The year was 1981, and General Hospital was one of the highest-rated soap operas on daytime television when Rick Springfield ...
The summer of 1981 was something else: General Hospital was pulling in 14 million viewers a day, a song called “Jessie’s Girl” was on every radio in America. The man responsible for both was the same ...
Album-oriented rock ascended along with FM radio. It reached tremendous mainstream success—and a reputation for being uncool.