Bruce Springsteen: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The most indispensable Springsteen book is Bruce Springsteen, Songs, expanded ed. (also published as Bruce Springsteen Songs, 2003), which collects his lyrics from his first album through Devils and Dust with limited but important comments from the author. The standard Springsteen biography is Dave Marsh, Born to Run (1979, reissued 1996), and its companion volume, Glory Days (1987, reissued 1996), published together as Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts (2003), with a foreword and final chapter updating the tale. Dave Marsh, Bruce Springsteen On Tour: 1968ā2005 (2006), a coffee-table book featuring photos from Springsteenās personal collection, takes on the story from another angle. The fanās (and the bandās) perspective is exemplified by the stories and memorabilia collected in Bob Santelli, Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (2006). Frank Stefanko, Days of Hope and Dreams: An Intimate Portrait of Bruce Springsteen (2003), collects the authorās photos of Springsteen from the late 1970s and early ā80s, offering the most personal visual document of the artist. Springsteenās memoir, Born to Run (2016), sheds light on many of his song lyrics.
June Skinner Sawyers (ed.), Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader (2004), is a compilation of significant journalism and criticism, most of it focused on lyrics. Of academic studies, the most interesting is Robert Coles, Bruce Springsteenās America: The People Listening, A Poet Singing (2004), which offers interviews with Springsteen fans conducted by someone who knows the artist well. Two simultaneous cover profiles make amusing reading, if only for their contrasting approaches to celebrity journalism and for evidence of how much harm hype can and cannot do to an artistās career: the laudatory Jay Cocks et al., āThe Backstreet Phantom of Rock,ā Time (Oct. 27, 1975), pp. 48ā58; and the hostile Maureen Orth, Janet Huck, and Peter S. Greenberg, āMaking of a Rock Star,ā Newsweek (Oct. 27, 1975), pp. 57ā63.
Representative Works
- The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (1973)
- Born to Run (1975)
- Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
- The River (1980)
- Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live 1975ā1985 (1986)
- The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
- The Rising (2002)
- Wrecking Ball (2012)
- Western Stars (2019)
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
- Dave Marsh
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography of Bruce Springsteen. | Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| Added a subtitle. | Oct 23, 2025 | ||
| Added top questions and media. | Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 19, 2025 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 18, 2025 | ||
| Added an image of the album cover of Born to Run. | Jun 04, 2025 | ||
| Corrected a typo. | May 06, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | May 05, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Added videos and more biographical information and mentioned his documentary Road Diary. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Bruce Springsteen. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| Added the albums Western Stars and Letter to You. | Jan 22, 2021 | ||
| Revised characterization of Clarence Clemons. | Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Biography of Bruce Springsteen. | Dec 05, 2019 | ||
| Noted that his Broadway show ended and that a film and album based on the production were released. | Dec 17, 2018 | ||
| Added Springsteen on Broadway and noted that he won a special Tony Award for the production. | Jun 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Bruce Springsteen. | Jan 09, 2017 | ||
| Added that he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. | Nov 23, 2016 | ||
| Added the memoir Born to Run. | Nov 18, 2016 | ||
| Noted the E Street Band's selection in 2013 for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the release of the High Hopes album in January 2014. | Feb 19, 2014 | ||
| Added descriptions of the impact of the life and death of Clarence Clemons and the release of Wrecking Ball. | Dec 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Bruce Springsteen. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Bruce Springsteen. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Biography of Bruce Springsteen. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography of Bruce Springsteen. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Bruce Frederick Springsteen. | Feb 08, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Bruce Springsteen. | Feb 08, 2011 | ||
| Updated with the announcement of Springsteen as a Kennedy Center honoree. | Sep 15, 2009 | ||
| Photo added of Springsteen performing with E Street Band in 2007. | Sep 03, 2009 | ||
| Release year for Working on a Dream corrected. | Feb 25, 2009 | ||
| Updated by Dave Marsh to reflect the release of Working on a Dream and Springsteen's performance at the Super Bowl. | Feb 18, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 05, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 10, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jun 10, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 05, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 03, 1998 |