2006-08-02 09:54:18 · 7 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Blinded By The Light is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen.
It was originally released as the first track on his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973); as the first single from that album it was a dud, failing to chart, although the track later gained airplay on progressive rock radio.
It then attained its greatest success when it was remade by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, whose version reached Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1977.
As of 2006, the Manfred Mann recording of Blinded By The Light is still Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100.
2006-08-02 10:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by mizfit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Blinded by the Light" was written by Bruce Springsteen and was originally performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
2006-08-02 09:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bruce Springsteen
2006-08-02 09:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by Splitters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bruce Springsteen did one
and Manfred Mann did one too
2006-08-02 09:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by Pondering Reality 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bruce Springsteen wrote it...Manfred Mann's Earth Band was famous for recording it.
2006-08-02 09:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by Monkey Queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was Manfred Mann....
but, after looking into it, the song was apparently written and first performed by Springsteen, but his performance of the song flopped.
2006-08-02 09:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by Sels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steely Dan?
2006-08-02 09:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by El Duderino 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