I'm doing a series of articles on the ten songs/45s that were essential in former Springsteen as an artist. The list I'm considering right now is (with the first two already written):
Elvis Presley - Follow That Dream
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
Mitch Rider - Devil With The Blue Dress On
Eddie Floyd - Raise Your hand
The Animals - It's My Life
Hank Williams - Mansion on the Hill
Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land
Pete Seeger - We Shall Overcome
With being a limited to ten a few essentials will no doubt be missing by the time I'm done. If there are any arguments as to why the list should change, I'd love to hear them. Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, the Kingsmen, Gary US Bonds seem to be missing most notably on this list so far. I might still swap some selections.
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