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In 1976, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released the hit single “Blinded By the Light.” The song was written by Bruce Springsteen and was the opening track on his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, in ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

During the Swinging ’60s in London, between the British Beat and R&B boom, Manfred Mann, led by the keyboardist of the same name, made their way onto the charts with “5-4-3-2-1” in 1964, which became ...

Chris Thompson was the new guitarist and vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in 1976. And his first single with the group couldn’t have been bigger: “Blinded by the Light,” a cover of a deep cut ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But Manfred Mann’s version of the song became a much bigger hit than Springsteen’s. The English-based rock group released their ...