Saturday Morning's Greatest Hits: Blinded by The Light (1976)

 Manfred Mann's Earth Band scored a hit with Bob Dylan's "Mighty Quinn" in the 60's. Nearly a decade later, they reached into another Columbia artist's songbook for another hit. Manfred Mann, you see, was contracted to Warner Bros. here in the US.

The writer of "Blinded by The Light"? Bruce Springsteen.

There are two versions of "Blinded" that play on the radio. One is the familiar radio-ready Top 40 version everyone knows, and there's a longer version. However, on The Midnight Special, Manfred Mann appeared to go with an extended version of the radio cut, as the additional verse not included in the Top 40 version is missing.

I think Springsteen's done a jam with "Blinded", too, that has made the rounds of FM radio through the years.