“Don’t play that song” the third single from the Bruce Springsteen covers album
Of Catia Demonte
January 3, 2023
“Don’t Play That Song” is the title of the third single from the cover album “Only the Strongest Survive”that Bruce Springsteen has created to pay homage to great artists and authors such as Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Rossi, Dobie Grey.
It’s about 15 tracks interpreted with great respect for the originals, passion and fun. Don’t play that song in particular it is a song originally published by Ben E. King in the 1962 and later also reinterpreted by Aretha Franklin.
“I wanted to make an album in which to just sing – comments Bruce Springsteen – And what better music, to do all this, if not the American repertoire of the sixties and seventies? I took inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray, Scott Walker, among others. And I have tried to do justice to all of them and all the spectacular authors of this glorious music. My goal is to allow modern audiences to experience the beauty and joy of these songs, as I have since the first time I heard them.
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