'80s Singer Rick Springfield Reveals the True Inspiration Behind Hit Song 'Jessie's Girl' originally appeared on Parade. More than four decades after “Jessie’s Girl” first hit the airwaves and became ...

In 1981, Rick Springfield transformed a painfully relatable real-life situation into one of the defining songs of the MTV era. "Jessie's Girl" became a massive hit for the Australian singer-songwriter ...

Back in 1981, pop culture was defined by the wedding of Princess Diana, the launch of MTV, and songs that 45 years later still get stuck in our heads. One such song was the hit single "Jessie's Girl" ...

Rick Springfield landed his first and only No. 1 single with "Jessie's Girl" in the summer of 1981. While some artists have said they had no idea they were about to have major success, the Australian ...

Grammy-winning rocker Rick Springfield has had a long, successful, and eclectic career. He was one of the biggest names in pop-rock in the 1980s with hits like “Jessie’s Girl,” “I’ve Done Everything ...

It was 1981 when Australian American rock star Rick Springfield released what would turn out to be his biggest hit: “Jessie’s Girl.” But his music catalogue is much bigger than one song. In fact, he ...

There are some artists who have a hit that’s so big it eclipses all of the other great work they’ve done. The No. 1 smash “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield is one of those (in)famous examples. It’s ...

Rick Springfield grew up on an Army base in Australia, where he delivered milk and his family listened to the radio and played piano. He tells NBC News’ Kate Snow ...

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