The name has remained fitting for the artist, who has always been clever about licensing the band's many cinematic songs for use in movies, helping to grow his legend and the band's popularity as he became one of America's most iconic rockers. Springsteen has long embodied tenets of American identity, with songs about working-class heroes that drew on early Rock 'n' Roll and Soul Music influences.Īffectionately known to his fans as "The Boss", Springsteen acquired the pseudonym from his E-Street Band, as during their early touring days he was the one tasked with collecting and distributing the band's payments after a gig. Born in New Jersey in 1949, Springsteen rose to prominence in the early '70s with the release of Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, making him not only a hero to New Jerseyites, but the world at large as his popularity grew to stratospheric heights in the '80s.
Bruce Springsteen's music has appeared on over 300 movie soundtracks, so pervasive is his influence on rock history and American popular culture.
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