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[h3]Bruce Federick Joseph Springsteen grew up in an average middle class family, his mother Adele was a secretary and his father Douglas was a bus driver. [/h3]

He started playing the guitar at high school and, at the age of 14, had formed his own band, 'The Castiles'.

Influenced by the music of [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/116:0/Elvis_Presley.htm]Elvis Presley[/urlnew], Springsteen moved to New York City to try and break into the folk music scene, but failure forced him back home to New Jersey.

He fronted local bands such as 'Rogues', 'Dr. Zoom' and 'Sonic Boom', before settling with 'The E-Street Band' (named after the location of their recording studio), with whom he toured the New Jersey Coast until 1989. The band members included keyboardists Danny Federici and Roy Bittan, bassist Steve Van Zandt and Garry Tallent, saxophonists Clarence Clemens and Drummer Max Weinberg.

Springteen's first album, 'Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ', achieved poor sales in 1973, but his dynamic live performances finally got him noticed, while touring with the band 'Chicago', and subsequent releases, 'The Wild and The Innocent', 'The E-Street Shuffle' and 'Born to Run' sold increasingly well.

After spending time resolving issues with band management, Springsteen released the 1978 album 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' which marked the beginning of a series of dark albums from "the boss".

Two years later the album 'The River' was released, and went Platinum overnight in the US, securing Springsteen's position as an international star.

Springsteen released his most famous album, 'Born in the USA', in 1984, which sold 20 million copies and was accompanied by a two year worldwide tour, turning him into a superstar.

Springsteen has featured on MTV unplugged and has a Grammy and an Oscar for Best Song, for the film 'Philadelphia'. He has released a Greatest Hits album, and has recorded new tracks with 'E-Street'.

He married current wife, Patti Scialfa, in 1991 and they live at their homes in New Jersey and L.A. with their children Evan, Jessica and Sam.

In late 2004 he came out in support of Democratic Presidential candidate, John Kerry, singing at a number of huge political rallies.
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Devils & Dust was released in April 2005, and was recorded without the E-Street Band. Some of the material on the low-key, mostly acoustic album was written almost 10 years earlier during, or shortly after, the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour, a couple of them being performed then but never released.

The following year, 'The Boss' released another radical departure, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, an American roots music project focused around a big folk sound treatment of 15 songs popularised by the radical musical activism of Pete Seeger.

His most recent album, Magic (2007), was recorded with the E-Street Band. The album features 'Terry's Song', a poignant tribute to Springsteen's assistant Terry Magovern who died in July of that year.

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- He originally wrote his classic single "Hungry Heart" for the Ramones, but recorded himself at the insistence of his manager.

- His Oscar winning song 'Streets of Philadelphia' was ranked Number 68 on The American Film Institute's list of "The 100 Years of The Greatest Songs".

- Frequently works with director John Sayles, a fellow Jerseyite who shares a similar social conscience.

- Considered becoming a baseball player prior to devoting himself to music.

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1973 - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.

1973 - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

1975 - Born to Run

1978 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

1980 - The River

1982 - Nebraska

1984 - Born in the U.S.A.

1987 - Tunnel of Love

1992 - Human Touch

1992 - Lucky Town

1995 - The Ghost of Tom Joad

2002 - The Rising

2005 - Devils & Dust

2006 - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

2007 - Magic

THE ROLE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: I Wanted To Direct Sat 6th Sep - 4:30PM

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