What does a British jazz-blues band know about life on the Jersey shore? Probably not much, but that didn't stop Manfred Mann's Earth Band from taking Bruce Springsteen's 'Blinded By the Light' to No.

There were certainly people in the '70s who wanted Bruce Springsteen to be the next Bob Dylan. Around that time, there was a lot of talk about who the next Bob Dylan might be, especially since the ...

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 ...

Before it became a classic rock staple heard on radios for generations, "Blinded by the Light" first lit up the charts in 1976 thanks to the voice of Chris Thompson. The singer, who fronted Manfred ...

(CBS 11) - Manfred Mann was a British blues/rock quintet formed in England in the late 1950s. Originally, they were known as the Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers, but then changed to Manfred Mann. The ...

Manfred Mann was actually a South African musician who struck musical gold in 1964 with the #1 smash, “Do Wah Diddy.” After a few smaller hits, he formed Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in 1971. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before it became a classic rock staple heard on radios for generations, "Blinded by the Light" first lit up the charts in 1976 ...

Music video by Manfred Mann's Earth Band performing Blinded By The Light. (C) 1976 Warner Bros. Records, Inc., owned by Warner Music Group.