Bruce Springsteen
1964–1972: Early years This was different, shifted the lay of the land. Four guys, playing and singing, writing their own material … Rock ‘n’ roll came to my house where there seemed to be no way out … and opened up a whole world of possibilities. —Bruce Springsteen, on the impact of The Beatles Springsteen grew up hearing fellow New Jersey singer Frank Sinatra on the radio. He became interested in being involved in music himself when, in 1956 and 1957, at the age of seven, he saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. Soon after this his mother rented him a guitar from Mike Diehl’s Music in Freehold for $6 a week but it failed to provide him with the ‘instant gratification’ he desired. In 1964, Springsteen saw the Beat… Continue ReadingSource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen#Career