
Bob Seger
Nationaliteit: Verenigde Staten
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (Dearborn, Michigan, 6 mei 1945) is een Amerikaanse rockzanger en songwriter. In 2004 is hij opgenomen in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Hij is actief in de muziekwereld sinds 1961. Seger werd onder andere beïnvloed door James Brown, Little Richard en Elvis Presley, vanwege hun schreeuwende stemmen.
Seger speelde vanaf 1975/1976 vrijwel altijd met The Silver Bullet Band als begeleidingsband. Hij produceerde achttien albums, waarvan twee live-edities. Daarnaast bracht hij twee compilatiealbums uit in 1994 en 2003. Zijn bestverkochte studioalbum is Against The Wind, dat op nummer één kwam in de Billboard Album Top 200 en werd beloond met twee Grammy's. Aan de single Fire Lake van dat album werkten Glenn Frey, Don Henley en Timothy Schmit van Eagles mee. Andere bekende nummers van Seger zijn Still the Same, Mainstreet, Night Moves, We've Got Tonight en Old Time Rock And Roll.
Seger heeft zevenmaal de top tien van de Billboard Hot 100 bereikt, waarvan eenmaal de nummer één-positie met de single Shakedown, die in 1987 ook nummer één was in Canada.
Robert Clark Seger ( SEE-gər; born May 6, 1945) is an American retired singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded with the groups Bob Seger and the Last Heard and the Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking through with his first album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (which contained his first national hit "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man") in 1969. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet (1976), recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rock musician known for his raspy, powerful voice, Seger is one of the best-known artists of the heartland rock genre, with his songs often concerning love, women, and blue-collar themes. He has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "Mainstreet", "Still the Same", "Hollywood Nights", "Against the Wind", "You'll Accomp'ny Me", "Shame on the Moon", "Roll Me Away", "Like a Rock", and "Shakedown", the last of which was written for the 1987 film Beverly Hills Cop II and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight", and his recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
With a career spanning six decades, Seger has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012. Seger was named Billboard's 2015 Legend of Live honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, held November 18–19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. His farewell tour took place in 2018 and 2019.