Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Spirits In The Night - 19-09-1975 • TopPop

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band is an English rock band formed by South African musician Manfred Mann. Their hits include covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “For You“, “Blinded by the Light“ and “Spirit in the Night“. After forming in 1971 and with a short hiatus in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the Earth Band continues to perform and tour. Keyboardist Manfred Mann started in the 1960s with the self-titled band that had such hits as “Do Wah Diddy Diddy“ and Bob Dylan’s “The Mighty Quinn“ and then moved on to jazz fusion-inspired Manfred Mann Chapter Three before forming the Earth Band in 1971. The original line-up of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band consisted of Mick Rogers (guitar and vocals), Manfred Mann (keyboards, Minimoog synthesizer and vocals), Colin Pattenden (bass guitar) and Chris Slade (drums and vocals). In its very earliest stages, the band was simply billed as “Manfred Mann“ and thus a continuation of the 1960s group. The US