Betty Jean

BETTY JEAN

2:17

LM-16 / GS

Note: Only one known take of this rockabilly song found in the logs, recorded at Springsteen's home studio in Los Angeles on January 20, 1983. The cut on 'Lost Masters 16' may be the very same take from the logs, but we can't be certain. Bruce lifted aspects of the second verse (specifically the street fight in a "halo of light," and the girl calling out "Go, Bobby, Go") from "Preacher's Daughter", which was recorded during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town sessions. Similar lines were also incorporated into the introduction to "She's The One" during the later dates of the 1978 tour. No relation to "Bobby Jean", or to Chuck Berry's "Betty Jean".