@thecarpathian - yeah, if you ever want to know anything useless that nobody cares about, I'm a great source! 
Have a great weekend....
Where were you when you first heard ""Born To Run"?
It was 1975. I was on the floor of my childhood home listening to Syracuse University college radio station, WAER, on my Pioneer Sx-737 tuner. I was blown away from start to finish.
Prior to that release, music critic Jon Landau was quoted, "I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen".
Where were you when you first heard it?
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That is a common misnomer. ... "E. J. Korvette" was coined as a combination of the initials of its founders (Eugene and Joe) and a re-spelling of the naval term corvette, a nimble sailing warship and later World War II sub-destroyer. The company's founding in 1948 (two years before the Korean War) disproves the urban legend that the name was an acronym for "Eight (or Eleven) Jewish Korean War Veterans". |
@larsman Here are the facts about EJ Korvetts. The "E.J." in E.J. Korvette stands for the first names of the founders, Eugene and Joe. The "Korvette" part of the name is a deliberate misspelling of "corvette," referencing the naval ship, according to the King of Prussia Historical Society. An urban legend falsely claimed the name was an acronym for "Eight Jewish Korean War Veterans". The company was actually founded in 1948, two years before the Korean War. |
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