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Bruce Springsteen

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1 What is Bruce Springsteen also known as?

2 Given an enormous budget in a last-ditch effort at a commercially viable record, Springsteen became bogged down in the recording process while striving for a ________ production.

3 A multiple Grammy Award winner, Springsteen also won an ________ in 1994 for his song "Streets of Philadelphia", which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia.

4 [24]) With the release of ________ on August 25, 1975, Springsteen finally found success.

5 What years was Bruce Springsteen active?

6 To cap off the triumph, Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and ________ in the same week, on October 27 of that year.

7 Which of the following instruments did Bruce Springsteen play?

8 Because of his support for the presidential campaigns of Senator John Kerry and President Barack Obama, Springsteen has gradually become identified with ________.

9 Which of the following labels did Bruce Springsteen work with?

10 ________ for "Streets of Philadelphia" in 1994.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Devils & Dust, the upcoming folk album from Bruce Springsteen, will be his nineteenth released album?
  • "Spirit in the Night" was the first of three songs from Bruce Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. that was covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band?
  • "Brilliant Disguise" and "Tunnel of Love" gave Bruce Springsteen two consecutive #1 singles on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart from the Tunnel of Love album?
  • although fortuneteller Madam Marie was "finally busted" in Bruce Springsteen's "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", she was never arrested in real life?
  • although the songs "Tougher Than the Rest" and "Spare Parts" by New Jersey musician Bruce Springsteen were not released as singles in the United States, each became a Top-20 single in Europe?
  • while Bruce Springsteen's song "One Step Up" is about a relationship breaking up, the backing vocal was sung by his future wife Patti Scialfa?
  • the "Madame Marie" mentioned in the 1973 song 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen was a real-life fortune teller on the Asbury Park boardwalk?
  • country singer Johnny Cash (pictured) covered the song "Johnny 99" by Bruce Springsteen and made it the title song of the album it appeared on?
  • Bruce Springsteen's song "Nebraska" was inspired by Springsteen seeing Terrence Malick's film Badlands on television?
  • Bruce Springsteen joined The Gaslight Anthem onstage at Glastonbury Festival 2009 to perform the band's 2008 song "The '59 Sound"?
  • Bruce Springsteen has described his hit song "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" as the type of song he tends to want to throw out?
  • 18-year-old Jay Weinberg is touring with Bruce Springsteen as the E Street Band's drummer while his father, Max Weinberg, prepares for the June premiere of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien?
  • Bruce Springsteen recorded the vocal of "Lonesome Day" live for each take of its music video, unlike common practice?
  • Bruce Springsteen was inspired to write his songs "Youngstown" and "The New Timer" after reading stories of dying steel towns in Dale Maharidge's book Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass?
  • Bruce Springsteen's song "For You" is about a woman who has attempted suicide?
  • Bruce Springsteen wrote "She's the One" before recording Born to Run, but was originally unsure whether to include it on the album?
  • "Racing in the Street" commemorates the racing that occurred on a little fire road outside Bruce Springsteen's home town of Asbury Park?
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