10 Songs That Shaped Rock 'N Roll Sept. 16 In Highland Park

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ — Highland Park High School will hold a unique fundraiser Sept. 16:

Rutgers professor Louis Masur, who teaches a class at Rutgers on Bruce Springsteen, will be joined by other professional musicians to present 10 songs and their stories, all of which helped shape rock 'n roll.

All the band members are professional and studio musicians in New Jersey.

The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Highland Park High School, and tickets are $20. To purchase tickets in advance, go to https://tinyurl.com/hphs25

The presentations and live performances include: The Beatles, "She Loves You" - The Rolling Stones, "Gimmee Shelter" - Fleetwood Mac, "The Chain" - The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love" - The Eagles, "Hotel California"- Beach Boys, "Good Vibrations" - U2, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven" - The Who, "Won’t get Fooled Again" - Pink Floyd, "Comfortably Numb" — and a few surprises.

For the past 20 years, Masur has taught the Springsteen class, “Springsteen’s American Vision,” at Rutgers. Masur is currently working on From Presley to Springsteen: Ten Songs that Defined Rock ‘n’ Roll, to be published by Rutgers University Press.

Many of the songs on Sept. 16 will draw from his book and his research.

Masur wrote this 2009 book that chronicles Springsteen's "Born to Run" album and the impact it's had on American culture. Masur considers Springsteen’s work on par with the finest American literature of all time, comparable to the works of Mark Twain and John Steinbeck.

"Born to Run" just celebrated its 50th anniversary this August; it was released Aug. 25, 1975.