ðə pˈɔɪntɚ sˈɪstɚz wɜːɹ ˈæktʃuːəli ðə sˈɛkənd ˈækt tə skˈoːɹ ɐ smˈæʃ hˈɪt wɪð ɐ spɹˈɪŋstiːn kˈʌvɚ, wɪð mˈænfɹɪd mˈænz ˈɜːθ bˈænd hˌævɪŋ tˈeɪkən "blˈaɪndᵻd baɪ ðə lˈaɪt" tə nˈoʊ. wˈʌn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən.
The Pointer Sisters were actually the second act to score a smash hit with a Springsteen cover, with Manfred Mann's Earth Band having taken "Blinded by the Light" to no. 1 in 1977.