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We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
"When I
was 9 I couldn't imagine anyone not
wanting to be Elvis Presley." - Bruce
Springsteen
TIMELINE
Bruce Springsteen was born on
September 23, 1949, in New Jersey. By singing
about working class life and American heartache
and touring endlessly, Bruce has become one of
the most respected and successful musicians in
the world. Bruce grew up in a working-class
family in New Jersey. Bruce fell in love with the
rock and roll sound, but also found out that his
father was not crazy about his rock ambitions.
Much of Bruce's early work reflects his conflicts
with his father, but most especially his
working-class roots. After not finding much
success after high school in New York City, Bruce
played with a string of bands in the New Jersey
area, including the Castiles, Child, Steel Mill,
the Togues, Dr. Soom, and the Sonic Boom.
Eventually Bruce hooked up with a
poplar club band called the E-Street Band
(Clarence Clemons, Steve Van Zandt, Danny
Federici, Roy Bittan, Gary Tallent, and Max
Weinberg).
January 5: Bruce and the E Street
Band released Greetings
From Asbury Park, N.J. The LP had 2 singles
released which didn't make the charts but
"Blinded By The Light" was later
covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
The LP and the next release weren't commercial
hits, but gained Bruce critical attention, and
while touring in Chicago, Bruce and the E-Street
Band began to make a name for themselves and were
finding a following by continuing their live
performances and staying true to rock. Bruce had
become known as the "New Dylan."
August 25: Bruce made it into the
mainstream music scene after 10 years of playing
local clubs. His LP, Born
To Run
released was his first commercial hit LP and
critics applauded his rock base and strong
lyrics. The LP hit the Top 10 in the US.
May 28: A court battle with his
former manager, Mike Appel, over his music ended
in an out of court settlement in favor of Bruce.
March 23: Bruce began 'The Darkness
On The Edge Of Town' tour in New York.
June 2: By the time Bruce's next
LP, Darkness
On The Edge Of Town, was released Bruce was competing
with "the new wave" sound and
Springsteen-wannabes. The LP was a modest hit and
continued Bruce's ability to tell stories while
giving a rock performance with "The Promised
Land" and "Badlands." The LP hit
the Top 10 in the US.
November 15: Bruce appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
During the late year,
Bruce was injured in a motorcycle accident
resulting in three weeks of staying in bed. In
the fall, Bruce took part in the 'No Nukes'
shows.
October 3: Bruce kicked off 'The
River' tour in Michigan.
October 10: Bruce released his first
#1 LP, The
River,
and made it into the Top 10 with "Hungry Heart" and Top 20 with
"Fade Away." Even though the LP
was a double-LP, The
River
was a commercial hit. The LP hit #1 in the US,
Norway, and Canada, and the Top 10 in Australia,
Holland, France, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and
the UK.
September 20: Bruce shifted gears with
his music with his solemn LP, Nebraska. The LP's dark tone
confused some fans, gained others, but showed
that Bruce was enough of a superstar that he
could diverge from sure-thing patterns once in
awhile for the sake of art. The LP was a sharp
departure from his usual work, but was embraced
again by critics and Bruce's loyal fans. The LP
hit the Top 10 in the US, Australia, Canada,
Holland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and
the UK.
June 4: Bruce released his
best-selling LP, Born
In The U.S.A.which eventually sold over
15 million copies in the U.S. The LP spawned 7
Top 10 hits including his #1 hit, "Dancing In The Dark." Bruce also hit it
big with the songs "I'm On Fire," "Glory Days," "My Hometown," "I'm Goin' Down," "Cover Me," and the title track. The LP
hit #1 in the US, Australia, Austria, Canada,
Holland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, West Germany, and the UK, and Top 10
in Japan, Spain, France, and Italy.
September 19: President Ronald Reagan
tried to be current by mentioning Bruce's "Born In The U.S.A." in a speech in New
Jersey only to be refuted a few days later by
Bruce.
