Born in New Jersey, USA, with the birth name of Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, Bruce has always had the best of his time in the music world, starting with the group “The Castiles”, where he was the lead singer, until ‘selling over 120 million copies of his albums worldwide. 65 million copies sold in the United States. This, of course, earned him a popular name like “The Boss”.
Bruce was born on September 23, 1949, to his father’s parents Douglas Frederick Springsteen a bus driver and Adele Ann (Zerilli) a legal secretary. He is of Iranian-Italian descent and grew up in Freehold alongside his older sister, Virginia, and a younger sister, Pamela Springsteen, who is now known for her photography skills and short acting career.
Bruce’s passion for music began in his teens. Years later he attended a performance of The Ed Sullivan Show and imagined himself in the role. Shortly after, his mother who saw his potentials bought him his first guitar with which he started his career in the music world.
1972 was a memorial for the talented musician as it marked the start of his official career in the music world. That year, he became a solo singer-songwriter after being signed to Columbia Records with the help of famed American record producer and promoter John Hammond. The following year his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ was released and featured mostly musicians who later became members of the E Street Band. His second album The Savage, The Innocent and the E. Street Shuffle, was released almost immediately after the first, thanks to its wide acceptance in the global market.
From October 10, 1975 to October 18, 1989, Bruce took another step. He first had the rare opportunity to appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek magazines at the same time he also had the chance to tour with Human Rights Now! of Amnesty International. benefit concerts that have taken place in various countries such as the United States, England and France. Bruce then decided to take a break after performing with the E Street Band on October 18, 1989. He won an Academy Award for Original Song for The Streets of Philadelphia on March 21, 1994 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. on March 15, 1999. The same year, he was officially reunited with the E Street Band.
Apart from gaining a lot of popularity for his musical activities, Bruce Springsteen has gained more recognition for his liberal political activity. This was more pronounced during Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and when Obama won the election, Bruce’s song The Rise became the first song to play at the victory party. In proof of his strong support for the Obama administration, he opened a show during Obama’s inaugural ceremony. In return, Obama, at the Kennedy Center in 2009, paid tribute to Bruce saying, “I may be the president, but he’s ‘the boss.’. Springsteen even campaigned for President Obama’s re-election in 2012.
2016 was another standout year for the great musician – it was the year he broke his US concert length record by performing his third show of a three-night gig at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The concert even entered the registers with 34 songs lasting four hours and one minute. The same year, his autobiography Born to Run written by Simon and Schuster, was published. He even received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then US President Barack Obama. In addition to his hits, Bruce announced his new one-man show Springsteen on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York. The shows marked his Broadway debut.
