Flashback Friday

Rick Springfield "Success Ain't Spoiled Me Yet"
(Sunday Woman - 5/2/82 By Patrick Agan)

Can it be true?
Rick Springfield is a hot TV soap star and a Grammy-winning recording artist. so why is he still such a nice guy?


Whether rockin' and rollin' through his latest hit record, "Love is All Right Tonight," or making his rounds as "General Hospital's" suave Dr. Noah Drake, Rick Springfield makes quite an impression. No doubt about it, this is a great looking guy. True, the strain of a seven-day work week shows a little in the crinkly lines around his hazel eyes, and his thick black hair is lightly traced with gray, but all 6 foot 2 of him exudes the kind of energetic personality and sexuality that says star.

At 33, the Australian-born Springfield has come a long way from Melbourne and his first singing group, The Zoot. A recent Grammy Award winner as Best Male Rock Vocalist for his "Jessie's Girl" smash, his new chart-climbing album is appropriately called "Success Ain't Spoiled Yet!" Says Rick, "it's all happening at just the right time."

But it didn't start out that way. When Rick Springfield arrived in Hollywood in 1972, he had a hit single, "Speak to the Sky," climbing the pop charts. That, plus his good looks, earned him the "teen idol" tag and soon his deeply dimpled grin was seen on the covers of teen magazines. The publicity splash was tremendous but no more hit songs followed.

"And that's why I eventually split from my managers," says Rick. "I came over here for my music, not just to be a magazine star." .........

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I have to wonder if anyone at the time told the author that the correct name of the album is "Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet"????