His next outing was the 1993 single Streets Of Philadelphia, recorded for Jonathan Demme’s film Philadelphia, winning Springsteen four Grammys and an Oscar for Best Original Song. In 1992, he simultaneously released two new albums ( Lucky Town and Human Touch) with a new backing band, both of which went Platinum. Towards the end of the decade, Springsteen broke up the E Street Band. Bruce would soon marry again to E Street backing singer Patti Scialfa. 1987’s Tunnel Of Love was a raw, introverted affair about love gone wrong, predicting the end of Sprinsteen's first marriage. His Live 1975–1985 triple album collection followed it to the top of the album charts.Īs was now almost expectedly unexpected for Springsteen, his follow up marked a sharp left turn. Springsteen returned in 1984 with Born In The USA, and the album sent him stratospheric, with seven top ten singles in the US, his first Grammy and 15 million copies sold. Van Zandt left the band left the band shortly after, replaced by ex-Crazy Horse guitarist Nils Lofgren. Still, critical acclaim followed and the album hit the top ten. But rather than compound on this success with another big rock album, Springsteen retreated inwards, instead releasing the stark bedroom demos of Nebraska in 1982. The double LP The River followed in 1980 and landed Springsteen his first US No.1 album and a top ten hit with Hungry Heart. By then, the wide-eyed Springsteen of 1975 was gone, replaced with a much more sombre, down-hearted version on 1978’s Darkness On The Edge Of Town. It took three years for Springsteen to resolve the dispute and record the follow-up to Born To Run. Just when Springsteen looked to have it made, he found himself stymied by a legal dispute with his now ex-manager Mike Appel, from whom he’d parted in order to sign with the aforementioned Jon Landau.
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Critics raved ( Rolling Stone’s Jon Landau called him “rock and roll’s future”) and the record cracked the top ten, eventually selling over six million copies. Released in 1975, Born To Run delivered in spades. Springsteen road tested his new crew before returning to the studio for his last chance to break the big time. In 1974, Lopez and Sancious departed the band, replaced by Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan. Van Zandt returned to the fold and the band was rechristened the E Street Band. Despite critical acclaim, it too failed to sell and Springsteen found himself on the verge of being dropped by his label. returned later that year with a second album The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle. The album was a commercial flop but Springsteen and co. His first act was to get the old band back together (minus Van Zandt, who was busy elsewhere) and set about recording his debut, 1973’s Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. It was as a solo artist that Springsteen was signed to Columbia and joined up with manager Mike Appel. However, progress was slow and they disbanded, Springsteen instead striking out on his own. Along with the trio from his Steel Mill days, Springsteen was also joined by David Sancious (piano), Garry Tallent (bass) and Clarence Clemons (saxophone). Steel Mill split up in 1971 and Springsteen set about assembling a big band, first called Dr Zoom & The Cosmic Boom, then simply The Bruce Springsteen Band. He was playing in bands by time he hit his teens, most notably with the band Steel Mill, where he joined up with Vini Lopez, Danny Federici and Steven Van Zandt. A poetic soul married to the charisma and showmanship of a band leader made Springsteen a uniquely talented performer who couldn't be anything but a superstar.īorn in Freehold, New Jersey in 1949, the young Bruce was caught in music’s irresistible pull by the age of seven (thanks to one Elvis Aaron Presley). Bruce Springsteen is one of the few artists to not only survive the “new Dylan” tag, but to transcend it.
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