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==Glory Days==
The E Street Band's reputation as studio musicians was established in the 1970s and the 1980s with their significant contribution to the Springsteen albums ''[[Born to Run]]'', ''[[Darkness on the Edge of Town]]'', ''[[The River (album)|The River]]'', and ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]''. However, unlike other backing bands such as [[Bob Seger|The Silver Bullet Band]] or [[Tom Petty|The Heartbreakers]] the band was never given a full credit on any Springteen studio album. Only individual band members are credited. Even though the band did all or almost all of the playing on these albums, they were released under the name Bruce Springsteen. Indeed, the E Street Band is not even mentioned as such in any of the literature for these albums until an inside liner note for ''The River'', and then a cover "Performed by:" credit on ''Born in the U.S.A.''. Later albums such as , ''Tunnel Of Love'' and ''[[Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen)|Greatest Hits]]'', do however, name the band and list the members.
In concert was a different story. There, the act performing was almost always billed as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, and Springsteen took great effort to build up this brand. One song during each show would be elongated to contain a lengthy introduction of each member of the band, introducing nicknames or describing characteristics of the player, eventually whipping the audience into a frenzy for the final, over-the-top introduction of "The Big Man", Clarence Clemons. More substantially, Springsteen split concert revenues equally with the band members, a practice almost unheard of for backing bands in the music industry.
Thus in 1979 when Springsteen and the band featured on the ''No Nukes'' album and film, the live performance was credited to both. The band recieved their first full credit on a Springsteen album with the release of ''[[Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85]]''. All subsequent live recordings and concert DVDs have also been credited to both.
==Southside Johnny, Ronnie Spector and Gary U.S. Bonds==
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