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Rick Springfield: Bio Dates

1949 - 08/23 Richard Lewis Springthorpe is born

1968 - Rick heads to Vietnam to entertain the troops

1972 - 09/16 Rick appears on American Bandstand
1972 - 10/27 Rick appears on Sonny & Cher (What Would the Children Think)

1974 - 04/16 Rick makes a 6 night appearance at the Troubadour, performing songs from CBH

1977 - 10/30 Rick makes his acting debut on The Six Million Dollar Man

1981 - 03/25 Rick debuts on General Hospital
1981 - 04/24 Rick's dad, Norman James Springthorpe, dies
1981 - 05/23 Rick returns to American Bandstand and performs Jessie's Girl  
1981 - 08/01 Jessie's Girl hits #1
1981 - 10/02 Rick appears on Merv Giffin (performs IDEFY)

1982 - 02/24 Rick wins a Grammy for Jessie's Girl and performs the song
1982 - 08/13 Live and Kickin was recorded at Universal Amphitheater

1984 - 04/06  Hard to Hold is released
1984 - 10/27 Rick marries Barbara Jean Porter

1985 - 07/13 Rick performs for Live Aid

1985 - Rick's first son, Liam is born
1985 - 11/26 Rick performs at The Life Concert to benefit LA's hungry

1988 - 01/26 Rick appears on the Today Show to promote Rock of Life

1989 - Rick's second son, Joshua is born

1992 - 07/16 Lethal Ron, Rick's dog, passes away.

1993 - 03/30 Rick appears on Geraldo as part of a 30 year GH special

1994 - 09/24 The first episode of High Tide airs.  It is filmed in New Zealand.  Rick and his family move there for the first year to film the series.

1997 - 04/10 Rick begins his 3 year stint as host of the Tucson Classic

1998 - 06/12 The Karma tour begins

1999 - 04/13 Karma is released
1999 - 10/19 Rick debuts in Smokey Joe's Cafe

2000-08/25 Rick performs on The Today Show

2001 - 01/30 Greatest Hits Alive is released
2001 - 01/30 Rick's opening night for EFX Alive
2001 - 07/31 Rick falls during an EFX performance and hurts his arm

2002 - 02/21 Rick debuts "idontwantanythingfromyou"
2002 - 12/31 Rick ends his run on EFX Alive

2004 - 02/24 Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance is released

2005 - 07/12 The Day After Yesterday is released
2005 - 12/02 Rick returns to General Hospital

2006 - 07/07 Rick debuts "Who Killed Rock N Roll"

2007 - 08/07 Who Killed Rock N Roll is released on iTunes
2007 - 08/18 Rick performs in Australia as a Solo artist
2007 - 12/11 Christmas With You released

2008 - 07/08 - 9/22 Rick performs on General Hospital

2008 - 07/29 Venus In Overdrive released

2009 - 03/10 My Precious Little One released
2009 - 10/11 First appearance on Californication

2010 - 10/12 Late, Late at Night - Rick's biography released

2012 - 3/28 - Rick appears on Hot In Cleveland

2012 - 10/9 Songs For The End Of The World released

 

2013 - 03/12 "The Man That Never Was" with Dave Grohl  & Sound City Players - released on Sound City Real to Reel soundtrack

2013 - 03/12 Sound City Real to Reel documentary released

2013 - 07/16 An Affair of the Heart documentary released

2013 - 11/24 Launches "Stripped Down" solo tour

 

2014 - 03/03 Announces summer tour with Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

2014 - 05/03 Rick attends Correspondents Dinner

2014 - 05/06 Magnificent Vibration - Rick's first novel released
2014 - 05/09 Rick Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

 

2015 - 02/24 Stripped Down CD/DVD released

2015 - 06/28 First appearance in True Detective as Dr. Pitlor

2015 - 08/07 Ricki & The Flash movie released

2015 - 08/29 Launches "Sirius XM 80's on the 8 tour with Loverboy & The Romantics

 

2016 - 10/29 Launches acoustic tour with Richard Marx

2016 - 10/20 First appearance as Lucifer on Supernatural
2016 - 10/29 Launches acoustic tour with Richard Marx

2016 - 12/21 Rick's mom, Eileen Louise Springthorpe, dies

 

2017 - 02/28 Announces tour dates with Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

 

2018 - 01/26 The Snake King is released

2018 - 04/12 Performs first symphony show with Oregon Symphony

2018 - 04/26 Rick receives Erasing the Stigma Leadership award
2018 - 07/25 Rick appears on Sideswiped

2018 - 10/10 Rick appears as Gary on the Goldbergs

 

2019 - 01/19 Rick becomes the first non-Elvis act to perform at Graceland
2019 - 04/26 Orchestrating My Life is released

 

2020 - 01/25 Orchestrating My Life Documentary Premiere
2020 - 04/19 Rick appears on Duncanville as Bobby Bastille (voiceover)


2021 - 01/22 WCD DJ Gig begins on Sirius XM
2021 - 01/28 World on Fire - Rick's second novel released on Audible

2021 - 05/25 The Red Locusts is released

2021 - 10/15 Jack Chrome & The Darkness Waltz released (Russell Morris/Rick Springfield Project)

 

2022 - 06/17 Working Class Dog 40th Anniversary Special Live Edition released
2022 - 08/05 Siruis XM 40th Anniversary WCD Tour w/Men at Work & John Waite begins

 

2023 - 05/12 Springfield released