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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American Rock music, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972. Springsteen is a pioneer of heartland rock, combining commercially successful rock with poetic, socially conscious lyrics that reflect working class American life. He is known for his energetic concerts, some of which last more than four hours. Springsteen released his first two albums, ''Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.'' and ''The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'', in 1973. Although both were well-received by critics, neither earned him a large audience. He changed his style and achieved worldwide popularity with ''Born to Run'' (1975). Springsteen followed with ''Darkness on the Edge of Town'' (1978) and ''The River (Bruce Springsteen album), The River'' (1980), Springsteen's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River (Bruce Springsteen Album)
''The River'' is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released as a double album on October 17, 1980, by Columbia Records. The album was Springsteen's attempt to make a record that captured the E Street Band's live sound. Co-produced by Springsteen, his manager Jon Landau, and bandmate Steven Van Zandt, the recording sessions lasted 18 months in New York City from March 1979 to August 1980. Springsteen originally planned to release a single LP record, LP, ''The Ties That Bind'', in late 1979, before deciding it did not fit his vision and scrapping it. Over 50 songs were recorded, with outtakes being released as A-side and B-side, B-sides, or on compilation albums. ''The River'' is a heartland rock and rock and roll record with a live Garage rock, garage-band sound, combining party songs with introspective ballads. The lyrics expand on the themes of Springsteen's previous albums ''Born to Run'' (1975) and ''Darkness on the Edge of Town'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julianne Phillips
Julianne Phillips (born May 6, 1960) is an American former model and actress. She began her career as a model in the early 1980s before moving on to acting. She first attracted attention as the first wife of Bruce Springsteen and later for her role as Francesca "Frankie" Reed on the television drama series ''Sisters'' (1991–1996). Biography Phillips was born in Evanston, Illinois, the youngest of six children in a Roman Catholic family. She is the daughter of William Phillips, an insurance broker and executive, and his wife, Ann. She has five siblings: four older brothers and one older sister. Phillips's family relocated to Oregon in her early years, settling in the affluent Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, where she was raised. Phillips graduated from Lake Oswego High School and attended Brooks College in Long Beach, California. Early career After graduating from college, Phillips returned to Oregon and began appearing in local community theater productions. This led to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska (album)
''Nebraska'' is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on September 30, 1982, by Columbia Records. Springsteen recorded the songs as solo demos using a four-track recorder in the bedroom of his home in Colts Neck, New Jersey, intending to rerecord them with the E Street Band, but decided to release them as they were after full-band renditions were deemed unsatisfactory. Seventeen songs appeared on the tape, ten of which appeared on ''Nebraska'', while others appeared in full-band renditions on the follow-up album '' Born in the U.S.A.'' (1984) and as B-sides. Living isolated in Colts Neck, Springsteen was influenced by American literature, films, and folk music when writing ''Nebraska''. The short stories of Flannery O'Connor particularly inspired him to write about his own childhood memories. Featuring a stark, lo-fi sound, the tracks tell the stories of ordinary, blue-collar workers who try to succeed in life but fail at every tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Run
''Born to Run'' is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on August 25, 1975, by Columbia Records. Co- produced by Springsteen with his manager Mike Appel and the producer Jon Landau, its recording took place in New York. Following the commercial failures of his first two albums, the album marked Springsteen's effort to break into the mainstream and create a commercially successful album. Springsteen sought to emulate Phil Spector's Wall of Sound production, leading to prolonged sessions with the E Street Band lasting from January 1974 to July 1975; six months alone were spent working on the title track. The album incorporates musical styles including rock and roll, pop rock, R&B, and folk rock. Its character-driven lyrics describe individuals who feel trapped and fantasize about escaping to a better life, conjured via romantic lyrical imagery of highways and travel. Springsteen envisioned the songs taking place over one long sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Branch, New Jersey
Long Branch is a beachside city in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 31,667, an increase of 948 (+3.1%) from the 2010 census count of 30,719, which in turn reflected a decline of 621 (−2.0%) from the 31,340 counted in the 2000 census. As of the 2020 census, it was the 6th-most-populous municipality in Monmouth County and had the 74th-highest population of any municipality in New Jersey. Long Branch was formed on April 11, 1867, as the Long Branch Commission, from portions of Ocean Township. Long Branch was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903, based on the results of a referendum, replacing the Long Branch Commission.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 181. Accessed May 29, 2024. History Long Branch emerged as a beach resort town in the late 18th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Brothers (EP)
