Bruce Springsteen
Lynn Goldsmith

This Bruce Springsteen studio portrait was taken in New York City, circa 1978.

By this time, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the music world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. "Because the Night," a single Springsteen wrote during the sessions for Darkness on the Edge of Town but left off the album, ended up being a hit for the Patti Smith Group this same year.