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24 The College of New Jersey Magazine Did we host artists as they were getting started? Or when their level of fan worship made grocery runs awkward? We cherrypicked 10 from our long history of campus concerts to see how things shook out. TCNJ's Band Slam TCNJ's Band Slam TCNJ's Band Slam Artist Albums & Billboard Charts Pile on the Kudos Icing on Top Tell Me More Bob Dylan Fall 1964 • Packer Gym Mention of his performance that evening fell under The Signal headline: "Maryanne Domanski '67 Reigns as Miss Trenton State." The paper did throw him a bone, though, calling him "the well-known folk singer." 1964 Third album The Times They Are A-Changin' 1965 "Like a Rolling Stone" hits #2 on Hot 100 2020 Years it takes to nab a #1 single (Rock Digital Song Sales): 58 10 Grammys 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1991 Lifetime Achievement Grammy 1997 Kennedy Center Honors 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 Long Branch NJ police pick up Dylan on complaint of an old, sketchy man wandering. Without ID, they don't believe he's Dylan. "How does it feel, To be without a home, Like a complete unknown." Bruce Springsteen, Opener Fall 1973 • Kendall Hall Halfway through the main act — Brian Auger's Oblivion Express — the audience began exiting. "Bruce Springsteen stole the show," recalls the 1974 Seal. 1973 Debut album Live from Asbury Park 1980s–2020s First credited solo artist to have a #1 album in five consecutive decades. 20 Grammys 1999 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2009 Kennedy Center Honors 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom 2019 Billboard ranked him #24 Greatest Artist of All Time 9/23/23 New Jersey will celebrate the first Bruce Springsteen Day on his birthday. Billy Joel, Opener Spring 1974 • Kendall Hall He was to open for The Byrds' Roger McGuinn, but a snowstorm temporarily stranded some of Joel's people. McGuinn's sets and a screening of Reefer Madness passed the time until Joel could go on. 1973 Second album Piano Man 1980 First #1 hit "Still Rock and Roll to Me" on Glass Houses. 5 Grammys 1999 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Kennedy Center Honors 2014 Joel pledges to play one show every month at New York City's Madison Square Garden. In July, he will play the 92nd show of his residency. Joel was at Woodstock to see Hendrix and The Who, but left before they performed because he couldn't put up with the lack of bathrooms.