Talk:The Springfields

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Fair use rationale for Image:Springfields.jpg
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Record producer
I don't think that Tom should be described in the introduction as a record producer. He is first and foremost a songwriter.101.98.175.68 (talk) 01:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Agreed, done. Brymor (talk) 19:49, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

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Incorrect "Bambino" link
The link from the Springfields' song "Bambino" (a maudlin Christmas song, part of which is in pseudo-Italian) takes us to French singer Dalida's first hit "Bambino", which is a completely different, and far more serious, song based on an Italian hit called "Guaglione", about a Neapolitan street urchin - nothing to do with Christmas! This kind of thing happens far too often on Wikipedia - simply doing a computer search for songs with the same title and using this to create links between articles just won't do. Since I have no idea how to create links, let alone how to delete them, I'll leave the correction to someone else with the necessary technical skills.213.127.210.95 (talk) 15:36, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Sorted. There is no Wikipedia article on "Bambino" by the Springfields, so I have removed the link to Dalida, and put in a reference to Discogs instead. Brymor (talk) 19:48, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

"...the first single by a British group ever to do so"
First to do what exactly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.210.197 (talk) 03:28, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * To reach the US Top 20. The reference to the Cash Box chart was interpolated by a later editor, so I'll modify the wording to clarify it.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:59, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Mike Hurst sources
Mike Hurst, as the 'fourth' Springfield, has been interviewed a number times, usually providing interesting content. I found an interview entitled 'Mike Hurst Biography' which contained an illuminating passage about how the group rehearsed, which I edited in as: "Tom sorted out with the manager what gigs we would do but it was Dusty who worked on the performance.' She made the three of them stand in front of a mirror for hours with herself in the middle, rehearsing every on-stage move. 'Everything was worked out to the nth degree.'" The ever-vigilant BOT objected that we can't necessarily trust posts on blogspot.com, and I agree. However, this case looks legit, and this is valuable information that I have not spotted anywhere else. What do others think? Brymor (talk) 17:45, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I've used similar sources in the past without anyone hauling me over the coals. By the way, who is the interviewer, "WW"?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:02, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I wish I knew! I've even looked at the HTML source code of the page, and there doesn't seen to be an author tag. . . Brymor (talk) 18:54, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, I have included this reference in the article. Brymor (talk) 20:24, 10 September 2022 (UTC)