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Current mountain bicycle groupsets include:. Only one of these awards has been one of the cross-genre "major" ones (Song, Record, or Album of the Year); he has been nominated a number of other times for the majors, but failed to win. Current road bicycle groupsets include:. For a detailed discography, see Bruce Springsteen discography.. In fact, VIA is an official approval stamp used to certify parts of Japanese vehicles - including bicycles. Burgar claims to be running a Springsteen fan club. Many people believe that "VIA", which is stamped on all Shimano parts, is a form of corporate logo, since it does not appear on Campagnolo parts, for instance. Once the legal complaint was filed, Burgar pointed the domain to a Springsteen biography and message board.

Shimano also introduced new proprietary standards for disc brakes and hubs, and for bottom brackets and cranksets, further fueling speculation about monopolistic intentions. In November 2000 Springsteen filed legal action against Burgar which accused him of registering the domain in bad faith along with several other celebrity domains to funnel web users to his Celebrity 1000 portal site. This development was controversial: critics viewed it as an attempt to monopolise the mountain bike components market because the use of Dual Control integrated shifting requires the use of Shimano brakes, and the Rapid Rise derailler is believed to work more effectively with the Dual Control system. A WIPO panel ruled 2 to 1 in favor of Burgar. In 2003 Shimano introduced "Dual Control" to mountain bikes, where the gear shift mechanism is integrated into the brake levers, and reintroduced the "Rapid Rise" rear derailler which works in the opposite direction to traditional deraillers. In February 2001, Springsteen lost a domain name dispute to Jeff Burgar, who had registered brucespringsteen.com. World championships in both the road and time trial disciplines were won on Shimano equipment. [10] The E Street Band was inactive from the end of 1988 through early 1999, except for a brief reunion in 1995.

In 2002, Dura-Ace equipped bikes were ridden to victory in the Tour de France (Lance Armstrong), Giro d'Italia (Paolo Savoldelli), and Vuelta a España (Aitor González), marking the first time Shimano componentry had been used to win all three grand tours. The E Street Band is considered to have started in October 1972, even though it wasn't officially billed and known as such until September 1974. Lance Armstrong's 1999 victory in the Tour de France on a Shimano Dura-Ace equipped Trek was the first time Shimano components had been used to win the grand tour. Eonline story, 11/2005Also in November 2005, Sirius Satellite Radio started a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week radio station on Channel 10 called "E Street Radio." This channel, which has since been discontinued, featured commercial-free Bruce Springsteen music, including rare tracks, interviews, and daily concerts of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band recorded throughout their career. In contrast to the near-universal marketing technique of introducing innovations on the expensive side of the marketplace and relying on consumer demand to emulate early adopters along with economy of scale to bring them into the mass market, Shimano introduced new technologies at the lowest end of the bicycle market, using lower cost and often heavier and less durable materials and techniques, only moving them further upscale if they established themselves in the lower market segments. For unstated reasons, this resolution was killed in committee. SunTour eventually lost the commercial battle. In general, resolutions honoring native sons are passed with a simple voice vote.

While both companies provided products for all price-ranges of the market, SunTour also focused on refinement of existing systems and designs for higher end products, while Shimano paid more attention to rethinking the basic systems and bringing out innovations such as index shifting and front freewheel systems. Senate resolution to honor Springsteen on the 30th anniversary of the release of his Born to Run album. When the 1970s United States bike boom exceeded the capacity of the American and European bicycle component manufacturers, Japanese manufacturers SunTour and Shimano rapidly stepped in to fill the void. In November 2005, New Jersey Senators Frank Lautenberg and Jon Corzine sponsored a U.S. SRAM is a competitor as the other major manufacturer of mountain bike groupsets, though they are now introducing a road groupset as well. (Offstage synthesizer, guitar, and percussion are also used for some songs.) Unearthly renditions of "Reason to Believe", "The Promised Land", and Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream" jolted audiences to attention, while rarities, frequent set list changes, and a willingness to keep trying even through audible piano mistakes kept most of his loyal audiences happy. The Italian firm Campagnolo is a competitor as the other major manufacturer of road groupsets. Unlike his mid-1990s solo tour, he performed on piano, electric piano, pump organ, autoharp, ukelele, banjo, electric guitar, and stomping board, as well as acoustic guitar and harmonica, adding variety to the solo sound.

