With hits like “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” and “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen’s breakout album Born to Run is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Now, music journalist Peter Ames Carlin has a new biography, which is a No. 1 best seller on Amazon.

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this didn't work, he was done." Carlin's new book is Tonight in Jungleland.

With “Tonight in Jungleland,” Peter Ames Carlin looks deep inside the album that made Springsteen a rock star.

I was concerned about one thing, which was making an absolutely great rock ’n’ roll record,” he recalls. “Whatever happens after that I don’t have control over. But I do have an opportunity to make a record.