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How Well do You Know Bruce Springsteen

Amruta Deshpande
Bruce Springsteen, more popular as "The Boss" is an American singer, song writer and musician. Take this quiz to find out how much do you know about him!
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born on 23rd September 1949 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. He is popular as "The Boss".
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Bruce Springsteen has two younger sisters named Virginia and Pamela, with the latter having a brief acting career. Pamela later shifted her focus to pursue photography. In fact, she also took photos for his albums.
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Bruce Springsteen was raised a Roman Catholic and went to St. Rose of Lima Catholic school in Freehold. Some of his later music reflects the Catholic ethos and includes a few traditional Irish-Catholic hymns.
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Elvis Presley’s performance on the Ed Sullivan Show inspired Bruce Springsteen so much that his mother took out a loan to buy him a $60 Kent Guitar for his 16th birthday.
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‘Twist and Shout’ by The Beatles was the first song learned by Bruce on guitar. He still plays the song in encores and has also played it with Paul McCartney himself.
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After having initially scouted by John Hammond, Bruce Springsteen was finally signed for Columbia Records by Clive Davis in 1972 which launched his way to success.
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The Castiles were a five piece rock band that played mostly local malls and 'battle of the bands.' The band recorded 02 songs, ‘Baby I’ and ‘That’s What You Get’ in 1966.
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Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album of Bruce Springsteen released by Columbia Records in 1984. The album produced seven top-10 hit singles & has sold more than 30 million copies till date.
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In 1994, Bruce Springsteen added an Oscar to his crowded awards shelf for the song "Streets of Philadelphia" which appeared in the Tom Hanks movie ‘Philadelphia’.
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As surprising as it may seem, Bruce Springsteen has never had a No. 1 single in the US or UK. ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ in 1994 reached No. 2 on the British Charts and ‘Dancing in the Dark’ in 1984 hit the same position on the Billboard Charts.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band took a cover version of Bruce Springsteen's ‘Blinded by the Light’ to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977.
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Bruce Springsteen was inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999.
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