Rick Springfield, Dusty Springfield, Buffalo Springfield: Let’s Sort it Out

Is there any relation between Rick, Dusty and Buffalo Springfield?

No, Rick Springfield is not related to Dusty Springfield. Neither Rick nor Dusty are related to Buffalo Springfield. There is no person with the last name Springfield in Buffalo Springfield. In fact, Rick and Dusty weren’t born with the last name Springfield.

As all Rick fans know, Rick’s birth name is Richard Springthorpe. Dusty Springfield’s real name is even longer: Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien (source: Wikipedia). The two weren’t even born Springfields.

Buffalo Springfield is named after the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company (steamrollers), so no one in that band was named Springfield.