1975: With the release of Born to Run, his third album, Bruce Springsteen finally moved from critics’ darling to mainstream rock stardom. That effort received a considerable boost on this day, when the pride of the Jersey shore landed on the covers of both Time and Newsweek.
For the next year or so, Springsteen himself made fun of this by changing the lyrics of his popular song “Rosalita,” when he sang it in concert, to mention this momentous event.