Bruce Springsteen Turns 70 - Noise11.com
Bruce-Springsteen-and-E-Street-Band-perform-at-AAMI-Park-on-Thursday-2-February-2017.-Photo-Ros-OGorman

Bruce-Springsteen-and-E-Street-Band-perform-at-AAMI-Park-on-Thursday-2-February-2017.-Photo-Ros-OGorman

Bruce Springsteen Turns 70

by Paul Cashmere on September 23, 2019

in News

Bruce Springsteen was born on 23 September 1949. Today he is 70 years old.

Bruce released his first alum ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ’ in 1972 but his earliest recordings became available on 2016 release ‘Chapter and Verse’ featuring Springsteen with The Castiles in 1966 and 1967.

Springsteen has had 19 studio albums, with and without the E Street Band. The most recent is this year’s ‘Western Stars’.

That album is now a movie.

Here are 10 fun facts about Bruce:

– The first song he learned to play on guitar was The Beatles ‘Twist and Shout’.

– Bruce wrote ‘Hungry Heart’ for The Ramones but decided to keep it himself.

– The E Street Band were named after the very real E Street in Belmar, New Jersey where the band used to rehearse.

– President Obama once said “I may be President, but he is The Boss.

– Springsteen was 24-years old when he released ‘Born To Run’.

– Springsteen’s ancestors were Dutch. They arrived in America in the 1600s.

– After Bruce broke up the E Street Band his next project was the two albums released on the same day ‘Human Touch’ and ‘Lucky Town’.

– After Bruce first made money he bought a 1950 Corvette. The car is now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

– Bruce was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bono in 1999. U2 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce in 2005.

– Springsteen wrote ‘Fire’ for Elvis Presley but Elvis died before he could record it. The Pointer Sisters took the song and made it a hit in 1979. Australia’s Brian Cadd wrote the B-Side ‘Love Is Like A Rolling Stone’.

Noise11 on Instagram

You’ll discover music news first following Noise11 on Twitter

Comment on the news of the day, join Noise11 on Facebook

Noise11.com

Listen to the Noise11 Music News channel now at iHeartRadio

Related Posts

Jeff Lynne photo from Jefflynneselo website
Jeff Lynne Abruptly Cancels UK Show

Jeff Lynne's ELO abruptly cancelled one of their final shows, after fans had already packed the arena.

15 hours ago
Cat Stevens On The Road To Find Out
Cat Stevens To Release Definitive Greatest Hits

Yusuf / Cat Stevens is set to captivate fans once more with the release of 'On The Road To Findout: Greatest Hits' on September 5th, 2025, via Cat-O-Log Records in partnership with Universal Music Recordings. This will be the first-ever career-spanning collection of his profoundly emotive and moving songs from his nearly 60-year recording career.

1 day ago
Ian Moss Says He Chose His Cold Chisel ‘Big Five-O’ Songs Just Before Going On Stage

If you saw the Cold Chisel ‘The Big Five-O’ tour multiple times you may have noticed a random rotation of Ian Moss songs from concert to concert.

1 day ago
Alice Cooper Band
Alice Cooper Group Recorded The Revenge of Alice Cooper “Old School”

The original Alice Cooper Group will release their first album in 52 years on 25 July. ‘The Revenge of Alice Cooper’ is the first group album since 1972’s ‘Muscle of Love’ and the founding members of the Alice Cooper band tell Nosie11 that the process now is the same as then.

2 days ago
David Bowie I Cant Give Everything Away
David Bowie’s Next and Final Box Set is ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’

‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’ is the sixth and final box set in the David Bowie series covering his entire career.

2 days ago
Jeff Lynne photo from Jefflynneselo website
Dhani Harrison Joins Jeff Lynne For Traveling Wilburys At ELO Concert Birmingham

While Black Sabbath was doing their final ever Back To The Beginning show in Villa Park, in their hometown Birmingham on Saturday night, across town four kilometres away Jeff Lynne was also performing at Utilita Arena in his hometown, Birmingham as well as Dhani Harrison joined Jeff.

6 days ago
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath photo by Ros OGorman
Black Sabbath Return Back To The Beginning In Birmingham For The End

Black Sabbath played their final show in hometown Birmingham, UK on Saturday (5 July 2025) with a massive all-day festival featuring the world’s biggest rock acts.

6 days ago