November 10: Bruce's superstar status
is largely due to his live performances. He is
known for playing over 3 hours per show, and
never letting up. He rewarded many of his fans in
1986 by releasing a 5-LP concert LP of his many
tours over the years: Live
1975-85. The LP debuted at #1 and although
the hype of the set affected later sales, the LP
was considered a must for any rock music fan. The
LP hit #1 in the US and Canada.
October 9: Bruce released Tunnel
Of Love which contained the Top 10 hits
"Brilliant Disguise," "One Step Up," and "Tunnel Of Love." The LP found more
popularity with the VH1 crowd than the MTV crowd,
but continued Bruce's commercial and critical
success. Bruce's lyrics had focused away from
blue-collar life struggles and focused more on
emotional turmoil. The LP hit #1 in the US,
Canada, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK,
and the Top 10 in Australia, Austria, Holland,
France, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, and West
Germany.
By 1992, Bruce had toured for a few
years, married Patti Scialfa (a former singer
with the E Street Band, 1991), and told the E
Street Band he was moving on with other backup
performers (in 1989). The dissolving of the E
Street Band was an effort to expand Bruce's
collaborative efforts.
March 21: Bruce topped the
Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks
with "Human Touch."
March 31: Bruce simultaneously
released Human
Touch
and Lucky
Town.
The LPs were marginal hits but were over-shadowed
by other up-and-coming acts. Human
Touch
hit #1 in Austria, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the UK, and hit the Top 10 in
the US, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada,
Holland, France, and Germany. Lucky
Town
hit the Top 10 in the US, Australia, Austria,
Canada, Holland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the
UK.
September 22: Bruce performed on MTV
Unplugged and released an LP (In
Concert - MTV Xplugged) of the performance in
Europe the following year (a U.S. release wasn't
available until 1997).
February 28: Bruce released his Greatest
Hits
with a few new tracks with the E Street Band
including "Secret Garden" and "Murder
Incorporated." The LP hit #1 in the US,
Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
November 14: Bruce returned to his
folk roots with the release ofThe
Ghost Of Tom Joad. The LP was not a commercial
success but allowed Bruce to play music he
admired and give folk music a boost.
January 9: Bruce could be heard on
the soundtrack for Dead
Man Walkingon the track "Dead
Man Walkin'."
March 25: Bruce was nominated for
an Academy Award for Best Original Song
("Dead Man Walkin'").
Bruce could also be heard on other
compilation LPs and soundtracks including: No
Nukes
("Devil With A Blue Dress Medley" -
1980), We
Are The World ("Trapped" - 1985), Sun
City (1985), Folkways
- Vision Shared ("I Ain't Got No Home"
and "Vigilante Man" - 1988), For
Our Children ("Chicken Lips And Lizard
Hips" - 1991), and A
Tribute To Curtis Mayfield ("Gypsy Woman" -
1993).
January 31: Bruce performed in New
Jersey at a benefit show for a slain police
officer.
October: Springsteen appeared in a
British court in hopes of blocking the release of
some of his earliest work from 26 years ago. The
material was recorded in 1972 and a company named
Masquerade Music is attempted to sell the work as
a LP called Before The Flame. His lawyer
stated, "It matters to Mr. Springsteen that
he retains control of his artistic output."
November 10: A 4-CD set called Trackswas released. The
set features 66 tracks and b-sides, with 56
unreleased songs spanning Springsteen's 25 year
recording career. The set contains 17 tracks from
the mid-70s, 17 tracks taken from the sessions
for The
River
and Born
In The U.S.A. during the late 70s and early 80s,
18 tracks from the mid- to late 80s, and 14
tracks from the 90s. Springsteen states in the
linear notes: "This collection contains
everything from the first notes I sand in the
Columbia recording studio, my early and later
work with the E Street Band, through to my music
in the 90s... I'm glad to finally be able to
share this music; here are some of the ones that
got away."
December: Springsteen's court
battle to have some of his early work blocked
from being released was ruled in his favor when a
judge ruled that the Boss owned the songs.
Springsteen said of the court fight, "I came
here to defend the ownership of my music... it's
something I fought for since I was young and I'm
really satisfied."