Groupsets commonly include: crankset comprising cranks and chainrings; bottom bracket; chain; rear gear cogs or cassette; front and rear wheel hubs; gear shift levers; brakes; brake levers; cables; front and rear gear mechanisms or derailleurs. Attendance was sparse in a few regions, and everywhere tickets were easier to get than in the past. These components are generally organised and sold as groupsets intended to be supplied as a near complete collection of a bicycle's mechanical parts. Springsteen began a solo tour at the same time as the album's release, playing both small and large venues. Shimano products include drivetrain, brake, wheel and pedal components for leisure, road and mountain bikes. 1 in 10 different countries (United States, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, and Ireland). . Nonetheless, the album entered the album charts at No.

Shimano ((OTCBB: SHMDF), FWB: SHM) is a Japanese manufacturer of cycling, fishing, snowboarding, and until 2005, golf components. Starbucks rejected a co-branding deal for the album, not only due to some sexually explicit content, but also because of Springsteen's anti-corporate politics. Tourney - this includes several different levels of quality, and can be found on department-store bicycles. The title track concerns an ordinary soldier's feelings and fears during the Iraq War. Altus. [9]. Acera. Some of the material was written almost 10 years earlier during or shortly after the Tom Joad tour, a couple of them being performed then but never released.

Alivio. It is a low-key, mostly acoustic album, in the same vein as Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad although with a little more instrumentation. Deore. Springsteen's most recent album, Devils & Dust, was released on April 26, 2005 and was recorded without the E Street Band. LX. Whether Springsteen's stance causes a reduction in his fan base (now an older, more affluent demographic) remains to be seen as of 2005. XT. Springsteen's "No Surrender" became the main campaign theme song for John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign; in the last days of the campaign, he performed acoustic versions of this and a few of his other songs at Kerry rallies.

XTR - This is the top of the range for CrossCountry(XC) mountain bikes. This new stance led to criticism and praise from the expected partisan sources. Hone. While in past years Springsteen had played benefits for causes he believed in – against nuclear energy, for Vietnam veterans, Amnesty International, and the Christic Institute – he had always refrained from explicitly endorsing candidates for political office (indeed he had rejected the efforts of Walter Mondale to construe an endorsement during the 1984 Reagan "Born in the U.S.A." flap). Saint - This is the top of the range for DownHill(DH)/FreeRide(FR) bikes. Several days later, Springsteen held one more such concert in New Jersey, when polls showed that state surprisingly close. Sora. A finale was held in Washington, D.C., bringing many of the artists together.

Tiagra. Bush. 105. All concerts were to be held in swing states, to benefit MoveOn.org and encourage people to vote against George W. Ultegra. In 2004, Springsteen announced that he and the E Street Band would participate in a politically motivated "Vote for Change" tour, in conjunction with John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, the Dixie Chicks, R.E.M., Jurassic 5, Dave Matthews Band, and other musicians. Dura-Ace. At the Grammy Awards of 2003, Springsteen performed The Clash's "London Calling" along with Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, and E Street Band member Steven van Zandt in tribute to the late Joe Strummer; Springsteen and the Clash had once been considered multiple-album-dueling rivals at the time of the double The River and the triple Sandinista!.

He also frequently rehearses for tours in Asbury Park; some of his most devoted followers even go so far as to stand outside the building to hear what fragments they can of the upcoming shows. These shows are explicitly intended for the faithful, featuring numbers such as the unreleased (until Tracks) E Street Shuffle out-take "Thundercrack", a rollicking group participation song that would mystify casual Springsteen fans. During the 2000s, Springsteen became a visible advocate for the revitalization of Asbury Park, and has played an annual series of winter holiday concerts there to benefit various local businesses, organizations, and causes. Bob Dylan was a surprise guest on the last night, the two performing "Highway 61 Revisited" together.

