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Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen at an event for Golden Globe Awards (2009)
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an older sister, Virginia, and a younger sister Pamela Springsteen. Bruce was raised as a Catholic. He was inspired to take up music when he, at the age of seven, saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). When he was thirteen he bought his first guitar for 18 dollars. His mother took out a loan when Bruce was 16 and bought him a Kent guitar for 60 dollars.

In 1965, he became the lead guitarist in the band "The Castiles", he would later become lead singer in the band. The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township, New Jersey. From 1969 to 1971 he performed with Steven Van Zandt, Danny Federici and Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez in a band called "Child", that was renamed later to "Steel Mill" when guitarist Robbin Thompson joined the band.

In 1972, he signed a record deal with Columbia Records and released his debut album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", with his New Jersey-based colleagues, who would later be called "The E Street Band", In January, 1973. The album had critical success and so did their second album, "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle", released in September, 1973, but had little commercial success. In 1975, after more than 14 month of recording, their third album was released, "Born to Run", which had both critical and commercial success for Springsteen and the band.

In 1977, he returned to the studio, after a two-year legal battle with former manager Mike Appel, and produced the album, "Darkness on the Edge of Town", released in 1978 and became a turning point musically for his career. In 1980 came the release of "The River", the album sold well and he followed up with the album "Nebraska" which had critical success but had little commercial success. Springsteen came back with a bang with the release of the album "Born in the U.S.A." in 1984, which sold 15 million copies in the U.S. alone and had seven top ten singles. It became one of the best-selling albums of all time.

After the huge success of the "Born in the U.S.A." album he released a more calm and sedate album in 1987, "Tunnel of Love", which included songs about love lost and the challenges of love, after the break-up with first wife, Julianne Phillips. The albums released in 1992, "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch" were also popular, Human Touch being the most popular of the two, hitting the number one spot of the best-selling albums in the UK. In 1994 he won an academy award for the song "Streets of Philadelphia" featured in the film Philadelphia (1993).

In 1995, he released the album "The Ghost of Tom Joad", which was mostly a solo guitar album and was inspired by "Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass," a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dale Maharidge. After being apart from the E Street Band for several years they reunited with a successful tour which ended in Madison Square Garden in New York in the year 2000. In 2002 he released the first studio album with the full band in over 18 years, "The Rising", and it became a critical and commercial success. In 2005 he released his third folk album (after "Nebraska" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad"), "Devils & Dust" It was followed by "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" in 2006 and "Magic" in 2007. His 16th album will be released on January 27, 2009 and is called "Working on a Dream".

He married for the first time at the age of 35 to actress Julianne Phillips. The marriage helped boost her acting career, but his traveling took it's toll on the marriage and the final blow came when she found out his affair with the American singer/songwriter/guitarist Patti Scialfa. Their marriage ended in 1989. He then married Patti Scialfa on June 8th, 1991, They had lived together since the separation between him and his first wife and they had a child before they married. They have three children together: Evan James Springsteen (born July 25, 1990), Jessica Rae (born December 30, 1991) and Sam Ryan Springsteen (born January 5, 1994).
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Bruce Springsteen in 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
Bruce Springsteen in 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
Bruce Springsteen in Springsteen on Broadway (2018)
Bruce Springsteen in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band in Saturday Night Live (1975)
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Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, and Frank Caruso in The Daily Show (1996)
Bruce Springsteen in Charlie Rose (1991)
Steven Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen in 12-12-12 (2013)
Bruce Springsteen in Springsteen and I (2013)

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Viveik Kalra in Blinded by the Light (2019)
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Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler (2008)
The Wrestler
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  • Soundtrack("The Wrestler")
  • 2008
Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in Philadelphia (1993)
Philadelphia
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  • Soundtrack("Streets Of Philadelphia")
  • 1993
Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996)
Jerry Maguire
7.3
  • Soundtrack("Secret Garden")
  • 1996

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Composer

  • Jeep: The Middle
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  • Bruce Springsteen: The Power of Prayer
  • Bruce Springsteen in Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You (2020)
    Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You
  • Bruce Springsteen: Ghosts
  • Bruce Springsteen: Letter to You
  • Bruce Springsteen: His Hometown (2019)
    Bruce Springsteen: His Hometown
  • Western Stars (2019)
    Western Stars
  • Bruce Springsteen in Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars (2019)
    Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars
  • Bruce Springsteen: Tucson Train
  • Tranquility - An Independent Espionage/Crime Film (2018)
    Tranquility - An Independent Espionage/Crime Film
  • Lake Malawi: Girls in Their Summer Clothes (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
  • Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980 (2015)
    Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980
  • Bruce Springsteen: The Wall (2014)
    Bruce Springsteen: The Wall
  • Bruce Springsteen: American Beauty (2014)
    Bruce Springsteen: American Beauty
  • Bruce Springsteen: Just Like Fire Would (2014)
    Bruce Springsteen: Just Like Fire Would

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  • Bruce Springsteen: Don't Play That Song
  • Bruce Springsteen: Nightshift
  • Bruce Springsteen: Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
  • Bruce Springsteen: The Power of Prayer
  • Bruce Springsteen: Ghosts
  • Bruce Springsteen: Letter to You
  • Broken Poet (2020)
    Broken Poet
  • Lilyhammer (2012)
    Lilyhammer
  • Bruce Springsteen: Hunter of Invisible Game (2014)
    Bruce Springsteen: Hunter of Invisible Game
  • Bruce Springsteen: American Beauty (2014)
    Bruce Springsteen: American Beauty
  • Bruce Springsteen: Just Like Fire Would (2014)
    Bruce Springsteen: Just Like Fire Would
  • Bruce Springsteen: Rocky Ground (2012)
    Bruce Springsteen: Rocky Ground
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  • Bruce Springsteen: Ain't Good Enough for You
  • Bruce Springsteen: Save My Love (2010)
    Bruce Springsteen: Save My Love
  • Bruce Springsteen: My Lucky Day (2008)
    Bruce Springsteen: My Lucky Day

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Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
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Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
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Don't Ask Me Questions: The Unsung Life of Graham Parker and the Rumour
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Don't Ask Me Questions: The Unsung Life of Graham Parker and the Rumour
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    • September 23, 1949
    • Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
    • Patti ScialfaJune 8, 1991 - present (3 children)
    • Pamela Springsteen(Sibling)
  • Other works
    He currently performs the theme song for the Perfect Genetics [Clasher & Razen], who are currently wrestling for EWR.
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    • 7 Biographical Movies
    • 11 Print Biographies
    • 5 Portrayals
    • 9 Interviews
    • 101 Articles
    • 6 Pictorials
    • 141 Magazine Cover Photos

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    1999: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where Bono of U2 gave the induction speech. When U2 was inducted in 2005, Springsteen gave their induction speech, returning the favor.
  • Quotes
    Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.
    • Film noir: Many of his songs are influenced by films, particularly 1940s and 1950s film noir.

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