''Blood Brothers'' is a five-song Extended play, EP by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released in 1996. The EP was originally released along with a film, also titled ''Blood Brothers (1996 film), Blood Brothers'', which documented the 1995 temporary reuniting of Springsteen with the band to record extra tracks for his ''Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen), Greatest Hits'' release of that year. Long out of print, the EP was re-released in January 2014 to ITunes, Spotify and other download sites. Background Four of the five songs on the EP were written and recorded in 1995 during the band's ''Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album), Greatest Hits'' sessions while "Murder Incorporated" was recorded live at Tramps, NYC in February 1995. The 1995 sessions marked the first time since 1984 that Springsteen and the entire E Street Band recorded together. Part of the band had worked on Springsteen's 1987 album, ''Tunnel of Love (album), Tunnel of Love'' before Springsteen split fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
''The Ghost of Tom Joad'' is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on November 21, 1995, by Columbia Records. His second primarily acoustic album after ''Nebraska'' (1982), ''The Ghost of Tom Joad'' reached the top ten in two countries, and the top twenty in five more, including No. 11 in the United States. It was his first studio album to fail to reach the top ten in the US in over two decades. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Composition Springsteen wrote and recorded the album between March and September, 1995, at Thrill Hill West, his home studio in Los Angeles, California. Following that year's studio reunion with the E Street Band and the release of '' Greatest Hits'', Springsteen's writing activity had increased significantly, resulting in this album, which consists of seven solo tracks and five band tracks. Most tracks are backed by acoustic guitar work and the lyrics are generally a somber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is the first compilation album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released February 27, 1995, on Columbia Records. It is a collection of some of Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years along with four new songs at the end, mostly recorded with the E Street Band in 1995. The latter constituted Springsteen's first (albeit very partial) release with his backing band since the late 1980s. Some of the songs are shorter versions of the original album releases. The incorporation of the "new" tracks was portrayed in the 1996 documentary '' Blood Brothers''. "Murder Incorporated" and "This Hard Land" were, in fact, unused 1982 songs from the '' Born in the U.S.A.'' sessions, with the latter being re-recorded here more than a decade later, and both subsequently became Springsteen concert staples. "Blood Brothers", on the other hand, was played only as the final closing song of both the 1999–2000 Reunion Tour and 2002–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Town
''Lucky Town'' is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. The album was released on March 27, 1992, the same day as Springsteen's ninth studio album ''Human Touch''. ''Lucky Town'' peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200, with lead single " Better Days" (double A-side single with ''Human Touchs title track) peaking at number one on the US Mainstream Rock and number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts. ''Lucky Town'' has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for over one million copies sold in the US. Background Springsteen was working on ''Human Touch'', which he intended to release sometime in 1990, but the project took him longer than he thought. He shelved the project in early 1991 and came back to it in September of the same year. Intending to record one more song for the album ("Living Proof"), he ended up with 10 new songs. Once he completed the sessions, he decided to put the 10 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Touch
''Human Touch'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. The album was released on March 27, 1992, the same day as ''Lucky Town''. It was the more popular of the two, peaking at number two on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and lead single "Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song), Human Touch" (double A-side single with ''Lucky Towns "Better Days (Bruce Springsteen song), Better Days") peaking at number one on the Mainstream Rock (chart), Mainstream Rock and number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts. "Human Touch" has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for over one million copies sold in the US, and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Vocal Performance at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, 1993 Grammy Awards. Background Not long after Springsteen broke up the E Street Band in October 1989, pianist Roy Bittan played Springs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunnel Of Love (album)
''Tunnel of Love'' is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on October 5, 1987. Although members of the E Street Band occasionally performed on the album, Springsteen recorded most of the parts himself, often with drum machines and synthesizers. ''Tunnel of Love'' is not officially regarded as an E Street Band album, as '' The Rising'' (2002) was marketed as his first studio album with the E Street Band since '' Born in the U.S.A.'' (1984). In 1989, the album was ranked No. 25 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties" while in 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it at No. 467 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. " Brilliant Disguise", " Tunnel of Love", " One Step Up", " Tougher Than the Rest", and " Spare Parts" were all released as singles. "Tunnel of Love" won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo at the 1988 Grammy Awards. Background ''The New York Times'' writer Jon Pareles sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