December 10: Springsteen continued his
support of Amnesty International at a concert
held in France which also included Tracy
Chapman, Alanis
Morissette, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Shania
Twain, Robert Plant, Jimmy
Page, and Youssou N'dour.
The concert was held to mark the 50th anniversary
of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
March 15: Springsteen was inducted
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and
dedicated the honor to his mom and his dad who
had recently died: "I have to thank him,
because what would I conceivably have written
about without him? I mean, you gotta imagine, if
everything had gone great between us, it would
have been a disaster. I would have written just
happy songs and I tried that in the early 90s and
it didn't work. The public didn't like it."
Springsteen also acknowledged each member of the
E Street Band, who were not eligible to be
inducted with him.
April 13: Springsteen released 18
Tracksfeaturing songs from his box set, Tracks and the previously
unreleased track "The Fever" recorded
in 1973. The track is a favorite of many longtime
Springsteen fans who were surprised it wasn't
included with the Tracksset.
June: Springsteen set a sales
record for concert tickets at the Meadowlands in
New Jersey - 300,000 tickets sold in 13 hours
(for 15 shows).
June 4: Bruce introduced a new
song ("American Skin (41 Shots)") that
focused on the killing of Amadou Diallo, an
unarmed black man by New York police last year
(who were acquitted this year). New York police
officers were hoping other policemen would
boycott Bruce's concert appearance but Bruce
encountered more support than opposition at the
concert when he sang his controversial new song.
December: Bruce played 2 benefit
concerts in New Jersey with proceeds going to
various charities helping with issues such as
housing, health services, AIDS, and substance
abuse.
April 3: Bruce released Live
In New York City and could be seen live on HBO with
his first televised concert Live
In New York City. Both the LP and TV special feature
the finale shows of his reunion tour with the E
Street Band (2 shows in June and July, 2000, at
Madison Square Garden. Live
In New York Citytopped the Billboard
Internet Sales chart for 2 weeks. The LP hit the
Top 10 in the US, Norway, Spain, Austria, France,
and Germany.
June: Bruce won a court
judgment that gave him copyright control over
recordings from the early 1970s (that had been
sold by a former manager).
September 21: Bruce performed "My
City Of Ruins" for a landmark fundraiser (America:
A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the major networks to
raise money for families of the victims of recent
terrorist attacks.
July 30: Bruce released The
Rising.
The LP garnished universal praise especially with
its focus on the events of 9/11. The LP hit #1 in
the US, Canada, and the UK.
August 17: Bruce topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks and Internet
Albums chart for 2 weeks with The
Rising
- selling over 525, 000 copies in its first week
of release in the US.
August 22: Bruce appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
October 5: Bruce performed "Lonesome Day" and "You're
Missing" on Saturday Night Live.
November: Bruce had to postpone a
concert in Texas following Clarence Clemon's
recovery from an injury to his eye that resulted
from previous eye surgery.
December 31: Rolling
Stone
magazine readers picked The
Rising
as Best Album of the Year and Bruce as Artist of
the Year, Best Rock Artist, Most Welcome
Comeback, and Best Tour. The Critics also picked
Bruce as Best Tour.
March 1: Bruce and the E Street
Band set a record selling out 7 shows in 1 day
for shows at Giants Stadium this summer. Bruce
said of still being with his band: "If I had
to measure it all up, I don't think I've ever
been as satisfied as I am right now... The band
being present and everybody alive and accounted
for - only a few bands can say that."
September 6: Springsteen played at
Boston's Fenway Park - the first concert allowed
at the ballpark.
September 21: Springsteen's TV special,
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band,
was nominated for 4 Emmy Awards.
October 1: Springsteen performed as
part of the 'Vote For Change' tour. The tour
featured several major acts performing in key
"battleground" states with the goal of
getting citizens out to vote, and vote to change
the current administration. Springsteen wrote in The
New York Times: "Personally, for the
last 25 years I have always stayed one step away
from partisan politics. This year, however, for
many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit
this election out.... Our American government has
strayed too far from American values. It is time
to move forward. The country we carry in our
hearts is waiting."
