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Then came the ambitious Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River albums, before the stripped-back Nebraska was followed up by the era-defining Born in the USA, a global chart topper and 17 (SEVENTEEN!) times platinum album. It was his third album Born to Run that really broke through reaching number 3 and eventually going seven times platinum. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle – both released in 1973 – have gone double platinum, but they were very much slow burners, charting only at 60 and 59. It's suggested that the nickname stuck when Bruce himself jokingly adopted it during his games of Monopoly with other musicians on the New Jersey scene.īruce Springsteen - The River (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)īruce's first two albums Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. The story goes that he got that name early on in the days of the E Street Band, because he was the one who got the band's cash payment from promoters every night and divvied it up among his bandmates. You'll often hear Bruce Springsteen referred to as The Boss by his fans, critics and even his bandmates. Why is Bruce Springsteen called The Boss?īruce Springsteen on the Born in the USA tour. They snapped him up, an in Octobe that year he got a new gang together (not yet called the E Street Band) to record his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ. It was in May 1972 when he auditioned for John Hammond of Columbia Records. He went on to play with bands called Earth, Child/Steel Mill, Dr Zoom & the Sonic Boom and the Bruce Springsteen Band. With the help of patrons Tex and Marion Vinyard, Bruce joined The Castilles who recorded two songs. a story that inspired 1987 Tunnel of Love outtake 'The Wish' 20 years later ('That night on top of a Christmas tree shines one beautiful star / And lying underneath a brand-new Japanese guitar').

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Soon after his mum took out a loan to help Bruce upgrade to a $60 Kent guitar.