On Feb. 21, 1971, Bruce Springsteen placed a classified ad in the Asbury Park Press, looking for a trumpet player. Here's the original classified ad page. On Oct. 19, 1972, Springsteen would place ...

"From '69 to '70, there was a woman at the Asbury Park Press named Joan Pikula ... and she wrote quite a bit about Steel Mill," Springsteen told Press music writer Kelly-Jane Cotter last week, ...

This story was originally published in the Asbury Park Press on Dec 1, 1996. Maybe Bruce Springsteen is born to remember. "From '69 to '70, there was a woman at the Asbury Park Press named Joan Pikula ...