April 26: Bruce released his next
LP Devils
& Dust. The LP was completed without the E
Street Band. The LP hit #1 in the US, Austria,
Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Sweden,
Switzerland, Spain, and the UK.
May 14: Bruce topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week and Internet
Album chart for 1 week with Devils
& Dust - selling over 222,000 copies in
the US its first week of release.
February 20: Bruce could be heard on
the tribute compilation for Italian film composer
Ennio Morricone, We
All Love Ennio Morricone, with the track "Once
Upon A Time In The West."
June 5: Bruce released Live
In Dublin. The set was of a performance from
November, 2006. The LP hit #1 in Ireland, and the
Top 10 in Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Belgium,
and Holland.
October 2: Bruce released Magic. The LP hit #1 in the US,
Austria, Canada, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway,
Spain, Sweden, and the UK, and the Top 10 in New
Zealand, Switzerland, Australia, Belfium,
Holland, Finland, France, Germany, and Hungary.
October 7: Bruce toppped the LP
charts in the UK for 1 week with Magic.
October 20: Bruce topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks, Top Internet
Albums chart, Top Digital Albums chart for 2
weeks, and Top Rock Albums chart for 2 weeks with
Magic. The LP sold over 335,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
November 1: Bruce appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
January 18: Bruce performed
"This Land Is Your Land" at Barack
Obama's inauguration ceremony.
January 27: Bruce released his next
LP Working
On A Dream. The LP hit #1 in the US, Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Holland, Finland, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and
the UK.
February 1: Bruce performed at Super
Bowl XLIII during halftime.
February 14: Bruce topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Top Rock
Albums chart for 1 week, Top Internet Albums
chart, and Top Digital Albums chart for 1 week
with Working
On A Dream. The LP sold over 224,000 copies
its first week of release in the US.
November 16: The
Promise was released. The LP hit #1 in
Germany, Spain, and Sweden, and the Top 10 in
Austria, Holland, Finland, Italy, Switzerland,
and the UK.
June 18: E Street Band membor and
famed saxaphonist, Clarence Clemons died at the
age of 69.
March 6:Bruce released Wrecking
Ball.
The LP hit #1 in the US, Austria, Belgium,
Holland, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New
Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and
the UK.
March 24:Bruce topped the
Billboard LP chart for 1 week, Internet Albums
chart for 2 weeks, and Rock Albums chart for 2
weeks with Wrecking
Ball.
March 29: Bruce appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
June 17: Bruce played his longest
performance to date in Madrid clocking in at 3
hours and 48 minutes.
February 8: Bruce was honored as the
2013 MusiCares Person of the Year which
acknowledges his work as an influencial musician
and for his philanthropic work
January 14:Bruce released High
Hopes.
The LP hit #1 in the US, Australia, Belgium,
Holland, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and
the UK.
February 1: Bruce topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Internet
Albums chart for 2 weeks, and Rock Albums chart
for 1 week with High
Hopes.
The LP sold over 99,000 its first week of release
in the US.
April 8: Bruce announced he was
cancelling a concert in North Carolina that
weekend to protest a recent state law that barred
transgender people from using public bathrooms
consistent with their gender identity.
September 23: Chapter
And Verse was released. The compilation LP
contained 5 unreleased songs and was meant to be
an accompanyment to Springsteen's autobiography, Born
To Run.
The LP hit #1 in Scotland, and the Top 10 in the
US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Holland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and
the UK.
November 22: Bruce received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack
Obama.
Bruce announced plans for
'Springsteen On Broadway' - a show that will
chronicle his life and music at the Walter Kerr
Theatre in New York: "I wanted to do some
shows that were as personal and as intimate as
possible. I chose Broadway for this project
because it has the beautiful old theaters which
seemed like the right setting for what I have in
mind."
January 28: Bruce was nominated for a
Grammy Awardfor Best
Spoken Word Album (Born To Run).
