When Southside Johnny took ill, Bruce joined Steven Van Zandt’s one-time-only supergroup to cover a song that would many years later inspire one of his own.
Category: Meeting Across the River
One time only: Bruce joins Sting, Billy Joel, and more to cover Elvis’ best-selling single.
It’s one of Joe and Bruce’s best songwriting collaborations and on-stage moments, as fresh today as it was when they wrote it a quarter-century ago.
One time only: Soul Man Sam Moore teams up with Bruce to cover one of Otis Redding’s greatest hits.
Bruce’s original River-era composition, a stellar E Street Band performance and Gary’s passionate vocals make for a standout track on an album full of them.
Three times only: Bruce teamed up with The Red Bank Rockers and The Tangiers Blues Band on Huey Smith’s barroom classic.
When Bruce and Bono teamed up for the very first time, they chose a newly popular 1961 classic for their first duet.
One time only: John Legend, India Arie, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen join forces on an anticipatory, celebratory cover of Stevie Wonder’s 1970 classic.
Sam Moore lent his vocal talents to Bruce’s 1992 Human Touch album; fourteen years later, Bruce returned the favor.
One time only: Bruce backs Roy Orbison and an all-star band on an Elvis cover that one-ups The King.