Bruce Springsteen lost his police escort for the second night after performing "American Skin (41 Shots)", a song about the police shooting of Amadou Diallo. The Rising tour would come to a final conclusion with 3 nights in Shea Stadium. During these shows Springsteen thanked those fans who were attending multiple shows and those who were coming from long distances or out of the country; the advent of robust Bruce-oriented online communities had made these practices easier. [8].

But it was still strong along the coasts, and he played an unprecedented 10 nights in outdoor football Giants Stadium in New Jersey, a ticket-selling feat that no other musical act can come close to. While Springsteen had maintained a loyal hardcore fan base everywhere, his general popularity had dipped over the years in some southern and midwestern regions of the U.S. A massive tour was made to promote The Rising. The title track gained airplay in several radio formats, and the record became Springsteen's best-selling album of new material in 15 years.

The album, mostly a reflection on the September 11 attacks, was a critical and popular success, and hailed the return of "The Boss". In 2002, Springsteen released his first studio effort with the full band in 18 years, The Rising, produced by Brendan O'Brien. The final shows at Madison Square Garden were recorded and resulted in an HBO Concert, with corresponding DVD and album releases as Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City. Springsteen's reunion tour with the E Street Band ended with a triumphant ten night sold-out engagement at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Highlights included a record sold-out, 15-show run at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. In 1999, the E Street Band officially reunited and went on an extensive world tour, lasting over a year. In 1998, another precursor to the E Street Band's upcoming re-birth appeared in the form of a sprawling, four-disc box set of out-takes, Tracks. The small-venue solo tour that followed successfully featured many of his older songs in drastically reshaped acoustic form, although Springsteen had to explicitly remind his audiences to be quiet during the performances.

This was less well-received than the similar Nebraska, due to the minimal melody, twangy vocals, and didactic nature of most of the songs. In 1995, after temporarily re-organizing the E Street Band for a few new songs recorded for his first Greatest Hits album (a recording session that was chronicled in the documentary Blood Brothers), he released his second solo guitar album, The Ghost of Tom Joad. Unusually, the music video for the song shows Springsteen's actual vocal performance, recorded using a hidden microphone, as he refused to lip-sync to a prerecorded vocal track. The song, along with the film, was applauded by many for its sympathetic portrayal of a gay man dying of AIDS, especially coming from a mainstream, heterosexual musician.

A multiple Grammy Award winner, Springsteen also won an Academy Award in 1993 for his song "Streets of Philadelphia," which appeared in the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia. I would have written just happy songs -- and I tried it in the early '90s and it didn't work; the public didn't like it." [7]. Springsteen seemed to realize this dissatisfaction a few years hence when he spoke humorously of his late father during his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech: "I've gotta thank him because -- what would I conceivably have written about without him? I mean, you can imagine that if everything had gone great between us, we would have had disaster. An abortive acoustic band appearance on the MTV Unplugged television program that was later released as In Concert/MTV Plugged further cemented fan dissatisfaction.

However, most fans view these albums (especially Human Touch) and the "Other Band" Tour that followed as the low point in Springsteen's career; it was also during this tour that Springsteen first began using a teleprompter so as to not forget his lyrics, a practice he has continued with ever since. As opposed to his first two albums, which dreamed of happiness, and his next four, which showed him growing to fear it, these albums saw a finally satisfied and mature Springsteen. Also different about these albums was the confidence he displayed. Human Touch and Lucky Town were even more introspective than any of his previous work.

In 1992, after risking charges of "going Hollywood" by moving to Los Angeles (a radical move for someone so linked to the blue-collar life of the Jersey Shore) and working with session musicians, Springsteen released two albums simultaneously. Springsteen married Scialfa in 1991; they had three children born between 1990 and 1994. Shortly after the end of the Amnesty tour, Springsteen dissolved the E Street Band. Later in 1988, Springsteen headlined the truly worldwide Human Rights Now! Tour for Amnesty International.

