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Rick Springfield

1949 - Today

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Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Springfield is the 1,359th most popular musician (down from 1,341st in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Australia (down from 196th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Australian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rick Springfield ranks 1,359 out of 3,175. Before him are Marin Alsop, Pepe Romero, Mary Lou Williams, Paco Peña, Marcel Moyse, and Anders Johansson. After him are Wynton Marsalis, Clifford Curzon, Ludacris, Sophie, John Steel, and Olve Eikemo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Rick Springfield ranks 429. Before him are Jean Asselborn, Keith Rowley, Irena Degutienė, Tatyana Anisimova, Kurt Beck, and Carlos Babington. After him are Charles Fefferman, Oleg Atkov, Philippe Djian, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Valeriu Muravschi, and Mart Helme.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Rick Springfield ranks 213 out of 1,143. Before him are Fiona Graham (1961), Margaret Molesworth (1894), Tony Madigan (1930), Darren Cahill (1965), David Chalmers (1966), and Grafton Elliot Smith (1871). After him are Nick Winter (1894), John Devitt (1937), Ned Zelic (1971), Peter Scully (1963), Ben Mendelsohn (1969), and Rose Byrne (1979).

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Among MUSICIANS In Australia

Among musicians born in Australia, Rick Springfield ranks 13. Before him are Michael Hutchence (1960), Mark Evans (1956), Daevid Allen (1938), Colin Burgess (1946), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), and John Williams (1941). After him are Bob Daisley (1950), Richard Bonynge (1930), Simone Young (1961), Mike Chapman (1947), Rolf Harris (1930), and Rob Bailey (1953).

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