Bruce Springsteen Biography

Bruce Springsteen:

Bruce Springsteen who born in USA is one of the most popular American songwriter, singer and musician whose shows, concerts and albums are being liked among the music lovers.

He is really a passionate singer who sings from heart and no doubt he tells the voice of heart and his songs and music touches the hearts.

Biography:

(Born September 23, 1949, Freehold, New Jersey, U.S.) American singer, songwriter, and bandleader who became the archetypal rock performer of the 1970s and'80s.
View Detailed History

Springsteen grew up in Freehold, a mill town where his father worked as a labourer. His rebellious and artistic side led him to the nearby Jersey shore, where his imagination was sparked by a rock band scene and the boardwalk life, high and low. After an apprenticeship in bar bands on the mid-Atlantic coast, Springsteen turned himself into a solo singer-songwriter in 1972 and auditioned for talent scout John Hammond, Sr., who immediately signed him to Columbia Records. His first two albums, released in 1973, reflected folk-rock, soul, and rhythm-and-blues influences, especially those of Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Stax/Volt Records. Springsteen's voice, a rough baritone that he used to shout on up-tempo numbers and to more sensual effect on slower songs, was shown to good effect here, but his sometimes spectacular guitar playing, which ranged from dense power chord effects to straight 1950s rock and roll, had to be downplayed to fit the singer-songwriter format.

With his third album, Born to Run (1975), Springsteen transformed into a full-fledged rock and roller, heavily indebted to Phil Spector and Roy Orbison. The album, a diurnal song cycle, was a sensation even before its release, when Columbia's public relations campaign landed Springsteen on the covers of both Time and Newsweek the week of its release. But it sold only middling well, and three years passed before the follow-up, the darker, tougher Darkness on the Edge of Town, appeared. With “Hungry Heart,” from The River (1980), Springsteen finally scored an international hit single.

Source: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9491214