BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
  • Born in New Jersey in 1949, Springsteen is known as 'the Boss'
  • Over the years he has performed and recorded as a solo artist and with the E Street Band, which was originally formed in the early 1970s
  • Bruce has sold over 6.5m albums in the UK and an estimated 64m in the US
  • His biggest selling UK album is 'Born In The USA'. The No1 from 1983 has sales of over 1.6m
 
Shouldn't He Be Famous? - by David Marsh, Let It Rock (Dec. 1974)
"Bruce Springsteen, the young singer-songwriter from Asbury Park, NJ who many people feel is going to be the greatest new rock star of the seventies. With his mangy beard, and his greasy hair, he reminds many of that other symbol of alienation, James Dean. Dressed in an inevitably sleeveless T-shirt and mirror sunglasses no matter how dark the hall, Springsteen, playing guitar and singing, is the most mesmerizing rock performer to emerge since Bette Midler. But of course, his appeal, like his appearance, is antithetical to Midler's. When Springsteen chooses an old hit to perform, he'll reach for Sam Cooke's 'Cupid', or the Crystals 'Then I Kissed Him', or perhaps Gary US Bonds' 'Quarter To Three'. When he wants a new song, he'll write it himself, with a sense of rhythmic invention and a penchant for weird guitar lines that makes him a match for even those masters of the musically macabre, Steely Dan."
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Date Title, Artist, (Label) Peak Position Weeks Weeks at No.1
22/11/1980

HUNGRY HEART

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 9309)

 44 4 0
13/06/1981

THE RIVER

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 1179)

 35 6 0
26/05/1984

DANCING IN THE DARK

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 4436)

 28 7 0
06/10/1984

COVER ME

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 4662)

 38 5 0
12/01/1985

DANCING IN THE DARK

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 4436)

 4 16 0
23/03/1985

COVER ME

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 4662)

 16 8 0
15/06/1985

I'M ON FIRE/BORN IN THE USA

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 6342)

 5 12 0
03/08/1985

GLORY DAYS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 6375)

 17 6 0
14/12/1985

SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN/MY HOMETOWN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS A 6773)

 9 5 0
29/11/1986

WAR

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 6501937)

 18 7 0
07/02/1987

FIRE

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 6503817)

 54 2 0
23/05/1987

BORN TO RUN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS BRUCE 2)

 16 4 0
03/10/1987

BRILLIANT DISGUISE

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 6511417)

 20 5 0
12/12/1987

TUNNEL OF LOVE

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 6512957)

 45 4 0
18/06/1988

TOUGHER THAN THE REST

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS BRUCE 3)

 13 8 0
24/09/1988

SPARE PARTS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS BRUCE 4)

 32 3 0
21/03/1992

HUMAN TOUCH

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6578727)

 11 5 0
23/05/1992

BETTER DAYS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6578907)

 34 3 0
25/07/1992

57 CHANNELS (AND NOTHIN' ON)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6581387)

 32 4 0
24/10/1992

LEAP OF FAITH

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6583697)

 46 3 0
10/04/1993

LUCKY TOWN (LIVE)

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6592282)

 48 3 0
19/03/1994

STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6600652)

 2 12 0
22/04/1995

SECRET GARDEN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6612955)

 44 3 0
11/11/1995

HUNGRY HEART

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6626252)

 28 3 0
04/05/1996

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6630315)

 26 2 0
19/04/1997

SECRET GARDEN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6643245)

 17 4 0
14/12/2002

LONESOME DAY

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 6734082)

 39 2 0
29/12/2007

SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN/MY HOMETOWN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Sony Music USSM17500461)

 60 1 0
Date Title, Artist, (Label) Peak Position Weeks Weeks at No.1
01/11/1975

BORN TO RUN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 69170)

 17 50 0
17/06/1978

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 86061)

 16 40 0
25/10/1980

THE RIVER

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 88510)

 2 88 0
02/10/1982

NEBRASKA

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 25100)

 3 19 0
16/06/1984

BORN IN THE U.S.A.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 86304)

 1 129 5
15/06/1985

GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 32210)

 41 10 0
15/06/1985

THE WILD, THE INNOCENT AND THE E. STREET SHUFFLE

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 32363)

 33 12 0
22/11/1986

LIVE/1975-1985

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E. STREET BAND (CBS 4502271)

 4 9 0
17/10/1987

TUNNEL OF LOVE

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (CBS 4602701)

 1 33 1
04/04/1992

HUMAN TOUCH

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4714232)

 1 17 1
04/04/1992

LUCKY TOWN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4714242)

 2 11 0
24/04/1993

IN CONCERT - MTV UNPLUGGED

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4738602)

 4 7 0
11/03/1995

GREATEST HITS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4785552)

 1 61 2
25/11/1995

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4816502)

 16 14 0
21/11/1998

TRACKS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4926052)

 50 1 0
24/04/1999

18 TRACKS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 4942002)

 23 7 0
14/04/2001

LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E. STREET BAND (Columbia 5000002)

 12 6 0
10/08/2002

THE RISING

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 5080009)

 1 16 1
22/11/2003

THE ESSENTIAL

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 5137009)

 28 2 0
22/11/2003

THE ESSENTIAL

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 5137002)

 32 9 0
07/05/2005

DEVILS & DUST

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 5200002)

 1 8 1
26/11/2005

BORN TO RUN -30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 82876755892)

 63 1 0
11/03/2006

HAMMERSMITH ODEON LONDON '75

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E. STREET BAND (Columbia 82876779952)

 33 1 0
06/05/2006

WE SHALL OVERCOME - THE SEEGER SESSIONS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 82876830742)

 3 10 0
16/06/2007

LIVE IN DUBLIN

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & SESSIONS (Columbia 88697108762)

 21 2 0
13/10/2007

MAGIC

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 88697170602)

 1 16 2
07/02/2009

WORKING ON A DREAM

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 88697413552)

 1 11 2
20/06/2009

GREATEST HITS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E. STREET BAND (Columbia 88697530912)

 3 21 0
27/11/2010

THE PROMISE

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 88697761772)

 7 7 0
11/12/2010

THE COLLECTION 1973-84

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 88697747712)

 35 4 0
17/03/2012

WRECKING BALL

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (Columbia 88691942542)

 1 19 1
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