Reveling in the Success
With his first royalty cheque from ‘Born to Run,’ Springsteen bought himself a 1950 Corvette. It was actually the first car he ever owned, and it now resides in a Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame exhibition. But despite this major breakthrough, he wasn’t able to follow up on his epic third album due to legal disputes with his former manager, Appel.
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He brought in a new manager, rock critic Jon Landau. But the problem was that he couldn’t record new material until the dispute with Appel was settled. It was during this period, which lasted about a year that Springsteen wrote ‘Because the Night’ with Patti Smith. Springsteen and Appel finally reached a settlement in 1977, and Springsteen returned to the studio.