The subsequent Tunnel of Love Express Tour shook up fans with changes to the stage layout, favorites dropped from the set list, and horn-based arrangements; during the European leg in 1988, Springsteen's relationship with E Street Band backup singer Patti Scialfa became public. Reflecting the challenges of love, on Tunnel of Love's title song, Springsteen famously sang:. It coincided with the breakup of his first marriage to actress Julianne Phillips. After this commercial peak, Springsteen released the much more sedate and contemplative Tunnel of Love (1987), a mature reflection on the many faces of love found, lost and squandered.

Some fans and critics felt the song selection on this album could have been better, but in any case, Springsteen concerts are the subjects of frequent bootleg recording and trading among fans. The five-record boxed set Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 (also released on three cassettes or three CDs) summed up Springsteen's career to this point, and displayed some of the elements that made Springsteen shows so powerful to his fans: the switching from mournful dirges to party rockers and back; the communal sense of purpose between artist and audience; the long emotionally intense spoken passages before songs, including those describing Springsteen's difficult relationship with his father; and the instrumental prowess of the E Street Band, such as in the long coda to "Racing in the Street". The Born in the U.S.A. period represented the height of Springsteen's visibility in popular culture and the broadest audience demographic he would ever reach (this was further helped by releasing Arthur Baker dance mixes of three of the singles). This famous appearance helped launch Cox's career.

The music video for the song featured a young Courteney Cox dancing on stage with Springsteen. In later years, Springsteen performed the song accompanied only with acoustic guitar to more explicitly make clear the song's original meaning.) "Dancing in the Dark" was the biggest of seven hit singles from Born in the U.S.A., peaking at number two on the Billboard music charts. (Springsteen requested that the Reagan campaign stop using the song, as he supported Democratic Party candidate Walter Mondale.) (The campaign obliged, but the song was already linked with Reagan in the minds of many. The song was widely mis-interpreted on release as nationalistic, with Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign being the foremost example.

The title track was a tribute to Springsteen's buddies that had experienced the Vietnam War, some of whom did not come back. Springsteen is probably best known for the multi-million selling Born in the U.S.A.(1984), and the massively successful world tour that followed it. Springsteen did not go on tour with the release of this album. While Nebraska did not sell especially well, it garnered widespread critical praise.

The album actually started (according to Marsh) as a demo tape for new songs to be played with the E Street Band - but during the recording process, Springsteen and producer Landau realized they worked better as solo acoustic numbers; several attempts at re-recording the songs in a studio led them to realize that the original versions, recorded on a simple, low-tech four-track cassette deck in Springsteen's kitchen, were the best versions they were going to get. The title track on this album is about the murder spree of Charles Starkweather. According to the Marsh biographies, Springsteen was in a depressed state when he wrote this material, and the result is a brutal depiction of American life. He followed this with the stark solo acoustic Nebraska in 1982.

Springsteen continued to consolidate his thematic focus on working-class life with the double album The River in 1980, which finally yielded his first hit single of his own, "Hungry Heart" (originally written for The Ramones but retained for his own use instead). Patti Smith reached number 13 with her take on Springsteen's unreleased "Because the Night" in 1978, while The Pointer Sisters hit number two in 1979 with Springsteen's also-unreleased "Fire.". number one pop hit out of a heavily rearranged version of Greetings's "Blinded by the Light" in early 1977. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had gotten a U.S.

By the late 1970s, Springsteen had developed a reputation in the pop world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for others if not for himself. [6]. Other fans would always like the adventurous early Springsteen best. Many fans consider Darkness Springsteen's best and most consistent record; tracks such as "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" became concert staples for decades to come.

Gone were the rapid-fire lyrics, out-sized characters, and long, multi-part musical compositions of the first three albums; now the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. Musically, this album was the turning point of Springsteen's career. A legal battle with former manager Mike Appel kept Springsteen out of the studio for a while, and probably also contributed to the much more somber tone of his 1978 album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. To cap off the triumph, Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, on October 27 of that year.

