Bruce Springsteen Jersey, before moving to Los Angeles, where they decided to start a family. On July 25, 1990, Scialfa gave birth to the couple's first child, Evan James Springsteen. On June 8, 1991, Springsteen and Scialfa married at their Los Angeles home in a very private ceremony, only attended by family and close friends. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991; and their third child, Samuel Ryan Springsteen, was born on January 5, 1994. When the children reached school-age in the 1990s, Springsteen and Scialfa moved back to New Jersey specifically to raise a family in
The River (Bruce Springsteen song) became one of Springsteen's best-known songs. It was included on both his 1995 "Greatest Hits" and 2003 "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" compilations. The song was also incorporated in the European edition of the 2009 "Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Greatest Hits". The aggregation of critics' lists at Acclaimed Music rated this song as the #13 song of 1980, as well as #114 of the 1980s and #800 all time. The song was debuted in public at the Musicians United for Safe Energy concerts at Madison Square Garden in September 1979, and was featured in the subsequent 1980 film