Bruce Springsteen

     Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered around his native New Jersey. His eloquence in expressing ordinary, everyday problems has earned him numerous awards, including eighteen Grammy Awards and an Academy Award, along with a notoriously dedicated and devoted global fan base. His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize his penchant for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily life. He has sold over 65 million albums in the U.S.
     Bruce Springsteen is the definitive all-American rock singer-songwriter of the ’70s and ’80s. In the ’70s, Bruce ruled with Born to Run; in the ’80s, Nebraska blew minds and Born in the U.S.A. spoke to millions. Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1949. He bought himself an $18 guitar when he was 13. He started playing with Steven Van Zandt in 1969, and by 1971 the rest of the E Street Band had been formed. Between 1984 and 2006, Springsteen won 15 Grammy Awards. Six of them were in various Vocal Performance categories.
     Springsteen’s lyrics often concern men and women struggling to make ends meet. He has gradually become identified with progressive politics. Springsteen is also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, on which his album The Rising reflects.

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Usher

     Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), known simply by his first name Usher, is an American R&B and pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s. To date, he has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards. Usher is also a part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association franchise. He also has his own record label, US Records.
     Discovered at age 14 by LaFace Records, Usher’s been bringing the lyrical love since 1994. Usher notched up a gold album and a couple of hit singles before he even graduated from high school. Usher has acted in many TV shows and movies, taking lead roles in “Light It Up,” “Texas Rangers” and “In the Mix.” Usher has said that his primary musical influences include Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Donny Hathaway. Usher says he watches old movies with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and studies their dance moves.

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