[5]) With the release of Born to Run on August 25, 1975, Springsteen found success: while there were no real hit singles, "Born to Run", "Thunder Road," and "Jungleland" all received massive FM radio airplay and remain perennial favorites on many classic rock stations to this day. (Decades later, Rolling Stone magazine would name the stand as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll. On August 13, 1975, Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night, ten-show stand at New York's Bottom Line club; it attracted considerable media attention as well as a live broadcast on WNEW-FM, and convinced many skeptics that Springsteen was for real. Fed by release of an early mix of "Born to Run" to progressive rock radio, anticipation built towards the new album's release.

This was Springsteen's last-ditch effort to make a commercially viable record; its wall of sound production had an enormous budget and had become bogged down in the recording process. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time." [4] Landau subsequently became Springsteen's manager and then producer, helping to finish Springsteen's epic new album that was underway. In the May 22, 1974 issue of Boston's The Real Paper, music critic Jon Landau wrote, "I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. The long, full-of-life "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" from this album would go on to become one of Springsteen's most beloved concert numbers.

Later in 1973 his second album, The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle came out, again to critical acclaim but no commercial profit. [3]. Because of his lyrics-heavy, folk rock-rooted music and the Columbia and Hammond connections, critics frequently compared Springsteen to Bob Dylan in the early days of his recording career. His debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., from January 1973, established him as a critical favorite [2], though sales were slow.

Springsteen brought many of his New Jersey-based musician friends, including guitarist Steven Van Zandt, into the studio with him, many of them forming the E Street Band. He signed a solo record deal with Columbia Records in 1972 with the help of John Hammond, who had signed Bob Dylan to the same record label a decade earlier. He began his recording career with the E Street Band in 1973. He would also make many surprise appearances at The Stone Pony and other shore nightclubs over the years.

Drawing on his extensive local appeal, his appearances in major New Jersey and Philadelphia venues routinely would sell out for consecutive nights and, much like the Grateful Dead, his show's song lists would vary significantly from night to night. Even after gaining international acclaim, Springsteen's New Jersey roots would reverberate in his music, with him routinely praising "the great state of New Jersey" in his live shows. His New Jersey shows quickly gathered cult-like appeal for their energy, passion and longevity, most lasting in excess of three hours. Before being discovered nationally, he returned to Asbury Park, New Jersey, and performed regularly at small nightclubs there and along the Jersey shore.

They went on to perform some memorable shows at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He began performing in Richmond, Virginia, in late 1969 and through 1970 with singer Robbin Thompson in a band called Steel Mill. Bruce's sister, Pamela Sue Springsteen, had a brief film career, but walked away from acting for good to pursue her still photography career full time. [1].

Marion Vinyard said that even when Springsteen was a young man, she believed him when he said he was going to make it big. The Castilles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Bricktown, New Jersey, and played a variety of venues, including Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. They helped him become the lead guitarist of The Castiles, and later became the lead singer of the group. When he was 16, his mother took out a loan to buy him a $60 Kent guitar, an event he memorializes in his song "The Wish." In 1965, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young bands in his town.

At the age of 13, he bought his first guitar for $18. He was inspired to become a musician when he saw Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show. His father, Douglas, was a bus driver of Dutch and Irish ancestry and his mother, Adele Zirilli Springsteen, an Italian-Puerto Rican or Italian-American legal secretary. Bruce Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Freehold Borough, New Jersey.

. Springsteen has long had the nickname "The Boss," a term which he was initially reported to dislike but now seems to have come to terms with — he sometimes jokingly refers to himself as such on stage. Much of Springsteen's iconic status in America as well as his popularity stems from his concerts, marathon shows in which he and the E Street Band energetically perform intense ballads, rousing anthems, and party rock and roll songs. Springsteen's recordings have tended to alternate between commercially accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works.

Springsteen is also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on which his album The Rising reflects. Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." was so popular that Ronald Reagan attempted to co-opt it during his 1984 presidential campaign, misinterpreting it as a plainly nationalistic song rather than one about the negative after-effects of the Vietnam War. He has gradually become identified with progressive politics. Springsteen's lyrics often concern men and women struggling to make ends meet.

His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize his penchant for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily life. His eloquence in expressing ordinary, everyday problems has earned him numerous awards, including Grammy Awards and an Oscar, along with a huge fan base. A musical heir to Elvis Presley, Woody Guthrie, and Bob Dylan, Springsteen is most widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered around his native New Jersey. He has frequently recorded and toured with the E Street Band.

