It had been nearly 10 years since Australian-born Rick Springfield had climbed the pop charts. Accumulating a resume as an actor in the intervening years, including landing a plum gig on General Hospital, kept his profile out there, and RCA took a chance on him in 1981 (he'd previously been with Columbia).
"Jessie's Girl" was the 1st single off "Working Class Dog", and rocketed to #1, spurred on, to be sure by the GH audience, even though Dr. Noah Drake (Springfield) didn't swap his stethoscope for a guitar on the show.
Today, "Jessie's Girl" is in rotation on local oldies channels.
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