Released: January 5, 1973 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 60 Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 379 Tracks: "Blinded By The
Light" - "Growin' Up" -
"Mary Queen Of Arkansas" -
"Does The Bus Stop At 82nd Street"
- "Lost In The Flood" - "The
Angel" - "For You" -
"Spirit In The Night" - "It's
Hard To be Saint In The City"
Released: September 11, 1973 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 59 Rolling Stone: Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 132 Tracks: "E Street
Shuffle" - "4th Of July, Asbury
Park (Sandy)" - "Kitty's Back"
- "Wild Billy's Circus Story" -
"Incident On 57th Street" -
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" -
"New York City Serenade"
Released: September 20, 1982 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 224 Tracks: "Nebraska"
- "Atlantic City" - "Mansion
On The Hill" - "Johnny 99" -
"Highway Patrolman" - "State
Trooper" - "Used Cars" -
"Open All Night" - "My
Father's House" - "Reason To
Believe"
Released: November 10, 1986 US: 13x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 7
weeks) Billboard #1: Top Pop Compact Disks Live Tracks: "Thunder
Road" - "Adam Raised A Cain" -
"Spirit In The Night" - "4th
Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" -
"Paradise By The 'C'" - "Fire" - "Growin'
Up" - "It's Hard To Be A Saint In
The City" - "Backstreets" -
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" -
"Raise Your Hand" - "Hungry Heart" - "Two
Hearts" - "Cadillac Ranch" -
"You Can Look (But You Better Not
Touch)" - "Independence Day" -
"Badlands" - "Because The
Night" - "Candy's Room" -
"Darkness On The Edge Of Town" -
"Racing In The Street" - "This
Land Is Your Land" -
"Nebraska" - "Johnny 99"
- "Reason To Believe" - "Born In The U.S.A." -
"Seeds" - "The River" -
"War" -
"Darlington County" - "Working
On The Highway" - "The Promise
Land" - "Cover Me" - "I'm On Fire" - "Bobby
Jean" - "My Hometown" - "Born To
Run" - "No Surrender" -
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" -
"Jersey Girl"
Released: March 31, 1992 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Better
Days" - "Lucky Town" -
"Local Hero" - "If I Should
Fall Behind" - "Leap Of Faith"
- "The Big Muddy" - "Living
Proof" - "Book Of Dreams" -
"Souls Of The Departed" - "My
Beautiful Reward"
Released: March 31, 1992 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Human Touch" - "Soul
Driver" - "57 Channels (And Nothin'
On)" - "Cross My Heart" -
"Gloria's Eyes" - "With Every
Wish" - "Roll Of The Dice" -
"Real World" - "All Or Nothin'
At All" - "Man's Job" -
"I Wish I Were Blind" - "The
Long Goodbye" - "Real Man" -
"Pony Boy"
Released: April 13, 1993 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 189 Live Tracks: "Red Headed
Woman" - "Better Days" -
"Atlantic City" - "Darkness On
The Edge Of Town" - "Man's
Job" - "Human Touch" - "Lucky
Town" - "I Wish I Were Blind"
- "Thunder Road" - "Light Of
Day" - "If I Should Fall
Behind" - "Living Proof" -
"My Beautiful Reward"
Released: November 14, 1995 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 11 Grammy Winner: Best Contemporary
Folk Album Rolling Stone: Tracks: "The Ghost Of
Tom Joad" - "Straight Time" -
"Highway 29" -
"Youngstown" - "Sinaloa
Cowboys" - "The Line" -
"Balboa Park" - "Day
Lightning" - "The New Timer" -
"Across The Border" -
"Galveston Bay" - "My Best Was
Never Good Enough"
Released: November 10, 1998 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 27 Tracks: "Mary Queen Of
Arkansas" - "It's Hard To Be A
Saint In The City" - "Growin'
Up" - "Does This Bus Stop At 82nd
Street?" - "Bishop Danced" -
