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In 1977 Bruce Springsteen gave this unfinished song to Patti Smith — and it became her signature hit

Patti Smith is a member of the Rock Hall of Fame, yet she only had one hit. It was an unfinished song by Bruce Springsteen that Smith finished and recorded.
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How Bruce Springsteen Helped Patti Smith Create the Iconic Love Song 'Because the Night'

Nearly 40 years after its release, Patti Smith's 1978 hit, "Because the Night," has remained one of the most enduring love songs from the rock genre. In 2025, Billboard ranked the song, off Smith's ...
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Bruce Springsteen Sings With Patti Smith & Apologizes to Bono at Tribeca Event: ‘I Should Have Said Yes’

On the final day (June 13) of an eventful Tribeca Festival, Bono, Patti Smith and Tribeca co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal gathered in lower Manhattan to honor Bruce Springsteen with the ...
Rolling Stone

See Bruce Springsteen Perform ‘People Have the Power’ With Bono and Patti Smith

When Bono walked onstage at New York’s BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on June 13 to present Bruce Springsteen with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award, he began his speech by ...
Rolling Stone

Bruce Springsteen Jammed With Patti Smith, Public Enemy, and Dr. Dre at the American Music Honors

For a wonderful few minutes, the stage of Monmouth University’s Pollack Theater felt like a scene out of a delirious rock and roll fever dream. It was the grand finale of the fourth annual American ...
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Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Public Enemy, Dr. Dre, Steve Earle and More Share the Stage at the American Music Honors

Monmouth University’s Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music presented its fourth annual American Music Honors on Saturday, and the latest staging of the annual musical celebration was ...