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 Bruce ...

"Blinded by the Light" had disappeared into obscurity in the years after its release on Bruce Springsteen's Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Then Manfred Mann's Earth Band garbled a lyric, and their ...

MICK Rogers admits his timing hasn’t always been great. The founder member of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band left the prog rock group shortly before it had its biggest hit, with the Bruce Springsteen cover ...

What does a British jazz-blues band know about life on the Jersey shore? Probably not much, but that didn't stop Manfred Mann's Earth Band from taking Bruce Springsteen's 'Blinded By the Light' to No.

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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 fair share of ...

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 by Bruce ...

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 man himself. The band lines up as Manfred Mann, Noel ...

The album’s title itself stemmed from a wartime BBC recording where birdsong and bombers overlapped, and that sense of beauty and menace could be found throughout the album, from the opening Spirits ...

Manfred Mann was actually a South African musician who struck musical gold in 1964 with the #1 smash, “Do Wah Diddy.” After a few smaller hits, he formed Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in 1971. He ...

There were certainly people in the '70s who wanted Bruce Springsteen to be the next Bob Dylan. Around that time, there was a lot of talk about who the next Bob Dylan might be, especially since the ...