Daily Eighties Flashback: Rick Springfield “I Get Excited”
Three songs from Rick Springfield‘s 1982 Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet album hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date that year, the last of that trio of songs, “I Get...
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Daily Eighties Flashback: Rick Springfield “Don’t Talk to Strangers”
Rick Springfield hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times. On this date in 1982, the third of those five songs, “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” rose to a peak position of...
Title Title “Human Touch”
Rick Springfield wrote a song called “Don’t Call Me Bruce”. It’s ironic that Bruce years later wrote a song with the same title as Rick. Rick Springfield hit #18 with his song in 1983....
Daily Eighties Flashback: Rick Springfield “Celebrate Youth”
Both songs from Rick Springfield‘s 1985 Tao album that reached Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart hit the Top 40. On this date in 1985, the first of that pair of songs, “Celebrate Youth,” rose to a peak...
DEF: Rick Springfield “What Kind of Fool Am I”
All three songs from Rick Springfield‘s 1982 album Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet that appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart hit the Top 40. On this date that year, the second of those three songs, “What...
DEF: Rick Springfield “Bruce”
One song from Rick Springfield‘s 1984 album Beautiful Feelings made an appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1985, that song — “Bruce,” which recounts Springfield’s experiences being mistaken for Bruce Springsteen —...
Birthday of the Week: Rick Springfield
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Sydney, Australia-born actor and musician Rick Springfield. Springfield is, of course, known for his string of hits in the 1980s that included reaching the Top 10 on Billboard‘s...
DEF: Rick Springfield “Bop ‘Til You Drop”
Rick Springfield hit the Top 40 with three songs from his 1984 album Hard to Hold. On this date that year, the last of those three hits, “Bop ‘Til You Drop,” climbed to a peak...
Guess What? It’s Actually Gary’s Girl
Guess what? Recently on Eddie Trunk‘s podcast, Rick Springfield revealed that the original title of “Jessie’s Girl” was actually “Gary’s Girl”. He didn’t think it sounded that good so he tried Randy and landed on...
DEF: Rick Springfield “State of the Heart”
Rick Springfield‘s 1985 album Tao produced two Top 40 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. The second — and bigger — of those two hits was “State of the Heart,” which on this date in 1985...
