The very definition of a double-threat in the 1980s, the soap star-turned-platinum selling rocker Rick Springfield enjoyed phenomenal success in the early 1980s. Although he’d worked for decades honing his musical gifts and acting talent, Springfield hit the big time at one collective Reagan-era moment: while daytime drama viewers tuned in daily to watch him romance the ladies as Dr. Noah Drake on “General Hospital,” pop music lovers spun his vinyl “Working Class Dog” in the other room. His was a long climb to the top, and though the older-than-most teen idol dominated only a brief period of
