Rick Springfield
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	BIRTHDAY: August 23, 1949 GRAMMY AWARDS: 1

# 11 Singles Artist of the Year

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Jessie's Girl."
from the LP Working Class Dog
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 25 - 21 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 13 - 30 - 32 - 34 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 6
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 10 with "Jessie's Girl."

Springfield hit #1 for a week with "Jessie's Girl."

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "I've Done Everything For You."
from the LP Working Class Dog
ARC chart run: 34 - 27 - 23 - 21 - 17 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 16 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 73
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 10 with "I've Done Everything For You."

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Love Is Alright Tonite."
from the LP Working Class Dog
ARC chart run: 40 - 33 - 29 - 26 - 24 - 22 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 109
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

# 5 Singles Artist of the Year

Springfield was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Jessie's Girl").

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Don't Talk To Strangers."
from the LP Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
ARC chart run: 35 - 24 - 13 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 14 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 14
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 10 with "Don't Talk To Strangers."

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "What Kind Of Fool Am I"
from the LP Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
ARC chart run: 34 - 27 - 21 - 18 - 15 - 13 - 12 - 17 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 104
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "I Get Excited."
from the LP Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 32 - 31 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 182
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

# 16 Singles Artist of the Year

Springfield won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist (a tie with John Cougar).

Springfield was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Don't Talk To Strangers") and Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("I Get Excited").

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Affair Of The Heart."
from the LP Living In Oz
ARC chart run: 40 - 29 - 24 - 18 - 16 - 11 - 9 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 14 - 28 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 56

Springfield hit the Top 10 with "Affair Of The Heart."

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Human Touch."
from the LP Living In Oz
ARC chart run: 38 - 29 - 25 - 23 - 21 - 19 - 18 - 16 - 22 - 33 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 112
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Souls."
from the LP Living In Oz
ARC chart run: 39 - 31 - 28 - 22 - 20 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 157
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

# 16 Singles Artist of the Year

Springfield was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Affair Of The Heart").

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Love Somebody."
from the LP Hard To Hold
ARC chart run: 39 - 30 - 23 - 18 - 12 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 10 - 12 - 19 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 67
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 10 with "Love Somebody."

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Don't Walk Away."
from the LP Hard To Hold
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 29 - 26 - 24 - 22 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 178
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Bop 'Til You Drop."
from the LP Hard To Hold
ARC chart run: 35 - 29 - 25 - 23 - 21 - 17 - 15 - 27 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 137

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Bruce."
from the LP Beautiful Feelings
ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 29 - 27 - 22 - 19 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 167

# 59 Singles Artist of the Year

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Celebrate Youth."
Year-End Chart Position: # 182

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "State Of The Heart."
Year-End Chart Position: # 160

# 120 Singles Artist of the Year

Springfield hit the Top 40 with "Rock Of Life."

# 55 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Jessie's Girl" at # 20.

Springfield released Venus In Overdrive (Billboard peak: # 28) with the single "What's Victoria's Secret."

Springfield released Songs For The End Of The World.

• February 24: Springfield released Stripped Down.
  Tracks: "Affair Of The Heart" - "Love Is Alright Tonite" - "I've Done Everything For You" - "Painted Girl" - "Oh Well" - "Love Somebody" - "Baby Blue" - "Rollin' & Tumblin'" - "If Wishes Were Fishes" - "Don't Talk To Strangers" - "April 24th, 1981 / My Father's Chair" - "Me & Johnny" - "Human Touch" - "Jessie's Girl"
  available for download at Amazon.mp3 and iTunes

• February 19: Springfield released Rocket Science.
  Tracks: "Light This Party Up" - "Down" - "That One" - "The Best Damn Thing" - "Miss Mayhem" - "Pay It Forward" - "Found" - "Crowded Solitude" - "Let Me In" - "All Hands On Deck" - "We Connect" - "(I Wish I Had A) Concrete Heart" - "Earth To Angel"
  available for download at Amazon.mp3 and iTunes

• January 26: Springfield released The Snake King.
  Tracks: "In The Land Of The Blind" - "The Devil That You Know" - "Little Demon" - "Judas Tree" - "Jesus When An Atheist" - "The Snake King" - "God Don't Care" - "The Voodoo House" - "Suicide Manifesto" - "Blues For The Disillusioned" - "Santa Is An Anagram" - "Orpheous In The Underworld"
  available for download at Amazon.mp3 and iTunes
  available on vinyl

• August 4: Springfield released Automatic.