Bruce Springsteen shares a microphone with Mick Jagger at the 1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has put together a YouTube playlist featuring 38 videos of Bruce Springsteen performing at various Hall events. You can see it HERE.
Most of the videos have been available before, in some form, but some haven’t, including one of Springsteen performing Roy Orbison’s “Crying” at the Hall’s 1989 induction ceremony, and one of him and the E Street Band performing “Backstreets” when Springsteen was inducted, in 1999.
Other clips — such as one of Springsteen, Arlo Guthrie and Joe Ely performing “Oklahoma Hills” at a 1996 Hall event honoring Woody Guthrie — were already on YouTube, but I’m sure many Springsteen fanatics haven’t seen them.
I’ve embedded the “Crying” video below, under a rundown of all the videos that are available.
As mentioned, you can watch them all at the link above.
1. U2 and Springsteen perform “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
2. Springsteen inducts U2 into the Hall at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York in 2005.
3. U2 and Springsteen perform “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” at the Hall’s 2005 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
4. Springsteen, Patti Smith, U2 and Roy Bittan perform “Because the Night” at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
5. Springsteen inducts Creedence Clearwater Revival into the Hall in 1993 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
6. John Fogerty rehearses “Who’ll Stop the Rain” with Springsteen and Robbie Robertson and they are shown performing it at the Hall’s 1993 induction ceremony at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
7. Wilson Pickett, Springsteen, the E Street Band and others perform “In the Midnight Hour” at the Hall’s 1999 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
8. Springsteen participates in the all-star grand finale of the Hall’s 1999 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, performing “People Get Ready” with Wilson Pickett, Bono, Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill, The Staple Singers, Robbie Robertson, Dion, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Joel, Melissa Etheridge, Nils Lofgren and others.
9. Springsteen inducts Roy Orbison into the Hall in 1987 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
10. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “The Promised Land” at the Hall’s 1999 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
11. Bono inducts Springsteen into the Hall in 1999 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
12. Springsteen’s acceptance speech after being inducted in 1999 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
13. Springsteen performs “Crying” at the Hall’s 1989 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
14. Springsteen participates in grand finale performance of “In the Midnight Hour” at the Hall’s 1991 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, with John Fogerty, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Chaka Khan, Roger McGuinn, Phoebe Snow, John Popper and others.
15. Springsteen participates in grand finale performance of “Mustang Sally” at the Hall’s 1991 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, with John Fogerty, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Chaka Khan, Roger McGuinn, John Popper and others.
16. Springsteen and the E Street Band (featuring Vini Lopez and David Sancious) perform “The E Street Shuffle” at the Hall’s 2014 induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
17. Springsteen and the E Street Band (featuring Vini Lopez and David Sancious) perform “The River” at the Hall’s 2014 Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
18: Springsteen and the E Street Band (featuring Vini Lopez and David Sancious) perform “Kitty’s Back” at the Hall’s 2014 induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
19. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “She’s the One” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s opening concert at Cleveland Stadium in 1995.
20. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Shake, Rattle and Roll” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s opening concert at Cleveland Stadium in 1995.
21. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Darkness on the Edge of Town” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s opening concert at Cleveland Stadium in 1995.
22. Bob Dylan and Springsteen perform “Forever Young” with Dylan’s band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s opening concert at Cleveland Stadium in 1995.
23. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
24. Springsteen performs “The Ghost of Tom Joad” with Tom Morello and the E Street Band at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
25. Springsteen performs “Oh, Pretty Woman” with John Fogerty and the E Street Band at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
26. Springsteen performs “Badlands” with the E Street Band (featuring Tom Morello) at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
27. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Jungleland” at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
28. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Backstreets” at the Hall’s 1999 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
29. Springsteen inducts the E Street Band into the Hall in 2014 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
30. Springsteen, Billy Joel and the E Street Band perform “Born to Run” at the Hall’s 25th anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009.
31. Chuck Berry, Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Johnny B. Goode” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s opening concert at Cleveland Stadium in 1995.
32. Springsteen, Arlo Gurthrie and Joe Ely perform “Oklahoma Hills” at the Hall’s 1996 tribute to Woody Guthrie at Severance Hall in Cleveland.
33. Springsteen performs “I Saw Her Standing There” with George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, Les Paul, Jeff Beck, Steven Van Zandt, Dave Edmunds and others at the Hall’s 1988 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
34. Springsteen inducts Creedence Clearwater Revival into the Hall in 1993 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. (Note: The No. 5 video is an excerpt from this.)
35. Springsteen and Axl Rose perform “Come Together” at the Hall’s 1994 ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
36. Springsteen inducts Jackson Browne into the Hall in 2004 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
37. Springsteen inducts Bob Dylan into the Hall in 1988 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
38. Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Tenth Avenue Freeze-0ut” at the Hall’s 1999 induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
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