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Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American musician best known as a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Professor", Bittan joined the E Street Band in 1974. He plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers. Bittan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of the E Street Band.. Aside from his membership in the E Street Band, Bittan has worked as a session musician for singer-songwriters and rock and pop artists.
May 17, 2016 · New Yorker Roy Bittan has built an illustrious career as pianist/keyboard player for the likes of David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Chicago, Peter Gabriel, Ian Hunter, Meat Loaf, Stevie Nicks and Bob Seger.
Jul 27, 2022 · When you think of Roy Bittan (if you think of him at all), you probably assume he is simply the piano player for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. That’s a lot like saying someone is ...
Jan 22, 2015 · On September 19th, 1974 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played two shows at the Main Point, a club right outside of Philadelphia. “He loosens up with a new song,” Paul Alpaugh wrote in ...
Thirty piano players responded to an advertisement in the Village Voice in August 1974, looking for a player who could play "classical to Jerry Lee Lewis." Queens-born Roy Bittan, who had been working in bands and Broadway musicals in New York, saw the ad and, after two auditions, was given the job.
Jul 2, 2013 · The mid-1974 arrival of pianist Roy Bittan gave Bruce Springsteen the opportunity to turn the E Street Band from a rock-soul-jazz hybrid with David Sancious behind the keys into a more ...
Jun 4, 2024 · In two exclusive new interviews, E Street Band legends Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan share memories of making Born in the U.S.A. on its 40th anniversary
Bruce Springsteen opened the show in London's Hyde Park on July 14, 2012, with only himself and Roy Bittan taking the stage initially. "This was the first th...
Sep 16, 2012 · Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger Roy Bittan, the E Street Band's longtime pianist, plays with his customary low-key demeanor at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Sept. 2. The Wrecking Ball Tour ...
Jul 7, 2020 · E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan will be the featured guest on the second episode of “What’s Up on E Street?,” a new online series presented by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University. The new series highlights the individual members of the band and how they are dealing with […]
