Here’s a rock and roll story that’s never been told.

It’s a New York City summer day in 1975 and Bruce Springsteen is trying on an old leather motorcycle jacket his manager Mike Appel wore as a teen and just dug out of the attic.

“Fit him like a glove,” Appel recalled. “He said, ‘This is it.'”

Bruce then headed downtown with saxophonist Clarence Clemens, and with the battered coat on his back and his Telecaster in hand he posed for one of the most iconic album covers in rock history — the cover of “Born to Run.” 15

Springsteen — 25 at the time — went on to wear that black jacket with silver star studs on the duds throughout the album’s tour, and it was the sight of him wearing it that exploded into homes across the country as “Born to Run” became his first major hit.

But by the

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