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Yes, Pamela Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen s little sis, was in the 1982 coming-of-age teen classic “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
Pamela, then 19, played a Ridgemont High cheerleader with an overabundance of school spirit. Bruce referenced the film during the Wednesday, May 26, broadcast of his “From My Home To Yours” show on SiriusXM s E Street Radio channel. The theme of the show was “Radio, Radio.” The “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” reference came up when Bruce played the power-pop burner “Raised on the Radio” by the Ravyns.
“The Ravyns, R-A-V-Y-N-S, with the lovely Raised on the Radio, Bruce said. “Now, the Ravyns were out of Baltimore, and were best known for this record, cut in 1982 and featured on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack a film that also featured my fabulous little sister Pam.”
A personal scrapbook made by Bruce Springsteen’s mother, Adele.
Adele Springsteen’s 1943 high school yearbook.
A Civil War document that includes Alexander Springsteen, of lineal descent to Bruce Springsteen.
A 1801 document signed by John Springsteen, a patriot of the Revolution and direct ancestor to Bruce Springsteen.
The exhibit also celebrates the centennial of Freehold Borough, which was in 2019, and its opening came six days after the 70th birthday of Freehold-native Springsteen in 19. There are more than 150 items on display, many from the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.
Melissa Ziobro, Monmouth University’s Specialist Professor of Public History, and Bernadette Rogoff, director of collections for MCHA, are the co-curators. Eileen Chapman, director of the Springsteen Archives, and Robert Santelli, founding director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, are advisors to the exhibit.
Rita Wilson, also singer and wife of Tom Hanks, concurred.
“Happy Birthday Adele! Keep dancing!” commented Wilson.
A video of Adele dancing with her son in 2018 at the Wonder Bar was shared last month on the Asbury Park venue s Facebook page. The two rocked to “Some Kind of Wonderful,” originally by Soul Brothers Six, and “Eight Days a Week” by the Beatles, as performed by the Eddie Testa Band.
The afternoon was so charged that the power went out after the Springsteens danced to the two songs. A big storm descended on the area.
On Mother’s Day, which falls on Sunday, May 9, there’s sure to be more social media activity featuring Adele, who has Alzheimer’s. She and husband Douglas Springsteen had three children, Bruce, 71; Virginia , 70; and Pamela, 59.
The consumption of alcohol was allowed on Sandy Hook beaches until 2019. It was the last public beach in New Jersey to allow alcoholic beverages.
The Boss will have a court appearance through federal court in Newark as the Gateway National Recreation Area is federal land. He is a fine man who has spent his life sharing his ‘magic trick’ with his fans and of late more of his personal self than ever before, said Audrey Hunn of the Calling Bruce Springsteen Fans! Facebook group. He is a human being with flaws just like the rest of us. Truly this is no one s business but his and his family s but if he learned a life lesson from it he ll come out an even better person than he already was and I have no doubt that will be the case. No one of us have a right to judge, that I can assure you.