Bruce Springsteen Joseph Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. He was brought home from the hospital to Freehold Borough where he spent his childhood. He lived on South Street and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen (1924-1998), was of Dutch and Irish ancestry, and worked as a bus driver, among other jobs, but was unemployed most of the time. Springsteen said his mother, Adele Ann (née Zerilli), a legal secretary and of Italian ancestry, was the main breadwinner. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a town
The Ties That Bind (Bruce Springsteen song) has been a reasonably popular song in concert over the years, with about 200 performances through 2008. An encyclopedia about Bruce Springsteen took its name from the title of this song. The Ties That Bind (Bruce Springsteen song) "The Ties That Bind" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It is the opening song on his fifth album, "The River". It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in May or June 1979. It was one of the earlier songs Springsteen wrote for "The River", as it was written on the road during his 1978 tour.