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Rick Springfield Born Richard Lewis Springthorpe On 23 August 1949 Is An Australian Singer-Songwriter Musician And Actor. A Member Of The Pop Rock Group Zoot From 1969 To 1971 He Had An Initial Career As A Charismatic 'teen Idol' He Started His String Of Solo Works With A Debut Single Called "Speak To The Sky" That Reached The Top 10 In Australia. In Mid-1972 He Relocated To The U.S. Evolving Into A More Strident New Wave And Power Pop Sound As The Years Passed. Respected A Serious Musician While Also Having A Huge Following He Had A #1 Hit With "Jessie's Girl" In 1981 In Both Australia And The U.S. He Received The Grammy Award For Best Male Rock Vocal Performance For "Jessie's Girl" Which Proved To Be A Career Breakout Moment. He Followed With Four More Top 10 U.S. Rock Hits "I've Done Everything For You" "Don't Talk To Strangers" "Affair Of The Heart" And "Love Somebody". His Two U.S. Top 10 Albums Are 1981's 'Working Class Dog' And 1982's 'Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet' Releases Featuring An Energetic Sound Earning Both Commercial And Critical Successes. As An Actor He Portrayed The Popular Dr. Noah Drake On The Daytime Drama 'General Hospital' From 1981 To 1983 And He Sprang Back Into The Role During 2005 To 2008 And 2012 Returning Again In 2013 For The Show's 50th Anniversary With His Son And Fellow Actor Liam Springthorpe. Though Having Gigantic Success In The Early To Mid-80s Springfield Felt Totally Exhausted With The Pressures Of Stardom. He Would End Up Devoting More Time To His Personal And Family Life Though Still Releasing Albums Through The Late 80s And Onward. In 2010 Springfield Published His Well-Received Autobiography Titled 'Late Late At Night A Memoir' Which Detailed These Struggles. Born Richard Lewis Springthorpe Later Adopting "Rick Springfield" In His Performing Days In South Wentworthville On 23 August 1949 He Spent The Early Part Of His Life Around The Western Suburbs Of Sydney Australia. The Son Of Eileen And Norman Springthorpe The Latter A Australian Army Career Officer He Also Has An Older Brother Mike Springthorpe. Due To His Father's Army Career The Springthorpe Family Moved To London England 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. Inspired By The 60s Pop Rock Boom Around Him The Young Rick Springfield Took Naturally To Singing And Songwriting. However Commercial Success Would Come In Sudden Bursts For Him With The Performer Facing Bouts Of 'teen Idol' Worship Even Spending A Time Doing Music For Kids As A Sort Of Cartoon Mister Rogers From 1973 To 1975 With Those Songs Put Into His 'Mission Magic!' Album That Concealed His Desire To Be Taken Seriously As A Musician. Fully Embracing A Power Pop And New Wave Sound As Played By Contemporaries Such As Cheap Trick The Cars And Others Finally Helped Him Hit The Big Time In A Dramatic Way. As Well In October 1984 Springfield Married His Longtime Girlfriend Barbara Porter In His Family's Church In Australia. When Being Interviewed About His Autobiography Springfield Admitted That He Dated While Married And That It Was A Problem That He Has Overcome. He Mentioned In Particular Dating Linda Blair Demi Moore Connie Hamzy Morgana Welch And Geraldine Edwards The Inspiration For Penny Lane In 'Almost Famous' . Though On Top Of The World For A Time Things Proved Unstable And Uncertain. In 1985 When His First Son Was Born And After The Release Of His 'Tao' Album Springfield Took A Break From His Musical Career To Spend More Time With His Family As Stated Before. He Also Resolved To Deal With The Off-And-On Depression That Had Affected Him Since His Adolescence. Springfield Had Suffered Much In The 70s Due To Both The Serious Illness Of His Father Who Died On 24 April 1981 And Difficulties Dealing With People In The Music Industry. Recently A New Feature Documentary Titled 'An Affair Of The Heart The Journey Of Rick Springfield And His Devoted Fans Was Filmed In 2010. The Movie Started On The Film Festival Circuit In The Spring Of 2012. The Performer's Latest Work Is 2015's 'Stripped Down' A Combination Of Covers New Material And Re-Recorded Tracks From His Past That Has Attracted Some Critical Praise.
