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Rick Springfield still wishes he had "Jesse's Girl."
Although Rick Springfield's music was frequently dismissed as vapid teen idol fare, Springfield's best moments have actually withstood the test of time far better than most critics would ever have imagined, emerging as some of the best-crafted mainstream power pop of the decade.

Rick Springfield's career has been all over the map. A singer turned soap-opera star turned singer, Rick Springfield was born Richard Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, Australia to a military man; the family moved around Australia and England a great deal during Springfield's childhood, and he sought his escape from the difficulty of making friends in books and music.

Rick Springfield formed a band in high school and eventually joined a '50s revival group called Rock House, moving on from there to join the teenybopper band Zoot in 1968. Zoot became one of the most popular groups in Australia until 1971, scoring several hits.

Rick Springfield went solo after the breakup and garnered his first U.S. success the following year with a re-recording of his Australian hit "Speak to the Sky"; the song reached number 14 in the U.S., but would prove to be Rick Springfield's last major success for quite some time. Subsequent '70s albums stiffed, and record company difficulties prevented Springfield from recording after 1976.

In the meantime, Rick Springfield had begun taking acting classes; he signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1980 and appeared on several television programs. Although Universal dropped him shortly thereafter, Springfield was able to secure a recording contract with RCA on the strength of his demos; in the midst of recording his debut for the label, Springfield was signed to play the young, eligible Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital in 1981.

Rick Springfield's popularity skyrocketed, setting the stage for the release of Working Class Dog later that year. Powered by the classic single "Jessie's Girl," which eventually hit the top of the charts, and the Top Ten follow-up "I've Done Everything for You," Working Class Dog was a smash success, and Springfield eventually returned to his first love of music when concerts conflicted with his television career.

Rick Springfield's follow-up, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, was released in 1982, spawning the Top Ten smash "Don't Talk to Strangers"; 1983's Living in Oz offered more of the same, including the Top Ten "Affair of the Heart," although it betrayed signs that the gears were beginning to wear down on the Springfield machine.

Rick Springfield made the leap to the big screen in 1984 with Hard to Hold, which was much more successful at the box office than with critics; the soundtrack spawned his last Top Ten hit to date, "Love Somebody." Springfield's career seemed to bottom out afterwards, although he recorded several more albums over the rest of the '80s, and continued to land television roles into the '90s. In 1999, Rick Springfield returned with a new album, Karma.

From February 2001 through December 2002, Springfield performed in EFX Alive! at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada to critical acclaim.

In December 2005, Springfield returned as Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital. His run was subsequently extended, although he remains a guest star and not a full cast member.

Rick Springfield also released two albums in 2005;Written in Rock: Anthology and The Day After Yesterday