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He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single “Speak to the Sky” reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with “Jessie’s Girl” in 1981 in both Australia and the US. He received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for “Jessie’s Girl”. He followed with four more top 10 US hits, “I’ve Done Everything for You”, “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, “Affair of the Heart” and “Love Somebody”. His two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet (1982). As an actor, he portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, from 1981 to 1983 and during 2005 to 2008 and 2012, returning in 2013 for the shows 50th anniversary with son/actor Liam Springthorpe. In 2010, Springfield published his autobiography, Late, Late at Night: A Memoir.
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (later known as Rick Springfield) was born in South Wentworthville, a western suburb of Sydney, on 23 August 1949. Springfield is the son of Norman Springthorpe, an Australian Army career-officer, and Eileen. He has an older brother, Mike Springthorpe. Due to his father’s Army career, the Springthorpe family moved to London, where they lived between 1960 to 1962. The family moved back to Australia in June 1962, where they settled in the Melbourne suburb of Ormond.
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Playlist: The Very Best Of Rick Springfield
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Working Class Dog
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The Best Of Rick Springfield
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PatriciaLaroca
Sound City de Dave Grohl - Um documentário que realmente vale a pena !! http://rockinbloom.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/apresentacao-sound-city/
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BBraveCMR
Loved hearing Rick's story and his songs with Sound City. Seeing it again in Gainesville,FL at High Dive for free! THIRD TIME,Y'ALL! http://smarturl.it/SCtrailer
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thedoseoftea
When I first saw him in Californication, I thought he was not more than 30 years old.
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kluk_jako_buk
Holy shit, is that fucking Rick Springfield?
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Phonhaus
Thanks for the new album !!! You just made me feel thirty years younger when I was playing 'Living In Oz' up and down. Great!
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Ventura_H
the new album is unfuckinbelievable GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
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drnrg31
Songs For the End of The World sounds great. I'm glad for everything that is still Rock N Roll in this Dance crap era.
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The80sFan
New album is his BEST since "Karma", and that was a highly underrated GEM. Fucking brilliant on this album!
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TheDarkSide73
I like Ricks new album, it sounds like some of todays alternative rock bands....
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Fuhghettaboutit
CALI-FORNICATION!
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SonnyBurnett88
fuckin' Californication [12]
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kawaoporanku
californication!
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nickMef06
Jessie's Girl <3
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Leadro22
Jessie's Girl ♥
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P0pk1ller
californication
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lappaz
I thought he was like 50 late 40, but he is 61.
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neffnuff
Californication, yesyes.
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przemek-was
In Californicatin he has maybe 40 years old!!! In real he has 67!??? \wtf?
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ThirtySec2Mrs
Californication, yesyes. [8]
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postshanna
ricky springfield......HE'S A BUDDY OF MINE!
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