It is rare for a cover of a song to overtake the original, but Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s cover of “Blinded by the Light” is an exception. The song was originally written and recorded by ...

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band was an unlikely group to have a radio hit. The English act was founded by keyboardist Mann, who’d had success with his self-named pop group in the 1960s and their ...

Manfred Mann's Earth Band took the loose, folksy vibe of the original and gave it a harder edge, adding a lengthy guitar solo, Moog synthesizer and, for some reason, a snippet of the children's ...

Members of the Earth Band (sans their frontman, Manfred Mann) settled in at the restaurant with Springsteen and his E Street Band bandmate, Steven Van Zandt. Thompson sat next to Springsteen.

With a career that spans six decades, Mick Rogers – best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band between ’71 and ’75, and again since ’84 – has seen his ...

Today's Morning Edition music is from "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, which was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart 40 years ago.

Probably not much, but that didn't stop Manfred Mann's Earth Band from taking Bruce Springsteen's 'Blinded By the Light' to No. 1 in 1976 and onto our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list.

VARIOUS members of Manfred Mann's original band are currently on tour in different guises, but this lot have the edge - they actually contain the… ...

Later in the 1970s, Mann formed Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The two "bands" charted a total of seven times on the Billboard Top 40 from 1964-1984. They had two #1 hits: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" in 1964 ...

One of the veterans of the British beat boom, Mann takes to the keys to lead his band, established in 1971. They're best remembered nowadays for a dreadful but .

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, famous for their unique blend of rock and electronic sounds, gained worldwide recognition with their hit single Blinded by the Light.. This track, originally written ...