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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BIOGRAPHY |
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Bruce Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter,
nicknamed The Boss. He frequently recorded with The E-Street
Band.
Born in Freehold, New Jersey, he began performing with the Bruce
Springsteen Band and Steel Mill, after some early work. He began
his recording career with the E Street Band in 1973. Upon
signing a solo record deal with Columbia Records in 1972,
Springsteen brought many of his New Jersey based musician
friends into the studio with him, many of them forming the E
Street Band. His debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park New
Jersey, from January 1973 established him as a critical favorite,
though sales were slow. Manfred Mann's Earth Band later turned
one song from this album, Blinded By The Light into a number one
hit.
In Boston's The Real Paper May 22, 1974, music critic Jon Landau
wrote, "I saw rock and roll's future, and its name is Bruce
Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made
me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time." (Landau
later became Springsteen's manager). With the release of his
album Born to Run in 1975, Springsteen made the covers of both
Time Magazine and Newsweek the same week, on October 27 of that
year.
A multiple Grammy Award winner, he also won an Academy Award in
1993 for his song Streets of Philadelphia, used in the
soundtrack to the film Philadelphia. |
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