"Santa Ana" - "Seaside Bar
Song" - "Zero And Blind Terry"
- "Linda Let Me be The One" -
"Thundercrack" -
"Rendezvous" - "Give The Girl
A Kiss" - "Iceman" -
"Bring On The Night" - "So
Young And In Love" - "Hearts Of
Stone" - "Don't Look Back" -
"Restless Night" - "A Good Man
Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)" -
"Roulette" - "Dollhouse"
- "Where The Bands Are" -
"Loose Ends" - "Living On The
Edge Of The World" - "Wages Of
Sin" - "Take 'Em As They Come"
- "Be True" - "Ricky Wants A
Man Of Her Own" - "I Wanna Be With
You" - "Mary Lou" -
"Stolen Car" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "Johnny
Bye-Bye" - "Shut Out The
Light" - "Cynthia" - "My
Love Will Not Let You Down" - "This
Hard Land" - "Frankie" -
"TV Movie" - "Stand On
It" - "Lion's Den" - "Car
Wash" - "Rockaway The Days" -
"Brothers Under The Bridges ('83)"
- "Man At The Top" - "Pink
Cadillac" - "Two For The Road"
- "Janey Don't You Lose Heart" -
"When You Need Me" - "The
Wish" - "The Honeymooners" -
"Lucky Man" - "Leavin'
Train" - "Seven Angels" -
"Gave It A Name" - "Sad
Eyes" - "My Lover Man" -
"Over The Rise" - "When The
Lights Go Out" - "Loose
Change" - "Trouble In
Paradise" - "Happy" -
"Part Man, Part Monkey" -
"Goin' Cali" - "Back In Your
Arms" - "Brothers Under The
Bridge"
Released: April 13, 1999 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 64 Tracks: "Growin'
Up" - "Seaside Bar Song" -
"Rendezvous" - "Hearts Of
Stone" - "Where The Bands Are"
- "Loose Ends" - "I Wanna Be
With You" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "My Love
Will Not Let You Down" - "Lion's
Den" - "Pink Cadillac" -
"Janey Don't You Lose Heart" -
"Sad Eyes" - "Part Man, Part
Monkey" - "Trouble River" -
"Brothers Under The Bridge" -
"The Fever" - "The
Promise"
Released: April 3, 2001 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5 Billboard #1: Internet Albums Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "My Love Will
Not Let You Down" - "Prove It All
Night" - "Two Hearts" -
"Atlantic City" - "Mansion On
The Hill" - "The River" -
"Youngstown" - "Murder
Incorporated" - "Badlands" -
"Out In The Street" - "Born To
Run" - "Tenth Avenue
Freeze-Out" - "Land Of Hope And
Dreams" - "American Skin (41
Shots)" - "Lost In The Flood"
- "Born In The U.S.A."- "Don't
Look Back" - "Jungleland" -
"Ramrod" - "If I Should Fall
Behind"
Released: November 11, 2003 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 14 Tracks: "Blinded By The
Light" - "For You" -
"Spirit In The Night" - "4th
Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" -
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" -
"Thunder Road" - "Born To
Run" - "Jungleland" -
"Badlands" - "Darkness On The
Edge Of Town" - "The Promised
Land" - "The River' - "Hungry Heart" -
"Nebraska" - "Atlantic
City" - "Born In The USA" -
"Glory Days" - "Dancing In The Dark" - "Tunnel Of Love" - "Brilliant Disguise" - "Human Touch" - "Living
Proof" - "Lucky Town" - "Streets Of Philadelphia" - "The
Ghost Of Tom Joad" - "The Rising" - "Mary's
Place" - "Lonesome Day" - "American
Skin (41 Shots)" (live) - "Land Of
Hope And Dreams" - "From Small
Things (Big Things One Day Come)" -
"Big Payback" - "Held Up
Without A Gun" (live) -
"Trapped" (live) - "None But
The Brave" - "Missing" -
"Lift Me Up" - "Viva Las
Vegas" - "Country Fair" -
"Code Of Silence" (live) -
"Dead Man Walkin'" - "Countin'
On A Miracle" (acoustic)
Released: April 26, 2005 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Billboard #1: Internet Albums Grammy Nominee: Best
Contemporary Folk Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A- Tracks: "Devils &
Dust" - "All The Way Home" -
