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Song title: Twistin' the night away

(Berry) by Chuck Berry

Twistin' the night away

Let me tell you about a place, somewhere up in New York way
where the people are so gay, twistin' the night away
Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away

Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know
but oh man, you ought to see him go, twistin' the night away
He's dancing with a chick in slacks, she's moving up and back
Oh man, there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away

Feel much better

Here's a fellow in blue jeans, who's dancing with an older queen
dolled up in her diamond rings, twistin' the night away
Man you ought to see her go, twistin' to the rock and roll
Here you'll find the young and the old twistin' the night away

They're twistin', twistin', everybody's doing great
They're twistin' man, twistin', they're twistin' the night away
Twistin', you know they're twistin', twistin' the night away
They're twistin', twistin', man twistin' the night away

Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find young and the old twistin' the night away
Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know
I don't know but man you ought to see him go
Twistin' the night away


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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 05/10/1974 Allbright College, Reading,PA ,USA during the Pre-BTR gigs
 - 13/04/2002 Rumson County Day School, Rumson,NJ ,USA
 - 14/04/2002 Rumson County Day School, Rumson,NJ ,USA
 - 30/04/2003 Stone Pony, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA
 - 25/04/2004 Stone Pony, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA

Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 05/10/1974 Allbright College, Reading,PA ,USA
Last known live performance: 25/04/2004 Stone Pony, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA

Song 'history':

Played live 1 time(s) during the gigs preceeding the official Born To Run Tour.
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.


The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
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