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Wednesday’s Forgotten 45: Rick Springfield

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Wednesday’s Forgotten 45: Rick Springfield


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105.7 KOKZ is your home for classic American Top 40 shows every weekend! This Sunday morning at 8, Casey Kasem features the top songs from June 18th, 1983, it’s where I found today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Rick Springfield with “Affair of the Heart”.

The song was the 4th of his 5 top 10 hits and the first single from his “Living in Oz” album. According to Wikipedia, Rick was in a public restroom when a random guy came up to him and gave his a cassette tape and said “you gotta hear this song, I wrote it. You’ll love it”. A couple of months later Rick was driving to work for General Hospital, popped in the tape and the rest is history! The song was a #9 hit in the summer of ’83.

Rick’s “I Want My 80’s Tour” will be at Meskwaki this Saturday featuring Wang Chung, John Waite, and Paul Young. It’s Rick Springfield with “Affair of the Heart” today’s Forgotten 45.

Jeff Winfield
105.7 KOKZ afternoons: the Forgotten 45 at 3:45 and the 5 O'Clock Traffic Jams.
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