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4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)

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flump1 | 17:10 Tue 17th Jul 2012 | Music
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Apart from Bruce Springsteen, any ideas if an English band has covered this ?
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One of the first artists to cover Springsteen were The Hollies who recorded a single of "Sandy" (under that title) in 1975, and included it on their Another Night album. Released on Epic Records in the U.S. in April 1975, it only achieved minor airplay, reaching number 85 on the U.S. pop singles chart.[13] It had better...
17:15 Tue 17th Jul 2012
I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.
http://en.wikipedia.o...,_Asbury_Park_(Sandy)
It's a Springsteen song, boxtops
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th of July Asbury Park ( Sandy ) is a song title boxy, and I have heard it sung but not by Springsteen.
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One of the first artists to cover Springsteen were The Hollies who recorded a single of "Sandy" (under that title) in 1975, and included it on their Another Night album. Released on Epic Records in the U.S. in April 1975, it only achieved minor airplay, reaching number 85 on the U.S. pop singles chart.[13] It had better success in New Zealand, reaching number 12 on their singles chart. Though released as a single, it did not reach the chart in the UK. While not a big hit unto itself, The Hollies use of "Sandy" presaged other artists mining the early Springsteen songbook for material, a notion that would soon be exploited to much greater commercial success by Manfred Mann and others.

Air Supply recorded "Sandy" for their 1985 album Air Supply. Singer-songwriter Richard Shindell recorded what has been described as a "near-holy reading" of this song for his 2002 live album, Courier.[14]

Jason Heath and the Greedy Souls recorded a version in Los Angeles, 2009 which is officially endorsed by Bruce Springsteen. The band line up features the original E Street Band keyboardist and accordion player Danny Federici's son, Jason Federici. The song was released through Springsteen's website[15] and a video can be seen on YouTube.[16]

Swedish artist Ulf Lundell made a Swedish version of the song called "Sanna, (Nyårsafton Åre 1983) (Sandy)". The song was dedicated to his daughter Sanna, and instead of taking place on 4th of July, it takes place on New Year's Eve.

Ben E. King covered the song on the 1997 tribute album One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen

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Wow, many thanks factor 30, it had been driving me nuts !
Ah thank you - I know 4th of July as a song, but not Sandy.

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