Happy birthday to the Boss! Bruce Springsteen turns 77 today, but the star—who has, among other things, released 21 studio albums, won 20 Grammy Awards, and been portrayed by Jeremy Allen White in the 2025 film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere—doesn’t look a day over 50. (And he’s a father of three and a grandfather of one, no less!)

As affecting as Springsteen remains into his 70s, it’s hard to compete with the rugged sex appeal he radiated earlier in his career. So, in his honor, here’s a roundup of some of our favorite shots of the Virgo rock legend from the 1970s and ’80s.