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Accessed on March 17, 2005. Bruce Springsteen biography. Accessed on March 17, 2005.

GROWIN' UP BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BIOGRAPHY PAGES 1949-2003. Smith, Andrew Bruce Springsteen loses cybersquatting dispute, The Register, February 9, 2001. Bloomsbury, 2005. 4th of July, Asbury Park: A History of the Promised Land.

Wolff, Daniel. (Consolidation of two previous Marsh biographies, Born to Run (1981) and Glory Days (1987).). ISBN 041596928X. Routledge, 2003.

Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts : The Definitive Biography, 1972-2003. Marsh, Dave. ISBN 0684184567. Rolling Stone Press, 1985.

Springsteen. Hilburn, Robert. Da Capo, 2005. Runaway American Dream: Listening to Bruce Springsteen.

Guterman, Jimmy. Visible Ink, 2005. The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen A to E to Z. Graff, Gary.

ISBN 0671868985. Simon & Schuster, 1992. Down Thunder Road. Eliot, Marc with Appel, Mike.

ISBN 0819567612. New edition of 1997 study book places Springsteen's work in the broader context of American history and culture. 1997; Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2005. Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition.

Cullen, Jim. Hundreds of previously unreleased high quality color pictures. Complete lising of all concerts 1965-1990 - most of them with tracklists. Contains 15+ interviews and a complete list of all Springsteen songs including unreleased compositions.

ISBN 051758929X. Backstreets: Springsteen - the man and his music Harmony Books, New York 1989/1992. Cross, Charles R. Random House, 2005.

Bruce Springsteen's America: The People Listening, a Poet Singing. Coles, Robert. ISBN 0316038857. Little Brown, 1999.

It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive : The Promise of Bruce Springsteen. Alterman, Eric. "Born to Run" named "The unofficial youth anthem of New Jersey" by the New Jersey state legislature (something Springsteen always found to be ironic, considering that the song "is about leaving New Jersey") [11]. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1999.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1999. The Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City HBO special won two technical awards in 2001. Academy Award for Best Song, 1993, "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia. Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2005, "Devils & Dust".

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2004, "Code Of Silence". Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, 2003, "Disorder in the House" (with Warren Zevon). Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, 2002, "The Rising". Best Rock Song, 2002, "The Rising".

Best Rock Album, 2002, The Rising. Best Contemporary Folk Album, 1996, The Ghost of Tom Joad. Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia". Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia".

Best Rock Song, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia". Song of the Year, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia". Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1987, "Tunnel of Love". Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1984, "Dancing in the Dark".

of "Open All Night" from Nebraska. Download sample of "Dancing in the Dark" from Born in the U.S.A.. Download sample of "Thunder Road" from Born To Run. Download sample of "Badlands" from Darkness on the Edge of Town.

Suki Lahav - violin, backing vocals (September 1974 to March 1975). Ernest "Boom" Carter - drums (February to August 1974). David Sancious - keyboards (June 1973 to August 1974). Vinnie "Mad Dog" Lopez - drums (inception through February 1974, when asked to resign).

Springsteen himself does all lead vocals, most lead guitar parts, harmonica, occasional piano, and even more rarely bass guitar. Soozie Tyrell - violin, backing vocals (joined 2002, occasional appearances before that). Patti Scialfa - backing and duet vocals, guitar (joined June 1984; became Springsteen's wife in 1991; they have a daughter and two sons). Nils Lofgren - guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals (replaced Steven van Zandt in June 1984; remained in group after van Zandt returned).

Steven van Zandt - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals (officially joined July 1975 after playing in previous bands; left in 1984 to go solo; rejoined 1995). Roy Bittan - piano, synthesizer (joined September 1974). Max Weinberg - drums (joined September 1974). Clarence "Big Man" Clemons - saxophone, percussion, occasional vocals, larger-than-life persona and Springsteen foil.

Garry Tallent - bass guitar. Danny Federici - organ, glockenspiel, accordion, keyboards.