Bruce Springsteen's epic sound is like a dusty scrapbook overflowing with rock 'n' roll's most iconic moments. Both Bob Dylan's visionary folk rock poetry and Roy Orbison's uniquely American romanticism haunt the Boss' storytelling, while his music draws inspiration from handclapping doo-wop (The Drifters), fuzzy frat-rock fun (The Kingsmen), and wall-of-sound R&B (The Ronettes).