Bruce Springsteen

It was during the ’Born in the U.S.A. Tour’ where he met his future wife, actress Julianne Phillips. They got married in 1985.

Unfortunately, their affection for each other did not last long, and Springsteen began an affair with ‘E Street Band’ backup singer Patti Scialfa. Bruce and Julianne were divorced in 1989.

Meanwhile Springsteen moved in with Scialfa. They got married in 1991 and they were blessed with three kids.

Bruce Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949 to parents Douglas Frederick and Adele Ann in New Jersey.

After he saw Elvis Presley perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, he saw himself to be growing up like him.

His mother saw his potential and bought him his first guitar for $18 in 1956; it started his lifetime affair with the guitar.

The nickname of ‘Boss’ stuck to him for his task of collecting the band's nightly pay and distributing it among his band mates.

Springsteen’s mother bought him a $60 Kent guitar in1965, which was remembered in his song ‘The Wish’.

He started performing with various bands until finally in 1970 well-known ‘San Francisco Examiner’ music critic Philip Elwood gave him a compliment by depicting him as a most remarkable composer.

Starting in 1970, he tried to form various bands that didn’t pan out until two years later, he caught the attention of the music people like Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, and John Hammond who worked together at sealing him a record deal with ‘Columbia Records’.

‘Crawdaddy’ magazine editor Peter Knobler interviewed him in 1973 and remarked that ‘He sings with a freshness and urgency I haven't heard.’

Boston's ‘The Real Paper’ music critic Jon Landau saw his performance at the ‘Harvard Square Theater’ in 1974, and commented that Bruce Springsteen is the future of rock and roll.

Springsteen’s albums ‘Born in the USA’ and ‘Born to Run’ have sold more than 184 million albums in the United States and around the world, which put him into the category of the world's best-selling artists.