Jon Bon Jovi

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Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on

March 2, 1962, John Bongiovi was
raised in Sayreville, New Jersey.

Bruce Springsteen

As a teenager,
John idolized Bruce
Springsteen. While
playing in a garage
band, he met pianist
David Bryan. The
two of them formed
the band Atlantic
City Expressway.

David Bryan

In 1980, he
made a song
Runaway and
success was
launched

Jon formed a band with

David, Tico Torres,
Alec Such and Richie
Sambora.

Derek Schulman, a record

executive, signed them to
PolyGram in 1983.
Shulman was the one to suggest
changing the bands name to Bon
Jovi.

The self-titled debut was

out in January of 1984. The
record went gold, and the band
toured with the Scorpions, Kiss
and Judas Priest. The third
album, Slippery When Wet,
went gold and platinum six
weeks after its release.
Fourteen million copies were
sold.

The group continues to record and

release albums. Jon also started an
acting career in the 1990s. He has
starred in Moonlight and Valentino
(1995), Pay it Forward (2000) and
U-571 (2000).

Jon married
Dorothea Hurley,
who
is a karate instructor.
They have four
children: Stephanie,
Jesse, Jacob and
Romeo Jo.

In 2011 he visited
Zagreb as a part
of The Circle
Tour. I was at
this great concert.