Picking Springfield

This, too, was my first thought.

 

you gotta love somebody.

 

Anyone can name Jessie's Girl, but can you name Rick Springfield's other hit song, which went to No. 2 on the charts?

 

"Don't Talk to Strangers" still makes my CD mixes on occasion.

 

He had a third hit with "I've Done Everything For You", which went Top 10.

 

But was he more popular than Jack Wagner?

 

Could Jack Wagner make this claim?

 

Jack Wagner can claim getting to kiss Kristina Malandro for several years. That's gotta count for something.

 

And Springfield, VT wins out

 

Everyone vote for Illinois. Just do it.

 

States without Springfields (according to Google maps):
Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

 

Slightly off topic, but in the early 1990s, the city I grew up in decided it needed to build a new elementary school. So, the school board thought, why not let the kids choose the name of the new school? That's how Greenwood, S.C., ended up with a Springfield Elementary School (despite the best efforts of a "concerned" group of parents).