Bruce Springsteen the E Street Band. Earlier bands include the Rogues, the Castiles, Earth, Child, Steel Mill, the Sundance Blues Band, Dr Zoom and the Sonic Boom, and the Bruce Springsteen Band. In October 1972 he formed a new band for the recording of his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", which became known as The E Street Band, although the name was not used until September 1974. Suki Lahav who was born on a kibbutz in Israel played violin with the E Street band as an unofficial member during live shows in the 1970s. The E Street Band performed on
The Essential Bruce Springsteen copies. It spent 13 weeks on the chart. The album was awarded gold and platinum records on December 16, 2003, by the RIAA, and has sold 1,079,000 copies in the USA. as of August 2013. "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" also reached #15 on the UK Albums Chart in 2013. The album was re-released with an updated track list in October 2015. The album received general acclaim from music critics, who appreciated its captivation of Springsteen's most recognizable hits throughout his career and called it "a better compilation album than "Greatest Hits"", which was released in 1995. The Essential Bruce Springsteen