Album Reviews; Subscribe to Newsletter. ... 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.

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 ...

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.

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. Dave Lifton ...

I think that's quite important," Mann said. "Blinded by the Light" was included on the Earth Band's seventh album, The Roaring Silence , and was a hit in 1976, on the heels of their cover of ...

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… ...

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.