They helped him become the lead guitarist and subsequently the lead singer of The Castiles. In 1965, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young bands in town.

At 13, his mother bought him his first guitar for $18 later, she took out a loan to buy the 16-year-old Springsteen a $60 Kent guitar, as he later memorialized in his song вЂњ The WishвЂњ. Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven after seeing Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show.

He briefly attended Ocean County College, but dropped out. Old teachers have said he was a вЂњloner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar.вЂќ He completed high school, but felt so uncomfortable that he skipped his own graduation ceremony. In ninth grade, he transferred to the public Freehold Regional High School, but did not fit in there either. He noted in the interview that his faith had given him a вЂњvery active spiritual life,вЂќ although he joked that this вЂњmade it very difficult sexually.вЂќ He added: вЂњOnce a Catholic, always a Catholic.вЂќ In a 2012 interview, he explained that it was his Catholic upbringing rather than political ideology that most influenced his music. Rose of Lima Catholic school in Freehold Borough, where he was at odds with the nuns and rejected the strictures imposed upon him, even though some of his later music reflects a Catholic ethos and included a few rock-influenced, traditional Irish-Catholic hymns. Raised a Roman Catholic, Springsteen attended the St. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full-time she took photos for his Human Touch and Lucky Town albums. He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a city near Naples. His mother, Adele Ann (nГ©e Zerilli), was a legal secretary and was of Italian ancestry. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry (his surname in Dutch means jumping stone) and worked as a bus driver, among other vocations, although he was frequently unemployed. He lived on South Street in Freehold Borough and attended Freehold Borough High School. Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and spent his childhood and high school years in Freehold Borough.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 23rd Greatest Artist of all time, the 96th Greatest Guitarist of all time on their latest list and the 36th Greatest Singer of all time in 2008. and Born to Run, showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life he has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million worldwide and he has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award.

His most successful studio albums, Born in the U.S.A. SpringsteenвЂ™s recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running up to an uninterrupted 250 minutes in length. The E Street Band, Steel Mill, Miami Horns, The Sessions Band, Southside Johnny, The Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick MurphysДЇender Telecaster Takamine Guitars Gibson J-45 Hohner Marine Band Harmonica Gibson J-200 Gibson ES-335 Gibson HummingbirdД«ruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed вЂњ The BossвЂњ, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who records and tours with the E Street Band. Rock, folk rock, heartland rock, roots rock () Septem(age 63) Long Branch, New Jersey, United States Springsteen performing at the Roskilde Festival 2012.

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