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Bruce Springsteen
American rock musician Bruce Springsteen performs at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, 2025. The gala featured a screening of Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025), a biopic centering on the making of Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
Bruce Springsteen was signed to Columbia Records in 1972 by the talent scout John Hammond, Sr., after Springsteen auditioned for him.1