1. Robert Clark Seger is an American retired singer, songwriter, and musician.
47 Facts About Bob Seger
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On his studio albums, he worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Bob Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
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Bob Seger's recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001, and he co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight".
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Bob Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Bob Seger was born at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Charlotte and Stewart Bob Seger.
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Bob Seger was exposed to frequent arguments between his parents that disturbed the neighborhood at night.
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In 1956, when Bob Seger was 10 years old, his father abandoned the family and moved to California.
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Bob Seger attended Tappan Junior High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated in 1963 from Ann Arbor High School, now known as Pioneer High School.
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Bob Seger arrived on the Detroit music scene in 1961 fronting a three-piece band called the Decibels.
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Meanwhile, Bob Seger was listening to James Brown and said that, for him and his friends, Live at the Apollo was their favorite record following its release in 1963.
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Bob Seger was influenced by the music of The Beatles, once they hit American shores in 1964.
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Bob Seger joined the band, as they were more established than the Town Criers.
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Bob Seger later appeared on Doug Brown and The Omens' parody of Barry Sadler's song "Ballad of the Green Berets", re-titled "Ballad of the Yellow Beret", which mocked draft evaders.
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Bob Seger started writing and producing other acts that Punch managed, such as the Mama Cats and the Mushrooms.
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Bob Seger contributed a song called "East Side Story", which was unsuccessful.
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Bob Seger decided to record "East Side Story" and officially left the Omens.
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The song would stay in Bob Seger's live act for many years to come.
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Bob Seger felt that Capitol was more appropriate for his genre than Motown.
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Bob Seger returned the following year and put out the System's final album, 1970's Mongrel, without Neme.
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Bob Seger Schultz left as well, and was replaced by Dan Watson.
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The Bob Seger System was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2006.
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In 1973, Bob Seger put out Back in '72, recorded partly with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a renowned group of session musicians who had recorded with the likes of JJ Cale and Aretha Franklin.
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In 1975, Bob Seger returned to Capitol for Beautiful Loser, with help from the Silver Bullet Band on his cover of the Tina Turner penned "Nutbush City Limits".
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Bob Seger finally achieved his commercial breakthrough with his October 1976 album Night Moves.
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Bob Seger later remarked that not taking one-third of writing credit on his recording was, financially, "the dumbest thing I ever did".
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Bob Seger's take on Eugene Williams' "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" became a Top Five hit from Nine Tonight and the album would go on to sell 4 million copies.
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The Distance was belatedly released on 8-track tape; Capitol reportedly had no plans to do so, but Bob Seger, claiming that many of his fans still used 8-track players in their vehicles, requested that the label release the album in the waning format.
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In 1984, Bob Seger wrote and recorded the power rock ballad "Understanding" for the soundtrack of Teachers.
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Bob Seger was no longer prolific, and several years elapsed until his next studio album, Like a Rock, emerged in 1986.
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In 1987, Bob Seger recorded "Shakedown" for the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II.
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The song had originally been intended for fellow Detroiter Glenn Frey, but when Frey lost his voice just before the recording session, he asked Bob Seger to take his place.
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Bob Seger changed the verses but kept the chorus as it was.
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Bob Seger received an Oscar nomination as co-writer in the Best Original Song category the following year.
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Bob Seger went out for a 1996 tour, which sold the fourth-largest number of tickets of any North American tour that year.
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Bob Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15,2004.
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In 2009, Bob Seger released a compilation album, Early Bob Seger Vol.
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Bob Seger contributed piano and vocals to Kid Rock's 2010 album Born Free and staged a successful arena tour during 2011, accompanied by the release of a two-CD compilation, Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets.
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In 2012, Bob Seger was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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On December 22,2016, Bob Seger performed "Heartache Tonight" as the Kennedy Center honored the Eagles.
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That summer, Bob Seger embarked on his Runaway Train tour, including a show at The Palace of Auburn Hills, the last event to be held at that venue.
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Bob Seger released a cover of the Lou Reed song "Busload of Faith" as the first single from the I Knew You When album.
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Bob Seger made a brief return in 2023 to perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville for the induction of Patty Loveless, playing her song "She Drew a Broken Heart".
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Bob Seger attended school there in his youth and performed at the city's bandshell in the 1960s.
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Bob Seger had a long-term relationship with Jan Dinsdale from 1972 until 1983.
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Bob Seger married Juanita Dorricott in 1993, in a small private setting at The Village Club, in Bloomfield Hills; they have two children.
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Politically, Bob Seger has characterized himself as a centrist: "[I'm] right down the middle", he remarked.
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Bob Seger supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.