Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen is a legend in rock. His bluecollar themes have put him amongst heartland rockers like Bob Seger and John Mellencamp despite him coming from New Jersey. His immense success has made him well-known to all generations. Album Born in the U.S.A. went diamond while almost all of his other albums were certified. He had numerous hit singles, some certified. He has one Oscar. He has two Golden Globes. He has numerous Grammys. He has a Tony. He is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He received the Kennedy Center Honors. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was inducted his first year of eligibility, an obvious choice. However, his backing group was not inducted until many years later, a shame. They were given the "Award for Musical Excellence". The Hall needs to learn better respect for backing groups if they expect to tribute the whole history of rock music. He performed the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show. He was a part of the charity supergroup USA for Africa. He was inducted by Bono from post punk group U2. He was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

Recommended Songs

 * Dancing in the Dark
 * Born in the USA
 * Streets of Philadelphia
 * I'm on Fire
 * Glory Days
 * Born to Run
 * Hungry Heart
 * Thunder Road
 * Pink Cadillac
 * Atlantic City
 * Radio Nowhere
 * Jungleland
 * Blinded By the Light
 * Cadillac Ranch
 * Prove it All Night
 * Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
 * Rosalita

Recommended Albums

 * Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Trivia

 * The song Born in the USA is not supposed to be patriotic, but rather about a soldier going off to Vietnam and the reception he receives when he returns.
 * People were concerned about Radio Nowhere sounding very similar to the Tommy Tutone hit Jenny/867-5309. However, Tutone said he liked the song and if he thought that there was any form of plagiarism, he would file a lawsuit, but he wasn't going to.