{"id":27052,"date":"2021-06-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=27052"},"modified":"2021-06-02T05:14:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:14:53","slug":"matr-bruce-springsteen-paul-simon-billy-joel-james-taylor-and-more-rock-and-roll-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/02\/matr-bruce-springsteen-paul-simon-billy-joel-james-taylor-and-more-rock-and-roll-music\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, James Taylor, and more: Rock and Roll Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first time Bruce Springsteen performed with Chuck Berry, the rock pioneer had no idea who Bruce was. That&#8217;s understandable, though&#8211;in April 1973, hardly anyone did.<\/p>\n<p>But when Bruce and his band (they didn&#8217;t even have a name at the time, that&#8217;s how early this was) were hired to open for Berry, Bruce begged the promoter to let his band back the headliner for his set, too.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s let Bruce pick up the story from here:<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-1Xt1C7qI-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='424' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/1Xt1C7qI?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Bruce may not have remembered what Berry opened with that night, but their second song was &#8220;Rock and Roll Music,&#8221; one of Berry&#8217;s greatest hits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_F1mmC3Nhg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Berry took &#8220;Rock and Roll Music&#8221; to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1957, but it wasn&#8217;t just a hit for the original artist. The Beatles took it to the top of the charts in Europe in 1965&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gbb1gLhI3o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and The Beach Boys took it to #5 in the U.S. in the summer of &#8217;76.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xzyLAfOGc4U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>But it&#8217;s the original version that endures.\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone\u00a0<\/em>ranked it #128 on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame includes it in their 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, no recording circulates (if it exists at all) of Bruce and Chuck&#8217;s first performance together, but we do have a great video of Bruce&#8217;s second-ever public performance of &#8220;Rock and Roll Music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The date was December 13, 1987, the venue was Madison Square Garden, and the occasion was Paul Simon&#8217;s All Star Benefit for the Homeless Children. Paul assembled a truly stellar line-up for the occasion, and they all took the stage for the &#8220;Rock and Roll Music&#8221; finale.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Simon, Billy Joel, and James Taylor all took turns on lead vocals, but it was Bruce who served as the ensemble&#8217;s true frontman&#8211;and it went over so well that Bruce launched them into a reprise that lasted almost as long as their first go.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-OoSDUzQr-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='568' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/OoSDUzQr?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Bruce did get to perform &#8220;Rock and Roll Music&#8221; once more with Berry&#8211;at the finale of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inaugural concert in 1995. There were a lot more musicians on stage than the last time, but this time <em>everyone<\/em> knew who Bruce was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock and Roll Music<br \/>\nFirst performed:\u00a0<\/strong>April 28, 1973 (College Park, MD)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> September 2, 1995 (Cleveland, OH)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce leads an all-star line-up on a raucous cover of Chuck Berry&#8217;s &#8220;Rock and Roll Music.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[669,155,223,670,3204],"class_list":["post-27052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-billy-joel","tag-chuck-berry","tag-james-taylor","tag-paul-simon","tag-rock-and-roll-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rrmusic.jpg?fit=1200%2C1182&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-72k","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13624,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/12\/matr-bruce-springsteen-sting-billy-joel-elton-john-and-friends-jailhouse-rock\/","url_meta":{"origin":27052,"position":0},"title":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John, and Friends &#8211; Jailhouse Rock","author":"Ken","date":"October 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"At an Elvis-themed benefit concert, Bruce joined Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul Simon, and more great performers on an encore of Elvis' classic \"Jailhouse Rock.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jailhouse.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jailhouse.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jailhouse.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":341,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/22\/meeting-across-the-river-check-berry-bruce-springsteen-and-the-e-street-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":27052,"position":1},"title":"Meeting Across the River: Check Berry, Bruce Springsteen, and the E Street Band, Johnny B. 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