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Rick Springfield Born Richard Lewis Springthorpe On 23 August 1949 Is An Australian Singer-Songwriter Musician And Actor. A Member Of The Pop Rock Group Zoot From 1969 To 1971 He Had An Initial Career As A Charismatic 'teen Idol' He Started His String Of Solo Works With A Debut Single Called "Speak To The Sky" That Reached The Top 10 In Australia. In Mid-1972 He Relocated To The U.S. Evolving Into A More Strident New Wave And Power Pop Sound As The Years Passed. Respected A Serious Musician While Also Having A Huge Following He Had A #1 Hit With "Jessie's Girl" In 1981 In Both Australia And The U.S. He Received The Grammy Award For Best Male Rock Vocal Performance For "Jessie's Girl" Which Proved To Be A Career Breakout Moment. He Followed With Four More Top 10 U.S. Rock Hits "I've Done Everything For You" "Don't Talk To Strangers" "Affair Of The Heart" And "Love Somebody". His Two U.S. Top 10 Albums Are 1981's 'Working Class Dog' And 1982's 'Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet' Releases Featuring An Energetic Sound Earning Both Commercial And Critical Successes. As An Actor He Portrayed The Popular Dr. Noah Drake On The Daytime Drama 'General Hospital' From 1981 To 1983 And He Sprang Back Into The Role During 2005 To 2008 And 2012 Returning Again In 2013 For The Show's 50th Anniversary With His Son And Fellow Actor Liam Springthorpe. Though Having Gigantic Success In The Early To Mid-80s Springfield Felt Totally Exhausted With The Pressures Of Stardom. He Would End Up Devoting More Time To His Personal And Family Life Though Still Releasing Albums Through The Late 80s And Onward. In 2010 Springfield Published His Well-Received Autobiography Titled 'Late Late At Night A Memoir' Which Detailed These Struggles. Born Richard Lewis Springthorpe Later Adopting "Rick Springfield" In His Performing Days In South Wentworthville On 23 August 1949 He Spent The Early Part Of His Life Around The Western Suburbs Of Sydney Australia. The Son Of Eileen And Norman Springthorpe The Latter A Australian Army Career Officer He Also Has An Older Brother Mike Springthorpe. Due To His Father's Army Career The Springthorpe Family Moved To London England 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. Inspired By The 60s Pop Rock Boom Around Him The Young Rick Springfield Took Naturally To Singing And Songwriting. However Commercial Success Would Come In Sudden Bursts For Him With The Performer Facing Bouts Of 'teen Idol' Worship Even Spending A Time Doing Music For Kids As A Sort Of Cartoon Mister Rogers From 1973 To 1975 With Those Songs Put Into His 'Mission Magic!' Album That Concealed His Desire To Be Taken Seriously As A Musician. Fully Embracing A Power Pop And New Wave Sound As Played By Contemporaries Such As Cheap Trick The Cars And Others Finally Helped Him Hit The Big Time In A Dramatic Way. As Well In October 1984 Springfield Married His Longtime Girlfriend Barbara Porter In His Family's Church In Australia. When Being Interviewed About His Autobiography Springfield Admitted That He Dated While Married And That It Was A Problem That He Has Overcome. He Mentioned In Particular Dating Linda Blair Demi Moore Connie Hamzy Morgana Welch And Geraldine Edwards The Inspiration For Penny Lane In 'Almost Famous' . Though On Top Of The World For A Time Things Proved Unstable And Uncertain. In 1985 When His First Son Was Born And After The Release Of His 'Tao' Album Springfield Took A Break From His Musical Career To Spend More Time With His Family As Stated Before. He Also Resolved To Deal With The Off-And-On Depression That Had Affected Him Since His Adolescence. Springfield Had Suffered Much In The 70s Due To Both The Serious Illness Of His Father Who Died On 24 April 1981 And Difficulties Dealing With People In The Music Industry. Recently A New Feature Documentary Titled 'An Affair Of The Heart The Journey Of Rick Springfield And His Devoted Fans Was Filmed In 2010. The Movie Started On The Film Festival Circuit In The Spring Of 2012. The Performer's Latest Work Is 2015's 'Stripped Down' A Combination Of Covers New Material And Re-Recorded Tracks From His Past That Has Attracted Some Critical Praise.
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Published: 09 Sep 2016, 23:42
With Tao Springfield Decided To Experiment With New Wave And Synthrock. Springfield Noted In A 2012 Interview "Tao Had A Lot Of European Influences And I Perhaps Went A Little Bit Too Far In That Direction. The Production Was More European Orientated With The Massive Synths And That Stuff Actually Did It Really Well In Europe Especially In Germany 'Celebrate Youth' Was A Hit." Springfield Considers Tao To Be His Finest Album To Date. "We Just Had A Lot Of New Ideas. It Is Probably The One I Experimented On The Most. Whatever I Thought Of We Tried It. It Was Just When Sampling Was Just Starting We Got Really Into The Drum Sampling. But We Started On Just A DMX. A Little DMX Drum Machine All The Original Drum Tracks Were Laid Down On That And Then We Triggered Other Drum Samples From That. It Was Built Up Track By Track. That Is Still My Favorite Album." Springfield Recalls "I Had Stopped Listening To American Rock By 1984. In Fact I Was Getting Increasingly Interested In What Was Going On In Other Types Of Music Especially With Artists Who Were English." In The Linear Notes For The Collector's Edition CD Of "Tao" Springfield Comments "I Was Going Through A Major Depression Back Then And Had Been For A Few Years. I Was Spiritually Lost And Finding It Hard To Cope With Everything That Was Going On. Even My Success Was Causing Me Pain. I Couldn't Come To Terms With Earning So Much Money While Others Were Struggling To Find Small Change Even To Eat. It Seemed So Wrong But What Could I Do About It? On Top Of That I Had Real Problems Dealing With My Father's Death. It All Meant That I Was In Such A Mess Which Is Why The Lyrics On The "Tao" Album Are Definitely The Darkest Of My Career."