Bruce Springsteen

Famous American rock musician Bruce Springsteen has been ripping through his guitar for nearly six decades now with seemingly no plans of stopping anytime soon.However, before he became the icon he is today, he was just a simple artist from the suburbs of New Jersey. After seeing the British band The Beatles in the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, the young Bruce Springsteen immediately made his way to his local guitar shop and bought himself a fancy guitar for $18.95. That investment eventually paid off when he signed a recording deal with Colombia Records in the 1970s.

With his E Street Band, Springsteen broke into the mainstream charts from 1975 to 1983. From that point on, until the early 1990s, Springsteen enjoyed massive commercial success, making him a bonafide pop culture icon. Today, the 71-year-old rockstar is widely considered as one of the pillars of American rock music alongside artists like Elvis Presley and Alice Cooper.