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Bruce Springsteen

Atlantic City

1982 · via John Anderson · kept by 1

Bruce Springsteen wrote “Atlantic City” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1982. Also recorded by Goose (released 2020), The Band (released 1994) and Billy Strings (released 2018), among 474 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Nebraska (1982).

Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
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Anderson's take sends you straight back to the writer's own 1982 cut, and The Band and Goose picked it up too, so this is a road with plenty of exits. Play the original first, then hear how a country singer makes it his.

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Credited writer: Bruce Springsteen.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.

On the album Nebraska (1982).

Other recordings on file · first release year

474 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-9536 · No. 0443, Oct 19, 2026.

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John Anderson put his voice on "Atlantic City" in 2001. Who wrote the song and recorded it first, long before it reached him?Bruce Springsteen
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