"Reno" - "Long Time
Comin'" - "Black Cowboys" -
"Maria's Bed" - "Silver
Palomino" - "Jesus Was An Only
Son" - "Leah" - "The
Hitter" - "All I'm Thinkin'
About" - "Matamoras Banks"
Released: February 28, 2006 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 93 Live Tracks: "Thunder
Road" - "Tenth Avenue
Freeze-Out" - "Spirit In The
Night" - "Lost In The Flood" -
"She's The One" - "Born To
Run" - "The E Street Shuffle"
- "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The
City" - "Backstreets" -
"Kitty's Back" -
"Jungleland" - "Rosalita (Come
Out Tonight)" - "4th Of July,
Asbury Park (Sandy)" - "Detroit
Medley" - "For You" -
"Quarter To Three"
Released: April 25, 2006 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3 Billboard #1: Digital Albums Grammy Winner: Best Traditional Folk
Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A- Live Tracks: "Old Dan
Tucker" - "Jessie James" -
"Mrs. McGrath" - "Oh, Mary,
Don't You Weep" - "John Henry"
- "Erie Canal" - "Jacob's
Ladder" - "My Oklahoma Home" -
"Eyes On The Prize" -
"Shenandoah" - "Pay Me My
Money Down" - "We Shall
Overcome" - "Froggie Went
A-Courtin'" - "Buffalo Gals" -
"How Can I Keep From Singing"
Released: June 5, 2007 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 23 Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "Atlantic
City" - "Old Dan Tucker" -
"Eyes On The Prize" - "Jesse
James" - "Further On (Up The
Road)" - "O Mary Don't' Your
Weep" - "Erie Canal" -
"If I Should Fall Behind" -
"My Oklahoma Home" - "Highway
Patrolman" - "Mrs. McGrath" -
"How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And
Live" - "Jacob's Ladder" -
"Long Time Comin'" - "Open Al
Night" - "Pay Me My Money
Down" - "Growin' Up" -
"When The Saints Go Marching In" -
"This Little Light Of Mine" -
"American Land" - "Blinded By
The Light" - "Love Of The Common
People" - "We Shall Overcome"
Released: January 27, 2009 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock
Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A Tracks: "Outlaw
Pete" - "My Lucky Day" -
"Working On A Dream" - "Queen
Of The Supermarket" - "What Love
Can Do" - "This Life" - 'Good
Eye" - "Tomorrow Never Knows"
- "Life Itself" - "Kingdom Of
Days" - "Surprise, Surprise" -
"The Last Carnival" - "The
Wrestler"
Released: November 16, 2010 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 16 Tracks: "Racing In The
Street" - "Gotta Get That
Feeling" - "Outside Looking
In" - "Someday (We'll Be Together)
- "One Way Street" - "Because
The Night" - "Wrong Side Of The
Street" - "The Brokenhearted"
- "Rendezvous" - "Candy's
Boy" - "Save My Love" -
"Ain't Good Enough For You" -
"Fire" - "Spanish Eyes" -
"It's A Shame" - "Come On
(Let's Go Tonight)" - "Talk To
Me" - "The Little Things (My Baby
Does)" - "Breakaway" -
"The Promise" - "City Of The
Night"
Released: March 6, 2012 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album Billboard #1: Internet Albums, Rock
Albums Tracks: "We Take Care Of
Our Own" - "Easy Money" -
"Shackled & Drawn" - "Jack
Of All Trades" - "Death To My
Hometown" - "This Depression"
- "Wrecking Ball" - "You've
Got It" - "Rocky Ground" -
"Land Of Home And Dreams" -
"We Are Alive" - "Swallowed
Up" - "American Land"
Released: January 14, 2014 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week) Billboard #1: Internet Albums, Rock
Albums Tracks: "High
Hopes" - "Harry's Place" -
"American Skin (41 Shots)" -
"Just Like Fire Would" - "Down
In The Hole" - "Heaven's Wall"
- "Frankie Fell In Love" -
"This Is Your Sword" - "Hunter
Of Invisible Game" - "The Ghost Of
Tom Joad" - "The Wall" -
"Dream Baby Dream"
