Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen performing at the Roskilde Festival 2012
Born	Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (1949-09-23) September 23, 1949 (age 67) Long Branch, New Jersey
Residence	Colts Neck, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	The Boss
Occupation	Singer songwriter musician
Spouse(s)	Julianne Phillips (m. 1985–1989; divorced) Patti Scialfa (m. 1991–present)
Children	3
Website	brucespringsteen.net
Musical career
Genres	Rock heartland rock folk rock hard rock rock and roll
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano bass drums percussion Harmonica mandolin
Years active	1964–present
Labels	Columbia
Associated acts	E Street Band Little Steven Warren Zevon Steel Mill Tom Morello John Mellencamp Miami Horns The Sessions Band Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Joe Grushecky The Gaslight Anthem Dropkick Murphys Gary U.S. Bonds USA for Africa Roy Orbison
Notable instruments
Fender Esquire Fender Telecaster Takamine acoustic guitars

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work with the E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", Springsteen is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class and sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice, and his lengthy and energetic stage performances—with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running at up to four hours in length.

Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run (1975) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984), showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life. He has sold more than 64 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2009, Springsteen was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in 2013 was named MusiCares person of the year and in 2016 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

He married Patti Scialfa in 1991, and the couple have had three children - Evan James, Jessica Rae and Sam Ryan.

Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. He was brought home from the hospital to Freehold Borough where he spent his childhood. He lived on South Street and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry, and worked as a bus driver, among other vocations, although he was mostly unemployed. Springsteen said his mother, Adele Ann (née Zerilli), a legal secretary and of Italian ancestry, was the main breadwinner. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a town near Naples. He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full-time; she took photos for his Human Touch, Lucky Town and The Ghost of Tom Joad albums.