Bruce Springsteen

Name: Bruce Springsteen
Date of birth:  23 September 1949
Place of birth: Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Birth name: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
Nickname: The Boss
Height:  5' 10"

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer and songwriter, nicknamed The Boss. He frequently recorded with The E-Street Band.

Born in Freehold, New Jersey, he began performing with the Bruce Springsteen Band and Steel Mill, after some early work. He began his recording career with the E Street Band in 1973. Upon signing a solo record deal with Columbia Records in 1972, Springsteen brought many of his New Jersey based musician friends into the studio with him, many of them forming the E Street Band. His debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park New Jersey, from January 1973 established him as a critical favorite, though sales were slow. Manfred Mann's Earth Band later turned one song from this album, Blinded By The Light into a number one hit.

In Boston's The Real Paper May 22, 1974, music critic Jon Landau wrote, "I saw rock and roll's future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time." (Landau later became Springsteen's manager). With the release of his album Born to Run in 1975, Springsteen made the covers of both Time Magazine and Newsweek the same week, on October 27 of that year.

A multiple Grammy Award winner, he also won an Academy Award in 1993 for his song Streets of Philadelphia, used in the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia.

Award

Emmy

  • Year : 2001
  • Category : Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
  • For : Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City
  • Nominated
     

MTV Movie Award

  • Year : 2001
  • Category : Best Cameo in a Movie
  • For : High Fidelity
  • Nominated

Grammy

  • Year : 1997
  • Category : Best Music Video - Long Form
  • For : Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
  • Nominated

Oscar

  • Year : 1996
  • Category : Best Music, Original Song
  • For : Dead Man Walking
  • Nominated

ASCAP Award

  • Year : 1995
  • Category : Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
  • For : Philadelphia
  • Won

Grammy

  • Year : 1995
  • Category : Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • For : Philadelphia
  • Won

Oscar

  • Year : 1994
  • Category : Best Music, Original Song
  • For : Philadelphia
  • Won

Golden Globe

  • Year : 1994
  • Category : Best Original Song - Motion Picture
  • For : Philadelphia
  • Won


MTV Movie Award

  • Year : 1994
  • Category : Best Movie Song
  • For : Philadelphia
  • Nominated

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