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Rick Springfield

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…

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Born
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 (age 77) Guildford, New South Wales, Australia
Children
2
Citizenship
Australia (1949–present) United States (2006–present)
Formerly of
Zoot, The Morris Springfield Project, The Red Locusts, Sound City Players
Genres
Rock · power pop · hard rock · pop rock
Instruments
Vocals · guitar · keyboards

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Rick Springfield

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Rick Springfield

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Labels · 6
Rick Springfield → Capitol, Frontiers, Gomer, RCA, Sparmac, Warner
Occupations · 5
Rick Springfield → actor, musician, record producer, Singer, songwriter
Genres · 4
Rick Springfield → hard rock, pop rock, power pop, Rock
Instruments · 3
Rick Springfield → guitar, keyboards, Vocals
Born · 1
Rick Springfield → Richard Lewis Springthorpe (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 (age 77) Guildford, New South Wales, Australia
Children · 1
Rick Springfield → 2

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Rick SpringfieldBornRichard Lewis Springthorpe (1949-08-23) 23 August 1949 (age 77) Guildford, New South Wales, Australia1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldChildren21.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldCitizenshipAustralia (1949–present) United States (2006–present)1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldFormerly ofZoot, The Morris Springfield Project, The Red Locusts, Sound City Players1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldGenresRock1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldGenrespower pop1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldGenreshard rock1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldGenrespop rock1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldInstrumentsVocals1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldInstrumentsguitar1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldInstrumentskeyboards1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldLabelsSparmac1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldLabelsRCA1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldLabelsCapitol1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldLabelsWarner1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldLabelsGomer1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldLabelsFrontiers1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldOccupationsSinger1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldOccupationsmusician1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldOccupationsactor1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldOccupationssongwriter1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldOccupationsrecord producer1.00infobox
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Rick SpringfieldWebsiterickspringfield.com1.00infobox
Rick SpringfieldYears active1962–present1.00infobox

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