A hit song can come from anywhere — andRick Springfield's big moment with "Affair of the Heart" happened in a public restroom. After years of commercial disappointments, the Aussie rocker had finally found major success with 1981’sWorking Class Dog, which spawned the No. 1 single "Jessie...
“Springfield”1974UnreleasedAlbum Rick Springfield seemed to be on a fast track to stardom by 1974. He had it all: a batch of well-crafted commercially viable songs, a great voice, muscular musicianship, and striking good looks. After scoring with 1972’s “Speak to the Sky” single, he ...
Rick Springfield says he wasn't always "the good guy in the relationship" with his wife, Barbara. During his appearance as the guest on the Aug. 17 episode of Bethenny's podcast, Rick discusses his relationship with Barbara Porter at length. The couple first met at Sound City Studios in ...
Rick Springfield: Platinum Videos (1984) (Video) - Self, Director (segments: Jessie's Girl), Producer (segments: Jessie's Girl) Hard to Hold (1984) James Roberts, Performer ("Love Somebody", "Don't Walk Away", "Bop till You Drop", "Taxi Dancing", "S.F.O." (Instrumental), ...
“Badfinger has always been one of my all-time favorite bands," Springfield enthused in a statement. "In fact, I am often asked by journalists, ‘What is the one song you had wished you had written?’ And my answer is ‘Baby Blue.' What a perfect song! Their music was and is immor...
“Speak to the Sky” single, he assembled his first solo band and hit the road in pursuit of his dreams. “It was a hedonistic couple of months of rock and roll and partying and no parents,” remembers Springfield. “Songs came out of all that fire and sexual angst of being 25 and ...
Springfield will use the new songs to help introduceAutomatic, promising that they'll be in the setlist as he hits the road this summer for hisI Want My '80ssummer tour. Those dates begin on Aug. 4, the same day the album will be released. ...
Rick Springfield: Well, we did it at Sound City. My manager, Joe Gottfried, owned Sound City, and he actually put me on payroll for a couple of months and said, “Go write songs.” He was a champion at that kind of thing. He was a lovely guy an...
Rick Springfield - My Last Heartbeat 专辑: Songs for the End of the World 歌手:Rick Springfield My Last Heartbeat - Rick Springfield Heal my broken soul There's a hole in my soul Where the love leaks out A shadow in my heart that's filled with doubt A devil on my back I ...
Springfield also appeared on the film's companion album, Sound City: Real to Reel, performing the song "The Man That Never Was" with members of Grohl's band the Foo Fighters. Springfield took a look back at his career on an album of songs and stories, 2015's Stripped Down but the ...