Bruce Springsteen - Did You Know?
February 17, 2018Music facts, music trivia, interesting stories and much more. Introducing the "Did You Know" page about American singer and songwriter, "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen.
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Bruce Springsteen (Nicknamed "The Boss") is an American singer and songwriter, known for his work with the E Street Band.
Bruce Springsteen is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class, political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey and more.
He has a very distinctive voice, and his performances and concerts are long and energetic, from the 1970s to the present day, concerts which are running at up to four hours in length.
We are used to read about jobs and occupations musicians had before finding glory and becoming famous, but this is not the case with "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen.
Believe it or not, but Bruce Springsteen never had a job in his life besides making and playing music. He grew up hearing singer Frank Sinatra (also from New Jersey) on the radio and became interested in being involved in music himself.
In 1956 at the age of seven, Springsteen saw Elvis Presley perform on The Ed Sullivan Show and in 1964, he bought his first guitar for $18. This was an important year for Springsteen, because he saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, and right after, he started playing for audiences with a band called the Rogues.
As for his known nickname "The Boss", Springsteen actually hates it. It was given to him by by overwhelmed musicians in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in the early '70s.
I guess concentrating only on music was worth while for Springsteen, as he has sold over 140 million records worldwide and more than 64 million records in US, which made him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.
Springsteen has earned numerous awards during his music career, including no less than 20 Grammy Awards, 2 Golden Globes, and even an Academy Award.
He was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999.
In 2009, he was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in 2013 he was named MusiCares person of the year, and in 2016, Springsteen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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The song "Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen is about a woman who is very guarded in relationships. If you prove your worth, she might let you into her heart, but there is a place, her "secret garden" that is off limits to everyone but her.
Springsteen wrote the song for his 1992 album, Human Touch, but then decided not to use it on that album. Springsteen didn't record the song until 1995, and eventually released it on Greatest Hits.
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The song "The River" by Bruce Springsteen is based on conversations that Bruce had with his brother-in-law.
After losing his construction job, he worked hard to support his wife and child, but he had never complained.
The song "The River" was influenced by the song "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It" by Hank Williams.
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Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Dancing in the Dark" about his difficulty writing a hit single and his frustration trying to write songs that will please people.
Springsteen's struggles pour out in the lyric, where he feels like a hired gun dying for some action. Ironically, the song "Dancing in the Dark" became a hit single, and was the biggest of Springsteen's career in terms of US chart position.
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