry, who was raised in Hawthorne. The New Jersey Music Hall of Fame was founded in Asbury Park in 2005. There are plans to build a museum somewhere in the city as part of the redevelopment. The West Side of Asbury Park has traditionally been home to black music, including jazz, soul, gospel, doo