Released: September 23, 2016 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5 Billboard #1: Rock Albums Tracks: "Baby I" -
"You Can't Judge A Book By The
Cover" - "He's Guilty (The Judge
Song)" - "The Ballad Of Jesse
James" - "Henry Boy" -
"Growin' Up" - "4th Of July,
Abury Park (Sandy) - "Born To Run"
- "Badlands" - "The
River" - "My Father's House" -
"Born In The U.S.A."- "Brilliant Disguise" - "Living
Proof" - "The Ghost Of Tom
Joad" - "The Rising" -
"Long Time Comin'" - "Wrecking
Ball"
Released: December 15, 2018 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 11 Tracks (Broadway
Versions with Introductions): "Growin' Up' -
"My Hometown" - "My Father's
House" - "The Wish" -
"Thunder Road" - "The Promised
Land" - "Born In The U.S.A." -
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" -
"Tougher Than The Rest" -
"Brilliant Disguise" - "Long
Time Comin'" - "The Ghost Of Tom
Joad" - "The Rising" -
"Dancing In The Dark" - "Land
Of Hope And Dreams" - "Born To
Run"
Released: June 14 2019 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Billboard #1: Rock Albums Tracks: "Hitch
Hikin'" - "The Wayfarer" -
"Tuscon Train" - "Western
Stars" - "Sleep Joe's Cafe" -
"Drive Fast (The Stuntman)" -
"Chasin' Wild Horses" -
"Sundown" - "Somewhere North
Of Nashville" - "Stones" -
"There Goes My Miracle" -
"Hello Sunshine" - "Moonlight
Motel"
Released: October 23, 2020 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Billboard #1: Album Sales, Rock
Albums Tracks: "One Minute
You're Here" - "Letter To You"
- "Burnin' Train" - "Janey
Needs A Shooter" - "Last Man
Standing" - "The Power Of
Prayer" - "House Of A Thousand
Guitars" - "Rainmaker" -
"If I Was The Priest" -
"Ghosts" - "Song For
Orphans" - "I'll See You In My
Dreams"
Released: November 19, 2021 Live Tracks: "Prove It All
Night" - "Badlands" -
"The Promised Land" - "The
River" - "Sherry Darling" -
"Thunder Road" -
"Jungleland" - "Rosalita (Come
Out Tonight)" - "Born To Run"
- "Stay" - "Detroit Medley:
Devil With The Blue Dress On / Good Golly
Miss Molly / C.C. Rider / Jenny Take A
Ride" - "Quarter To Three" -
"Rave On!"
Released: November 11, 2022 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 8 Billboard #1: Rock Albums Tracks: "Only The Strong
Survive" - "Soul Days"
(featuring Sam Moore) -
"Nightshift" - "Do I Love You
(Indeed I Do)" - "The Sun Ain't
Gonna Shine Anymore" - "Turn Back
The Hands Of Time" - "When She Was
My Girl" - "Hey, Western Union
Man" - "I Wish It Would Rain"
- "Don't Play That Song" -
"Any Other Way" - "I Forgot To
Be Your Lover" (featuring Sam Moore) -
"7 Rooms Of Gloom" - "What
Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" -
"Someday We'll Be Together"
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available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine.
Bruce Springsteen was born on
September 23, 1949, in New Jersey. By singing
about working class life and American heartache
and touring endlessly, Bruce has become one of
the most respected and successful musicians in
the world. Bruce grew up in a working-class
family in New Jersey. Bruce fell in love with the
rock and roll sound, but also found out that his
father was not crazy about his rock ambitions.
Much of Bruce's early work reflects his conflicts
with his father, but most especially his
working-class roots. After not finding much
success after high school in New York City, Bruce
played with a string of bands in the New Jersey
area, including the Castiles, Child, Steel Mill,
the Togues, Dr. Soom, and the Sonic Boom. 
Bruce could also be heard on other
compilation LPs and soundtracks including: 
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