Bruce Springsteen
American rock singer (born 1949) · United States · Musicians
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Something wrong?3 billion in gross revenue. Springsteen writes about factories and highways and small-town heartbreak, and somehow that became the sound of American rock itself.
A life in dates
Only the Strong Survive: Covers, Vol. 1Album2020“I don’t think anybody truly knows where we’re going from here yet. It depends on too many unknowns. We don’t know where the COVID virus is going to take us.”In their words23 June 2020As quoted in "Bruce Springsteen’s Playlist for the Trump Era" by David Brooks, in The Atlantic (23 June 2020)
Letter to YouAlbum, 20202016Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2014
High HopesAlbum2013MusiCares Person of the YearAward2012
Wrecking BallAlbum2008New Jersey Hall of FameAward2007
MagicAlbum2006
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger SessionsAlbum2005Devils & DustAlbum2004“The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. And together, we can move America towards her deepest ideals. And besides, we had a sax player in the House.”In their words28 October 2004John Kerry rally in Madison, Wisconsin (October 28, 2004)“In the third grade a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that’s where I belonged.”In their wordsQuotes from Bruce Springsteen Talking (2004) edited by John W. Duffy1999“We're here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll.”In their wordsJuly 1999Guitar magazine (July 1999)Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward1995
The Ghost of Tom JoadAlbum1994Academy Award for Best Original SongAwardMTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a FilmAward1992
Human TouchAlbum1987
Tunnel of LoveAlbum1985MTV Video Music Award - Viewer's ChoiceAwardMTV Video Music Award for Best Male VideoAwardMTV Video Music Award for Best Stage PerformanceAward1984“I think what's happening now is people want to forget. There was Vietnam, there was Watergate, there was Iran - we were beaten, we were hustled, and then we were humiliated.”In their wordsDecember 1984Rolling Stone magazine (December 1984)1982
NebraskaAlbum1980
The RiverAlbum1975“This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.”In their words27 October 1975Time magazine (27 October 1975)
Born to RunAlbum, 19751973
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.Album1949Born23 September 1949Also in Deutsch
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The Stone Pony, a live music club and bar in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where Springsteen and other E Street Band members played regularly in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, Springsteen met his future wife, Patti Scialfa, at the Stone Pony.
Springsteen and the E Street Band in February 1977
Springsteen performing in New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1977-1978
Springsteen performing during the Born in the U.S.A. Tour in 1985
Springsteen and E Street Band member Clarence Clemons performing in Madison, Wisconsin
Springsteen performing on the Tunnel of Love Express Tour at the Radrennbahn Weissensee in East Berlin in July 1988In their own words 10
, I don’t think anybody truly knows where we’re going from here yet. It depends on too many unknowns. We don’t know where the COVID virus is going to take us.
The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. And together, we can move America towards her deepest ideals. And besides, we had a sax player in the House.
At this point, I don’t need my records to be Number One or sell as many as this person or that person. That’s not fundamentally important - I don’t believe that sustains you.
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OVOnly the Strong Survive: Covers, Vol. 1
LYLetter to You
HHHigh Hopes
WSWe Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
TRThe RiverAwards
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949, and released his first two albums in 1973 to little notice. Born to Run in 1975 changed that, turning him into a worldwide name. The River topped the Billboard 200 in 1980; the stark solo-acoustic Nebraska followed in 1982. Then came Born in the U.S.A. in 1984 with the E Street Band - his most commercially successful album and the 23rd-best-selling ever as of 2024. He cycled through session musicians for three albums, reassembled the E Street Band in 1995, and released The Rising in 2002 as a tribute to the victims of September 11. Folk records, cover albums, a Broadway residency drawn from his 2016 autobiography, and a steady march of studio work followed. With Letter to You in 2020, he became the first artist to release a top-five album in six consecutive decades.
In common with Bruce
Jack BlackAlso in High Fidelity (2000)
Catherine Zeta-JonesAlso in High Fidelity (2000)
Tim RobbinsAlso in High Fidelity (2000)
Will SmithBoth received MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video
Barbra StreisandBoth received MusiCares Person of the Year
PinkBoth received MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a FilmFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.