The rock and folk musician released his first album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." in 1973, finally hitting it big with the 1975 album "Born to Run," and is known for the song of the same name as well as "Born in the USA," "Spirit in the Night" and "Hungry Heart," among others.
Here's how the e describes him: "During a decade in which disco, glam-rock, heavy-metal and arena-rock provided different forms of escape into fantasy, Springsteen restored a note of urgency and realism to the rock and roll landscape. Each painstakingly crafted album since his 1973 debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., has served as a literate pulse-taking of a generation鈥檚 fortunes. As a live performer, he offers himself as a 鈥減risoner鈥� of the music he loves, and each concert has been played as if it might be his last."
Springsteen continues to tour today with the members of his E Street Band.
