'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 ...

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.

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" ...

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 ...

General Hospital alum Rick Springfieldhas fans saying he’s channeling his soap opera roots in a new take on his song "Jessie’s Girl." Springfield will forever be known to soap fans as hunky Dr. Noah ...

Forget about the 2020s. For one night only, this rock star turned daytime television star will take Greater Cincinnati fans back to the totally tubular '80s. Rick Springfield, a Grammy-winning ...

Renowned psychotherapist Virginia Satir once said that individuals should not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define them. It’s a mantra Rick Springfield has embraced throughout a career ...