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Bob Seger

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Bob Seger Fast Facts:

Has sold more than 50 million albums.
Influences include James Brown, Solomon Burke, Otis Redding and Little Richard.
Ran track in high school, and is a golfer who has played in a pro-am with Tiger Woods.
Played his high school's junior prom.
Released his first singles in 1966: the jokey "Ballad of the Yellow Beret" (as a member of "the Beach Bums") and the gritty, Them-like rocker "East Side Story."
Longtime favorite in Detroit, where some of his late-'60s singles outsold the Beatles, but virtually unknown elsewhere until his mid-'70s breakthrough with "Night Moves."
Enjoyed his first national hit in 1969 with "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," which peaked at No. 17; he didn't reach the Top 40 again until 1977.
Befriended Glenn Frey, later of the Eagles, during the 1960s when both played on Detroit's rock circuit; Frey sings backup and plays guitar on "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man."
Performed before almost 80,000 people at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1976, three days after playing for 50 fans at a Chicago bar.
Cowrote the Eagles' 1979 chart-topper "Heartache Tonight."
Enjoyed his only No. 1 single in 1987 with "Shakedown," the Beverly Hills Cop II theme song, which copped Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. When he got the news of his selection, he told the Detroit Free Press, he was watching an NBA game on TV, and his family "came down and just piled on top of me."