He so went solo around 1971 (see 1971 in music) but was unable to maintain lot of the career in the 1970s. He starred a cartoon series Mission: Magic (produced by Filmation in 1973), where he appears in a alive format, along sustaining the teacher Miss Tickle & her teenage students. He got the successful acting career, beginning using the brief role when Zac in the 1978 movie Battlestar Galactica. He so became the soap opera actor, most notable for appearing in General Hospital. By owning the super enthusiastic adolescent fanbase, Springfield returned to music using Working Class Dog and the singles ''"Jessie's Girl" and "I've Done Everything for You"''. However Springfield, already inside his 30s, was pinching sustaining a teenaged idol image; Ronnie, Springfield's Bull Terrier/Great Dane mix, appeared in his place in ii of his album covers.

His subsequent release around 1982 ''Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet'' also contained a string of top 40 hits, including "Don't Talk To Strangers" and the soft ballad "What Kind of Fool Am I?" But it was 1983's Living in Oz that established Springfield as a serious songwriter. Filled by having good subject matter & back by a harder rock edge & extra technical healthy, the release went pt on the nature and severity of the hits "Human Touch", "Souls", & "Affair of the Heart".

Springfield won the Grammy in 1981 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for ''"Jessie's Girl"''. Springfield was as well nominated for deuce Grammys within 1982 and one Grammy inside 1983.

When two or three albums using a select few hit singles, Springfield's want of critical acceptance slowed his career, though he continued releasing albums throughout a 1980s. He played two or three bit part in television in the 1990s, and freed his latest album inside 2005. Although his accomplishment are non swell recognised within Australithe, he has yearn maintained the big & fiercely fast fan base in the United States & his numeroAmericthe career accomplishment include a Grammy Award, 4 pt albums, twenty America Top 100 singles & 17 Top 40 hits including a US #1 & #2 only. From either February 2001 across December 2002, Springfield performed around EFX Alive! at a MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada to critical acclaim.

Inside 2005 it wwhen announced that Springfield will make the link to apearance as Dr. Noah Drake in General Hospital for 4 episodes [http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2005/1017-springfield.php].

Albums

Beginnings (1972) #35 US Comic Book Heroes (1973) Mission Magic (1974) Hold off For Nighttime (1976) Beautiful Feelings (1978) Working Class Pooch (1981) #7 US '''''Profits Hasn't Spoiled Us However (1982) #2 US Sleep in Oz (1983) #12 US Stiff To Hang on to (1984) #16 US Tao (1985) #21 US Rock Of Life (1988) #55 US Sahara Snow (1997) Karma (1999) #189 US A Greatest Hits ALIVE (2001) Pt & Gold Collection: Rick Springfield (2003) Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance (2004) Written Around Rock--Anthology (2005) A Day After Yesterday''''' (2005)

Singles

"Speak To The Sky" (1972) #14 US "What Would The Children Think" (1972) #70 US "American Girls" (1974) #98 US "Take A Hand" (1976) #41 US "Jessie's Girl" (1981) #1 U.s.a. - Deuce weeks "I've Done Everything For You" (1981) #8 US "Love Is Alright Tonite" (1981) #20 US "Don't Talk To Strangers" (1982) #2 US "What Kind Of Fool Am I" (1982) #21 US "I Get Excited" (1982) #32 US "Affair Of The Heart" (1983) #9 US "Human Touch" (1983) #18 US "Souls" (1983) #23 US "Love Somebody" (1984) #5 US "Don't Walk Away" (1984) #26 US "Bop Til You Drop" (1984) #20 US "Taxi Dancing" (1984) #59 US "Bruce" (1984) #27 US "Celebrate Youth" (1985) #26 US "State Of The Heart" (1985) #22 US "Rock Of Life" (1988) #22 US