A famous American singer, composer and songwriter born September 23, 1949 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. He studied at Freehold Borough High School. He founded his first band, E Street. His album Born to Run was one of the best albums ever. He won multiple international awards including 20 Grammy Awards, and over 65 million albums sold in the US. Springsteen is one of the most popular and best-selling artists ever. Bruce accepted that he was of middle class and did not make this a hindrance to his career and later expressed an interest in politics. And in 2016 he was honored with the Presidential Medal by former US President Barack Obama.