- Ulinda wabhala le ngoma ngomfazi wakhe omtsha, uKathleen Brennan. Wayefumana ubudlelwane obunzima kunye noRickie Lee Jones xa efika ebomini bakhe kwaye 'wamsindisa.'
Xa uJones kunye noWaits bahlukana, uFrancis Ford Coppola wabacela bobabini ukuba basebenze kumculo wefilimu yakhe Omnye Ophuma Entliziyweni . UJones wala, kodwa u-Waits wathatha igig, kulapho wadibana khona noBrennan, owayekwiprojekthi njengomphathi weskripthi. Batshata kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa kamva. - UBruce Springsteen wayigubungela le ngoma kwikonsathi ngamaxesha amaninzi. Waqala ukuyidlala kuthotho lwemiboniso ngo-1981 kwibala elitsha laseMeadowlands eNew Jersey. Nangona engazange ayibhale le nto, u-Springsteen uziva ukuba umlinganiswa ikwangulo mfo kwiingoma zakhe zangaphambili 'Sandy' kunye 'noRosalita,' osele ekhulile ngoku wafumana iJersey Girl.
- I-Springsteen yakhupha oku njenge-B-icala le-'Ngqubuthela' ngo-1984. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, wasebenzisa inguqulelo efanayo, ethatyathwe kumboniso owawuse-Meadowlands, kwibhokisi yakhe yebhokisi. Ukuphila ngo-1975-1985 . Le yenye yeengoma ezimbalwa zekhava ezikhutshwe nguSpringsteen. Ngokuqhelekileyo yayingabanye abaculi ababesenza iingoma zakhe.
- Ngo-1981, uWaits wajoyina iSpringsteen eqongeni kumboniso owawuseLos Angeles.
