You know the songs from Bruce Springsteen's 'Born To Run' by heart. But how well do you know the stories behind them?

You never know what one thing will inspire a song. Similarly, you never know what many things will comprise a song after its initial spark. For evidence of both, look no further than “Band On The Run” ...

The tongue-in-cheek song about an intoxicated grandma getting run over by Santa's reindeer has been a holiday staple for 45 years. Its origins date way back to 1978, when Dr. Elmo Shropshire was ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Aug. 20, 2025. It was a full Circuit moment. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a majestic version of “Born to Run” on Sept. 15, ...

Born to Run was the album that took Bruce Springsteen from critics' darling to rock stardom. We're looking at the stories behind each of the record's songs below. Help soon arrived in the form of ...

Run, Rose, Run, which Dolly Parton wrote with James Patterson, hits shelves on March 7 with an accompanying album Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working ...