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Bruce Springsteen

Also known as The Boss, Bruce Springsteen and The Sessions Band, Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band, Bruce SpBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteenringsteen with The Sessions Band

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972.

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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Born in Long Branch in 1949, he is a baritone vocalist who performs rock music. His professional work period began in 1969. He is a member of the E Street Band and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Springsteen has recorded for Columbia Records and speaks English.

He has received several awards, including the MusiCares Person of the Year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Kennedy Center Honors. His discography is documented under his name. Springsteen plays the guitar, harmonica, and piano. He has been married to Julianne Phillips and Patti Scialfa. His children include Jessica Springsteen, and he has a sibling named Pamela Springsteen.

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Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen released his first album in 1973, but it was his second album, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle later that year that led a rock critic to call him "the future of rock'n'roll." A year later Springsteen released Born to Run to critical and popular success, and he was a bona fide rock star, nicknamed "The Boss." In the '80s he released The River to…

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Michael Jackson: A Life in Music — Self (archive footage)2026
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From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center2026
Tribeca 25 — Self2026
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour (Philadelphia Freedom Cut): Part One — Himself2026
The Killers + Bruce Springsteen: Encore at the Garden — Himself2025
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain — Self2025
Bruce Springsteen At The BBC2025
Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska Live — Self2025
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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1949

Discography

It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City1972
Janey Needs a Shooter1972
Song to Orphans1972
The Saga of the Architect Angel1972
Winter Song1972
Bishop Danced1973
Blinded by the Light1973
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.1973
Spirit in the Night1973
The Wild, the Innocent & The E Street Shuffle1973

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Instance of: human
Given name: Frederick
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Long Branch
Spouse: Patti Scialfa
Child: Jessica Springsteen
Sibling: Pamela Springsteen
Occupation: film director
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Academy Award for Best Original Song
Field of work: rock music
Genre: rock music
Instrument: piano
Record label: Columbia Records
Discography: Bruce Springsteen discography
Official website: brucespringsteen.net
Image: Bruce Springsteen 2025.jpg
Height: 1.77
Voice type: baritone

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date of birth: 1949-09-23
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member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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start of work period: 1969-00-00
birth name: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
name in native language: Bruce Springsteen
copyright representative: PRS for Music
social media followers: 2210000
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official shop URL: brucespringsteen.store
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song
medical condition: depression
nickname: The Boss

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Encyclopedic overview

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972.

Springsteen released his first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, in 1973. He achieved worldwide popularity with Born to Run (1975). Springsteen followed with Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), Springsteen's first album to top the Billboard 200 chart. After the solo acoustic album Nebraska (1982), he recorded Born in the U.S.A. (1984) with the E Street Band, which became his most commercially successful album and the 23rd-best-selling album ever as of 2024. Springsteen mostly hired session musicians for the recording of his next three albums, Tunnel of Love (1987), Human Touch (1992), and Lucky Town (1992). He reassembled the E Street Band for Greatest Hits (1995), and recorded the acoustic album The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) and the EP Blood Brothers (1996) solo.

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