Editing Rick Springfield (section)

==Awards and nominations==
===''Go-Set'' pop poll===

The [[Australian pop music awards#1966–1972:Go-Set pop poll results|''Go-Set'' pop poll]] was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music paper ''[[Go-Set]]''. The paper was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll from 1966 to 1972 to determine the most popular personalities.<ref name="Top40TV">{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | access-date = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="KentThesis">{{Cite thesis|type=MA|title=The place of Go-Set in rock and pop music culture in Australia, 1966 to 1974 |last1=Kent |first1=David Martin |publisher=[[University of Canberra]] |date=September 2002 |location=[[Canberra]], ACT |url=http://erl.canberra.edu.au/uploads/approved/adt-AUC20050509.095456/public/02whole.pdf |pages=255–264 |access-date=16 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904073704/http://erl.canberra.edu.au/uploads/approved/adt-AUC20050509.095456/public/02whole.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 }}</ref>

{{awards table}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1970 || rowspan="2" | Ricky Springfield || Best Guitarist || style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|-
| Best Composer || 5th
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971 || rowspan="2"| himself || Best Guitarist || {{won}}
|-
| Best Songwriter/Composer || 4th
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1972
| rowspan="3"| himself
| Best Male
| style="background:tan;"| 3rd
|-
| Best Newcomer
| 4th
|-
| Best Songwriter/Composer
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|-
| Best Album
| ''Beginnings''
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|-
| Best Single
| "Hooky Jo"
| 10th
{{end}}

===King of Pop Awards===
The [[Australian pop music awards#1967–1978: King of Pop Awards|King of Pop Awards]] were voted by the readers of ''[[TV Week]]''. The award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978.<ref name="Top40TV"/>

{{awards table}}
|-
| 1971
| himself
| Best Lead Guitarist
| {{won}}
|-
| 1972
| himself
| Most Popular Australian Musician
| {{won}}
|-
{{end}}

===Grammy Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Category
!Nominated work
!Result
|-
|align=center|[[24th Grammy Awards|1982]]
|rowspan=2|[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Male Performance|Best Rock Vocal Male Performance]]
|"Jessie's Girl"
|{{won}}
|-
|align=center|[[24th Grammy Awards|1983]]
|"I Get Excited"
|{{nom}}<ref name=Grammy1983>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9UMsAAAAIBAJ&pg=4249,2732693&dq|title=Toto Dominates Annual Grammy Nominations|date=14 January 1983|access-date=9 February 2020|work=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313071914/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9UMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4M4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4249,2732693&dq|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|[[25th Grammy Awards|1983]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance Male|Best Pop Vocal Performance Male]]
|"Don't Talk to Strangers"
|{{nom}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popmale.htm|title=Rock on the Net: Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male|website=rockonthenet.com|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920063246/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popmale.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|[[26th Grammy Awards|1984]]
|Best Rock Vocal Male Performance
|"Affair of the Heart"
|{{nom}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/11/Nominees-for-the-26th-Annual-Grammy-Awards-presented-Feb/6874442645200/|title=Nominees for the 26th Annual Grammy Awards presented Feb....|work=United Press International|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806182559/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/01/11/Nominees-for-the-26th-Annual-Grammy-Awards-presented-Feb/6874442645200/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

On 9 May 2014, Springfield was honoured with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Tupac-Shakur--Phil-Hartman-to-receive-Walk-of-Fame-stars---see-list/9146432 |title=Tupac Shakur, Phil Hartman to receive Walk of Fame stars - see list |publisher=Ontheredcarpet.com |access-date=2015-08-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227020002/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Tupac-Shakur--Phil-Hartman-to-receive-Walk-of-Fame-stars---see-list/9146432 |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}</ref>