Richard Lewis Springthorpe
(born August,23rd 1949),
known professionally as
Rick Springfield,
is an
Australian-American
musician and actor.
He was a member
of the pop rock group
Zoot
from 1969 to 1971,
then started
his solo career
with his debut single,
"Speak to the Sky",
which reached
the top 10
in Australia
in mid-1972.
When he moved to
the United States,
he had a No. 1 hit with
"Jessie's Girl"
in 1981
in both Australia
and the US,
for which he received
the Grammy Award
for Best
Male Rock
Vocal Performance.
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".
Springfield's two
US top 10
albums are
Working Class Dog
(1981)
and
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
(1982).
