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Bruce Springsteen was born Sep 23, 1949 in Freehold, NJ. Beginning in the mid-60\'s, Springsteen played in a series of varied local bands, from garage to blues rock. In the early 70\'s, he was playing solo as a folk singer-songwriter in Greenwich Village. Bruce Springsteen was signed as a solo act to Columbia Records in 1972, and released his first album in 1973, Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ. The album received some good critical notices, but did not sell well. Later that year, The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle was released to a similar response. After the release of this album, the group of musicians Bruce Springsteen was working with, mostly met during his New Jersey band days, were named the E Street Band.
Bruce Springsteen toured heavily; building up an audience and his first two albums would sell steadily. The release of Springsteen\'s third album, Born To Run was met with enthusiastic critical reaction and promoted by a major record company campaign. It was an international hit. Bruce Springsteen continued with a string of acclaimed and popular albums and in 1984 bested the success of his breakthrough album with Born In The USA, which sold 12 million copies and had numerous hit singles. After the release of another album, Tunnel of Love and it\'s tour, Springsteen disbanded the E Street Band in 1989. He continued on as solo artist in the 90\'s, releasing two albums simultaneously in 1992, Human Touch and Lucky Town. Bruce Springsteen recorded two new songs with the E Street Band for 1995\'s Greatest Hits, but continued solo later that year on The Ghost of Tom Joad album. In 1999, Bruce Springsteen reunited with the E Street Band for a tour and a new album in 2002, The Rising.
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