{"id":4045,"date":"1988-03-18T11:00:09","date_gmt":"1988-03-18T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:31:04","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-darlene-love-and-bruce-springsteen-zip-a-dee-doo-dah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/18\/meeting-across-the-river-darlene-love-and-bruce-springsteen-zip-a-dee-doo-dah\/","title":{"rendered":"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might be more familiar with &#8220;Zip a Dee Doo Dah&#8221; in its original Disney incarnation, but in 1963, it went all the way to #8 on the charts when Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans covered it. And if you&#8217;re not familiar with that\u00a0 band, you&#8217;re probably familiar with their featured vocalist on the track: Darlene Love.<\/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\/PWOkSyR_NhU?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>In 2011, Darlene Love was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and &#8220;Zip a Dee Doo Dah&#8221; was among the songs she performed at the induction ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce showed up to play lead guitar for Darlene (and that&#8217;s Curtis King on backing vocals)&#8211;resulting in one-off performance of an unexpected cover.<\/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\/d36vCrKrxp8?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><strong>Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> March 14, 2011 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> March 14, 2011 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 August 28, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce celebrates Darlene Love&#8217;s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by joining her on her 1963 hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66324,"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":[4,3609,5],"tags":[1532,547,1510,1531],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-little-help","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-bob-b-soxx-and-the-blue-jeans","tag-darlene-love","tag-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame","tag-zip-a-dee-doo-dah"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/admin-ajax-5.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-13f","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29804,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/09\/19\/matr-darlene-love-bette-midler-and-bruce-springsteen-hes-a-rebel\/","url_meta":{"origin":4045,"position":0},"title":"He&#8217;s a Rebel","author":"Ken","date":"September 19, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"One time only: Watch Bruce Springsteen back Darlene Love and Bette Midler on Love's greatest (yet uncredited) hit.","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\/2021\/10\/hesarebel.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hesarebel.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hesarebel.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hesarebel.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hesarebel.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56174,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/kingdom-of-days-march-14-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4045,"position":1},"title":"March 14","author":"Ken","date":"March 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"What's the big highlight on a day like this? Hall of Fame performances with U2 and Darlene Love? Guest appearances with Robert Gordon and Conor Oberst? A pristinely recorded 1972 rehearsal? 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