Southside Johnny (real name John Lyon, born December 4, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey) is an American singer, harmonica player, and songwriter, who usually fronts his band The Asbury Jukes. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Neptune, New Jersey can refer to either: Neptune Township, New Jersey Neptune City, New Jersey This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ, french harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over an airway slot of like dimension into which it can freely... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ...

Southside Johnny first achieved prominence in the mid-1970s as the second act to emerge from the Jersey Shore music scene, following Bruce Springsteen. Southside's first three albums, I Don't Want to Go Home (1976), This Time It's For Real (1977), and Hearts of Stone (1978), were Stax-influenced R&B arranged and produced by Springsteen confederate Steven Van Zandt and largely featured songs written by Van Zandt and/or Springsteen. The Van Zandt-written "I Don't Want To Go Home" became Southside's signature song, an evocative mixture of horn-based melodic riffs and sentimental lyrics. Other notable songs included "Talk to Me", "This Time It's For Real", and "Love on the Wrong Side of Town". The Jersey Shore is a colloquial term used in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States to refer to the ocean-facing coast of New Jersey, together with the adjacent resort and residential communities. ... Bruce Springsteen on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. ... Stax Records was a Memphis, Tennessee based record label that existed from 1959 to 1976. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Steven van Zandt (born November 22, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American musician, actor, and radio disk jockey. ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ...

Cast under Springsteen's long shadow, national commercial success eluded Southside and the Jukes, and in 1979 they were dropped by their record company. Now working without Van Zandt, they released The Jukes in 1979 and Love is a Sacrifice in 1980. Neither of these achieved much success either.

More record label switches, Jukes personnel changes, tours and club dates, and occasional albums followed. A few members of the Asbury Jukes ended up being part of the Max Weinberg 7 on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien television show. The Max Weinberg Seven is the house band for the Late Night with Conan OBrien television program on NBC. The band is led by drummer Max Weinberg and also features Jimmy Vivino on guitar, Richie La Bamba Rosenberg on trombone, Scott Healy playing keyboard, Mike Merrit on bass guitar... Late Night with Conan OBrien is an American late night television talk show on NBC featuring varied comedic material and celebrity interviews. ...

Southside eventually relocated to Nashville. He continues to perform, and maintains an audience following in some regions of the U.S. His annual appearances at Springsteen's Asbury Park holiday shows draw as much crowd excitement as Springsteen himself. For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... The crumbling roof of a Howard Johnsons on the boardwalk in Asbury Park Asbury Park is a city located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ...