20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1980s
Summer movie soundtracks and MTV faves reign over the summers of the Reagan era
9. Rick Springfield, "Jessie's Girl"
"Jessie's Girl" was the Number One song in America the week that MTV debuted in August 1981. But it was, of course, another channel that had more to do with Rick Springfield's ascent to pop stardom – the singer/actor was then starring on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.