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"Richard Lewis Springthorpe was born on 23 August 1949, known professionally as Rick Springfield, and is an Australian-American musician and actor. Springfield was 13 when he learned guitar. He joined various bands in England, and several more after returning to Australia. In 1968, he joined the group Rock house. Later changed to MPD Ltd. Upon returning to Australia, they formed Wickedy Wak. In September 1969, Springfield replaced Roger Hicks as lead guitarist and vocalist in Zoot. Despite 2 hit singles "Hey Pinky", and "Freak" both written by Springfield, the band broke up in May. Springfield issued his debut solo single, "Speak to the Sky", in October, which peaked at No. 5 on the Go-Set singles chart. After recording his debut album, Beginnings, in London, Springfield moved to the United States in mid-1972. In August 1972 "Speak to the Sky" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September. Beginnings was the first of seven top 40 Springfield albums on the related Billboard 200. In 1973, Springfield recorded his second album, Comic Book Heroes, the album and its two singles failed to chart. Springfield was promoted as a teeny pop idol From September 1972 to September 1973. In 1974, he issued an Australia-only album, Mission: Magic!, which was "full of infectious bubblegum pop songs". His single, "Take a Hand", reached the U.S. top 50 in 1976. The single was taken from the album Wait for Night, During the late 1970s, he concentrated more on his acting career, guest-starring in several prime time TV dramas. Springfield continued to write and record and, in 1981, released his next album, Working Class Dog. The album spawned the single "Jessie's Girl", a worldwide hit which peaked at No. 1 for two weeks in the U.S. on the Hot 100. Springfield won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Working Class Dog reached No.7 on the Billboard 200. He had further success with the follow-up albums Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982) and Living in Oz (1983). Springfield was frustrated with people in interviews mistaking him for Bruce Springsteen, expressed in the track "Bruce" on the album Beautiful Feelings (1984). In 1984, Springfield starred in his own movie, Hard to Hold, and recorded the majority of the material on the accompanying soundtrack. The soundtrack included a top-ten hit, "Love Somebody". However, the movie itself was not successful. Nonetheless, Springfield released his next album Tao in 1985, scoring several modest hits from this release, including "State of the Heart" and "Celebrate Youth". Between 1985 & 2020 Springfield still recorded and released 9 Studio albums. On the 4 August 2023 Springfield released his 23 studio album titled Automatic "