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In October 1984, Springfield married his girlfriend, Barbara Porter, at his family's church in Australia. [47] They had met several years earlier when Springfield was recording Working Class Dog and she was working as the recording studio receptionist. They have two sons, Liam (born 1985) and Joshua (born 1989). [2]
According to Springfield, the lyrics of "What Kind of Fool Am I" are about his then-girlfriend Barbara Porter, who he married in 1984. [2] Billboard described the song as starting "as a ballad but kicks in soon enough to the punchy power pop" that had generated previous hits for Springfield. [ 3 ]
Venus in Overdrive is the 16th studio album by rock musician Rick Springfield. According to an interview that Springfield gave to the website Songfacts, the title track was written about his wife, Barbara Porter, whom he married in 1984. The album spent two weeks on Billboard's album chart. [2]
The music was based on an earlier Springfield song titled "Spanish Eyes", and released on the Sound City recordings from 1978. The song lyrics were changed and were written to Springfield's then-girlfriend Barbara Porter (later his wife), whom he was worried was involved with other people while they were apart.
Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, Dave Shogren and John Hartman founded the Doobie Brothers in the fall of 1970. [1] After the band released its self-titled debut album and recorded two tracks for 1972's follow-up Toulouse Street, Shogren was replaced by Tiran Porter and Michael Hossack was added as a second drummer in December 1971. [2]
Comic Book Heroes is the second studio album by Australian musician Rick Springfield.The album was released on 17 September 1973, by Wizard Records. [1] In the U.S. this album was first issued on Capitol Records (SMAS-11206), then quickly withdrawn (because of legal proceedings) and subsequently issued on the Columbia Records label (KC-32704).
Christ Episcopal Church children’s choir, Springfield (1960) Sanford Clark (1957) Tenn. Gov. Frank Clement (1956) Patsy Cline (1956–60) The Collins Kids (1955, 1960) Tommy Collins (1955) The Commodores Quartet (1955) The Compton Brothers (1956)* Johnny Cook (1956) Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper (1959) Cowboy Copas (1960) Ray Crespin, Seventeen ...
"Speak to the Sky" is the debut single by Rick Springfield. It reached No. 6 in Australia, No. 8 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart, No. 10 on the Canadian pop chart, No. 14 on the U.S. pop chart, and No. 16 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1972. [2]