Bruce Springsteen biography, a singer and song writer.

Beginning with the Bruce Springsteen biography, the rock and roll star was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey and raised in Freehold, New Jersey.

He brought his first guitar, for eighteen dollars when he was only thirteen years old.

He was influenced in the sixties by Elvis Presley whom he watched very often on the Ed Sullivan TV show.

His father was a bus driver and his mother a legal sectratary.

In 1969, he began performing in Richmond, Virginia with the Steel Mill Band, and later played in many nightclubs in and around New Jersey.

In 1972, Bruce signed a contract with John Hammond of Columbia Records who had also signed a deal with Bob Dylan in 1962.

Continuing with Bruce Springsteen biography, many people said his style of singing at that time was nearly like Bob Dylan's.

In 1973, he released the album, "Greeting From Asbury Park, N.J".

He was probably more responsible than anyone else for the new Bob Dylan drive of the seventies.

In 1973, he released, the album, "The Wild, The Innocent" and the "E Street Shuffle".

In 1975, he released the album, "Darkness on the Edge of Town", with singles like "The Promised Land" and "Badlands".

Continuing with Bruce Springsteen biography, in 1980 he released the album, "The River", with the hit single, "Hungry Heart" which became a big hit and helped him to become more popular and well known.

In 1984, he released the album, "Born In The USA", and began a World Tour.

One of the best singles was, "Dancing In The Dark" as well as many other hits on that album.

In 1984, he won an Academy award for best rock vocal performance for, "Dancing In The Dark".

In 1987, he won an Academy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance for, "Tunnel Of Love", this song has sold over ten million copies.

In 1991, he married Patti Scialfa, they had three children between 1991 and 1994.

In 1993, he won an Acedemy Award for the song, "Streets Of Philadelphia".

In 1999, he did a live show at the Philadelphia Spectrum, to celebrate his 50th birthday.

In 2002, he released the album titled, "The Rising" which was one of Bruce's best albums and was mostly about the attacks on the twin World Trade Center towers in New York city.

In April of 2005, he released the album, "Devils And Dust" recorded by the E Street Band. He said, "he enjoyed playing with the E Street Band".

In May of 2006, he made a new CD with music from folk icon Pete Seeger. Pete Seeger was the author of, "If I had a Hammer" and "Where Have All The Flowers Gone".

In 2006, he did a tour.

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