Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career. He had a No. 1 hit with \”Jessie’s Girl\” in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S. Springfield’s two U. S. top 10 albums are Working Class Dog and Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet. He starred in the television series High Tide, from 1994–97, and has appeared in supporting roles in Ricki and the Flash and True Detective. In 2016 he starred as Vince VincenteLucifer in season 12 of The CW series Supernatural.
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Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career. He had a No. 1 hit with \”Jessie’s Girl\” in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S. Springfield’s two U. S. top 10 albums are Working Class Dog and Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet. As an actor, he starred in the television series High Tide, from 1994–97, and has appeared in supporting roles in Ricki and the Flash and True Detective. In 2016 he starred as Vince VincenteLucifer in season 12 of The CW series Supernatural. In 2017, he starring as Pastor Charles in the American Horror Story episode entitled \”Winter of Our Discontent\”. Rick Springfield was born on 23 August 1949 in South Wentworthville, an outer western suburb of Sydney. He is the son of Eileen Louise and Norman James Springth orpe, an Australian Army career officer. At 14, he saw the Beatles perform at Festival Hall, Melbourne. Springfield was 13 when he learned guitar. He joined various bands in England, where his father was stationed from 1958 to 1963, and several more after returning to Australia. In 1968, he was approached by bass guitarist Pete Watson to join his group Rockhouse. Later that year, he changed the band’s name to MPD Ltd and, in October when Springfield was 19 years old, they toured South Vietnam to entertain Australian troops.
In September 1969, Springfield replaced Roger Hicks as lead guitarist and vocalist in Zoot, with Beeb Birtles on bass guitar and vocals, Darryl Cotton on lead vocals and guitar, and Rick Brewer on drums. After recording his debut album, Springfield moved to the United States in mid-1972. Springfield provided all the songwriting, vocals, guitar, keyboard and banjo for the album Beginnings, which was issued in August 1972. In 1973, Springfield signed with Sparmac Records and issued his debut solo single, \”Speak to the Sky\”, which peaked at No.5 on the Go-Set singles chart. He followed with four more top-10 U. s. hits: \”I’ve Done Everything for You\”, \”Don’t Talk to Strangers\”, \”Affair of the Heart\”, and \”Love Somebody\”. Springfield was also a producer and was also the producer and producer for Springfield’s album, Beginnings. The group attempted to shake off their teeny-bopper image. They followed with a hard rock cover version of The Beatles’ hit Eleanor Rigby, which hit No.4 on Go- set’s Top 40 in March 1971. Despite another hit single with \”Freak\”, which was written by Springfield, the band broke up in May, and they were joined by Phil Blackmore on keyboards and Dick Howard. In October 1971, they formed Wickedy Wak.
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