Patti Scialfa
- 25% match to Bruce Springsteen
Vivienne Patricia Scialfa, 29 July 1953, Deal, New Jersey, USA. The solo recording career of US singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa has been regularly overshadowed by her status as the wife of Bruce Springsteen and her touring work with his E Street Band.A former student of the University of Miami and New York University, Scialfa broke into the New Jersey
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Nils Lofgren
- 17% match to Bruce Springsteen
21 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA. In the late 60s, singer/guitarist Lofgren first recorded as Paul Dowell And The Dolphins before forming Grin with Bob Gordon and Bob Berberich. The latter made several excellent albums during the early 70s and although a critics favourite they never quite managed to receive the recognition they deserved. Lofgren, meanwhile, was alr
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Bob Dylan
- 13% match to Bruce Springsteen
Robert Allen Zimmerman, 24 May 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Bob Dylan is without doubt one of the most influential figures in the history of popular music. He is the writer of scores of classic songs and is generally regarded as the man who brought literacy to rock lyrics.The son of the middle-class proprietor of an electrical and furniture store, as
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John Mellencamp
- 13% match to Bruce Springsteen
7 October 1951, Seymour, Indiana, USA. Mellencamp survived an early phase as a glam-rocker to become one of Americas most successful mainstream rock singers of the past three decades.Mellencamp played in local band Trash with guitarist Larry Crane, who remained with the singer throughout the 80s. In 1976, David Bowies manager Tony DeFries
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Jackson Browne
- 11% match to Bruce Springsteen
Clyde Jackson Browne, 9 October 1948, Heidelberg, Germany, but raised in Los Angeles, California, USA, from the age of three. Browne was introduced to folk music while in his teens and began writing songs at the instigation of two high school friends, Greg Copeland and Steve Noonan. The youngsters frequented the Paradox club, a favoured haunt of traditional musicians, where
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U2
- 11% match to Bruce Springsteen
Indisputably one of the most popular rock acts in the world, this Irish quartets achievements since the late 70s have been extraordinarily cohesive and consistent. U2 began their musical career at school in Dublin in 1977. Bono (Paul David Hewson, 10 May 1960, Dublin, Eire; vocals), The Edge (b. David Evans, 8 August 1961, Barking, Essex, England; guitar), Adam Clayton
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