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Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1949, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, spent most of his childhood and school years in the borough of Freehold, New Jersey.

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Bruce was inspired to go into music after watching Elvis Presley perform on The Ed Sullivan Show and at the age of thirteen, he got his first guitar. In 1965, he became the lead guitarist and lead singer of the group, The Castilles.

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In the late sixties, Bruce was nicknamed "The Boss", a name he initially disliked, since most of his music was about hard working people and the less fortunate. During the early seventies he experimented with many different sounds, including blues, rock and roll and soul.

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Bruce formed several bands before getting the sound he was looking for and eventually created The E Street Band, which included Clarence Clemmons, David Sancious, Danny Federici, Gary Tallent, and Vini Lopez.

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Columbia Records signed Bruce in 1972 and his debut album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ" was a critical success, but did not produce any hit singles. Neither did their second album, "The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle."

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In 1975, Sancious and Lopez were replaced by Roy Brittan and Max Weinberg. Miami Steve Van Zandt completed the group and the album "Born To Run" was recorded.

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Bruce's "Blinded by The Light", from his first album, was made a hit by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Patti Smith went Top 20 with his "Because the Night" composition and The Pointer Sisters version of "Fire" went to number two on Billboard's weekly charts.

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On the charts, Bruce has been on Billboard's weekly Top 40 charts nineteen times and has yet to have a number one single, although he has had eleven number one albums, according to Billboard's album charts. Here's a look at Bruce Springsteen's twenty biggest hits, according to the Billboard Top 40 Weekly Charts.

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Dancing In The Dark - 1984 - Bruce's biggest hit single went to number two on the weekly charts for four weeks.