This timeless No. 1 hit was inspired by a real-life romantic situation before becoming one of the defining soft rock songs of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A multifaceted '80s icon known for both his acting and musical ability, 74-year-old Rick Springfield is not slowing down any time ...

Like many teens, Springfield revealed that he longed for the girlfriend who dated one of his classmates. Apparently, his name was Gary and not Jessie. Years later when Springfield became a recording ...

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 ...

Rick Springfield, the hitmaker behind the 1981 power pop classic “Jessie’s Girl”, recently revealed that an old injury has caused lasting effects on his health. Back in 2000, Springfield took quite a ...

Buoyed by one of the biggest hits of the decade, Rick Springfield enjoyed an impressive run as one of the most consistent hitmakers in the first half of the 80s. And, like many of that era, the second ...

He won a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal with his 1981 breakthrough hit “Jessie’s Girl.” On Friday, Rick Springfield hits Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia. “It’s a very intimate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1981, Rick Springfield transformed a painfully relatable real-life situation into one of the defining songs of the MTV era.