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TIL Rick Springfield found himself crushing on a girl that was dating his friend Gary, who he had become friends with while taking a stained glass-making class in Pasadena. Renaming his friend "Jessie" gave him the 1981 hit "Jessie's Girl", as "Gary's Girl" didn't have the same ring to it.

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