A pivotal scene in the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-led The Smashing Machine features the iconic Bruce Springsteen song from Born to Run, “Jungleland.” It is played in the background of a heated argument ...

Bruce Springsteen, shown during the "Born to Run" tour in 1975, tinkered with the album until the very last minute, Peter Ames Carlin writes in "Tonight in Jungleland." (Richard E. Aaron / Redferns ...

It was the summer of 1974, and Bruce Springsteen was in the shit. Sure, the now 23-year-old had been signed to the legendary Columbia Records label a couple of years earlier. And signed by the ...

Before "Born to Run," Bruce Springsteen was in danger of being dropped by his record label. But the landmark album, released 50 years ago this month, changed all that: The New Jersey native vaulted to ...

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this didn't work, he was done."... Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album, Born to ...

Peter Ames Carlin first heard Bruce Springsteen’s single “Born to Run” in 1975 when the future music biographer was a 12-year-old kid in a car headed home from a hike with his Boy Scout troop. He was, ...

Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album, Born to Run, came out 50 years ago this month, marking a turning point for rock and roll — and for Springsteen. Before he recorded that album, Springsteen's ...