When Rick Springfield's Dr. Noah Drake checked into General Hospital in 1980, pulses soared. But after just three short years ‑- and many broken hearts ‑- the heartthrob left Port Charles to pursue a music career and landed on the top of the Billboard charts with hits like "Jesse's Girl." On December 2, Springfield returns to the role that had us calling in sick, and here we honor him ‑- and the many other sexy soap stars ‑- that caused fevers to spike in the 1980s.



