The Drink with Kate Snow: Rick Springfield

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🗓️ 25 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It’s true: there is a “Jessie’s Girl.” They met at a stained glass class in 1979 in Pasadena, California. He tells NBC News’ Kate Snow about the story behind his hit song, growing up on an Army base in Australia and the impact his performances have on others.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is Kate Snow so happy to share a great conversation I had with Rick Springfield the guy behind Jesse's girl over a
0:07.6	Spiced-Pair rum fiz with Rick's Beach Bar rum in the drink it It is for my series, The Drink,
0:13.6	about how people got to the top.
0:15.1	And yes, we're gonna talk about Jesse's girl, of course,
0:18.0	and whether there is a real life Jesse's girl,
0:21.8	you'll have to listen. Also he delivered milk in Australia as a
0:25.0	kid before he dropped out of high school. I kid you not. We talk about all the forks in
0:29.4	the road and his new album automatic which is out right now you can hear a lot more
0:34.2	conversations stories of success from the top artists entrepreneurs
0:38.0	visionaries you can find them all at NBC News dot com slash the Drink.
0:43.0	Is there a Jesse's girl?
0:44.8	Yeah, of course.
0:45.4	I mean, I write for a point of truth, even
0:47.8	like a pop song is it's gotta have some kernel of truth. You know I wish I had just it girl.
0:54.0	I wish it had jest it girl.
0:59.0	Hello!
1:00.0	Thank you so much.
1:02.0	Appreciate it.
1:04.0	All right.
1:05.0	Right. Cheers.
1:06.0	Cheers.
1:08.0	What is cheers? What's this drink?
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