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Bruce Springsteen

* Muziekstijl: rock, heartland rock, folk, pop rock
* Actief: 1972-heden

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Bruce Springsteen is one of the most well-known American musicians of our time
His songs, famous for lyrics devoted to the struggles of daily life, are often described as «heartland rock»
He has sold over 120 million albums worldwide, including 65 million in the U.S, and earned numerous awards for his work - eighteen
Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award and much more He is also noted for supporting various charity organizations

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, near New Jersey He decided to become a musician at the age
of seven after seeing one of the Elvis Presley's performances
At 13, he learned to play guitar, and at 16 he was already a frontman of the band known as The Castiles
In late 1960-s he started to perform in clubs in New Jersey as part of the trio Earth
At this time he got his famous nickname «The Boss» because he was on the task of collecting the band's pay and distributing it among his bandmates
Springsteen himself never liked this name

Bruce signed his first album contract in 1972
He called upon many of his friends, they formed E Street Band and recorded album Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
It featured folk rock-rooted music and intricate lyrics, so Springsteen was compared to Bob Dylan Record got critical acclaim but no commercial success,
as long as the second album The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)

Next record Born To Run became Springsteen's last chance to release a commercially successfull album
After 14 month of work spent on it, Born To Run received massive acclaim and made E Street Band popular
But then a legal battle with former manager Mike Appel kept Springsteen out of the studio for over several years, so next album
Darkness On The Edge Of Town was released only five years later

It was much different from Springsteen's previous works - music became more fluent and refined, while lyrics were telling about social and
political problems Next record, double album
The River (1980), was made in the same manner and devoted to working-class life
The River was followed by the acoustic album Nebraska (1982) that Springsteen recorded solo, without E Street Band It is said that U2's disk
The Joshua Tree was inspired by this record

Following album Born In The U.S.A. (1984) became Bruce Springsteen's most successfull record to date, selling 15 million copies in the U.S. alone
The title track, which was telling the bitter story about the treatment of Vietnam veterans (based on the real stories of some Springsteen's friends),
is still one of the most controversial songs in America Springsteen himself turned down several million dollars offered by Chrysler Corporation for
using the song in a car commercial

Next album Tunnel Of Love (1987) was far more sedate and less social-themed
This «social» period of career ended for Springsteen after dissolving E Street Band in 1989
In 1992 Bruce Springsteen moved to Los Angeles and released two albums at once - Human Touch and Lucky Town Both of them were telling about his
inner feelings
In 1994 Springsteen received his only Academy Award for the song Streets Of Philadelphia which was used in a movie Philadelphia Next year
Springsteen recorded new album The Ghost Of Tom Joad, inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dale Maharidge's book Journey To Nowhere

Springsteen reunited with E Street Band in 2000 for a huge tour and new albumThe Rising (2002)
The album, mostly a reflection on the September 11 attacks, was a critical and popular success Next album, acoustic record Devils & Dust (2005),
featured songs written almost ten years earlier
It was followed by folk album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Next disk Magic (2007) was also very successful
At the same time, Springsteen took hands on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign Springsteen's sixteenth studio album
Working On A Dream was released in the end of January 2009

In 2010 his discography was enlarged by wonderful compilation album The Collection 1973-1984
That record included one of the best Bruce's songs that had been time-honored and deserved the title of rock music classics
There is no doubt that this compilation album turned out to be a great present for the legendary musician's fans

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Genres:
Rock, Folk Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Americana, Bluegrass, Country Rock, Film Soundtrack, Spoken Word
Albums:
Devils & Dust (2005), Greatest Hits (1995), Nebraska (1982), The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995), Born to Run (1975), Lucky Town (1992), Human Touch (1992), 
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973, )Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Born in the U.S.A. (1984), The Rising (2002),
Tunnel of Love (1987), The River (1980), Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973), We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006),  Magic (2007),
In Concert MTV Plugged (1993), Tracks (1998), Working on a Dream (2009), The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003), Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025),
Wrecking Ball (2012), High Hopes (2014), The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015), American Beauty (2014), Chapter and Verse (2016),
Springsteen on Broadway (2018), Western Stars (2019), Western Stars: Songs From The Film (2019), Letter To You (2020),  Nebraska '82 (2025)
Only the Strong Survive (2022), Best of Bruce Springsteen (2024), The Live Series: Songs Under Cover Vol. 3 (2024),  The Promise (2010)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Genres:
Rock, Folk Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Americana
Albums:
Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2006), Live in New York City (2001), Live/1975-85 (1986), Greatest Hits (2009), Live at the Main Point, 1975 (2011),
Blood Brothers (1996), The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021), London Calling: Live In Hyde Park (2010), Magic Tour Highlights (2008),
The Roxy July 7, 1978 (2018)

Bruce Springsteen With the Sessions Band
Genres:
Rock, Folk Rock
Albums:
Live in Dublin (2007)

*  See Bruce Springsteen MP3 Collection
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (geboren op 23 september 1949), bijgenaamd The Boss, is een Amerikaanse singer-songwriter die opneemt en
tourt met de E Street Band
Hij staat bekend om zijn 'Heartland rock-stijl', poëtische teksten en Amerikaanse gevoelens die centraal staan in zijn geboortestreek New Jersey

Springsteens opnames omvatten zowel commercieel toegankelijke rockalbums als meer sombere, folkgerichte werken
Zijn meest succesvolle studioalbums, Born to Run en Born in the U.S.A., tonen veel aandacht voor de strijd van het dagelijkse Amerikaanse leven
Hij heeft meer dan 65 miljoen albums verkocht in de Verenigde Staten, 120 miljoen wereldwijd, en talloze prijzen ontvangen voor zijn werk,
waaronder 20 Grammy Awards, twee Golden Globes en een Academy Award

Bruce Springsteen dook voor het eerst op in New Jersey aan het begin van de jaren zeventig
Begeleid door z'n onstuimige E Street Band, klonk hij aanvankelijk als een kruising van Bob Dylan en de vroege Tom Waits
Het 'verstevigen' van z'n geluid leverde het meesterwerk Born To Run (1975) op, dat lovende kritieken ontving vanwege de Phil Spector-achtige
grandeur en de rauwe songteksten

Negen jaar later brak Springsteen met het 'opgepompte' stadionrockgeluid van Born In The U.S.A. wereldwijd door
In de tussentijd schreef hij ook uitstekende akoestische albums zoals Nebraska en The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Springsteen, die opgroeide in een arbeidersgezin, vergat z'n achtergrond nooit
Z'n album The Rising uit 2002 wordt beschouwd als één van de fraaiste muzikale reacties op 9/11

In 2006 nam Springsteens carrière weer een opvallende wending
Op We Shall Overcome, speelde hij ruige volksliedjes, geschreven of bekend gemaakt door de Amerikaanse folkartiest Pete Seeger

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