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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 Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. Born in Long Branch in 1949, he possesses a baritone voice and plays the guitar, harmonica, and piano. His musical career began in 1969, and he is associated with the rock music genre and Columbia Records. He is a member of the E Street Band and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Springsteen is the author of works including *Born to Run*, *Renegades*, *L'economie*, *OULAW PETE*, and *Thunder Road*. He has received the MusiCares Person of the Year, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Kennedy Center Honors. He is married to Julianne Phillips and Patti Scialfa and has a daughter named Jessica Springsteen.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1949
Works: 41

Top works

Born to Run
Renegades
L'economie
OULAW PETE
Thunder Road

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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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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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