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David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American actor who starred in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974. He is the son of the late actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward.
Prior to
The Partridge Family, Cassidy appeared in a number of television programs, among them Marcus Welby, M.D.
, The Mod Squad
, Bonanza
, and Ironside
. When he first started working on The Partridge Family nobody knew that he could sing, until Cassidy himself brought it up. He then took over the lead vocals for The Partridge Family recordings and quickly became a teen idol. On
The Partridge Family he played Keith Partridge, son of Shirley Partridge, who was played by
Shirley Jones, Cassidy's real-life stepmother.
There were ten
Partridge Family albums and several David Cassidy solo albums during the run of the show. Cassidy grew tired of playing the character of Keith Partridge and decided to leave the series in 1974. He toured for a while after the show ended, retiring from touring in 1975. He did continue to record after he left The Partridge Family and released several critically well-received albums on RCA during the 1970s. He also starred in an episode of Police Story
in 1978 called A Chance to Live. He received an Emmy nomination for this role. Due to the success of the episode, NBC created a prime time show based on it called '. The show was not a hit and was cancelled after one season.
In 1980, Cassidy had a cameo in the television movie, The
Night the City Screamed. He also made a couple of small films in the 1990s. Cassidy has appeared in several Broadway musicals, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
and Blood Brothers. In 1996, he took over from
Michael Crawford in the Las Vegas show, EFX. He also created a show about the Rat Pack, in which he occasionally made guest appearances playing
Bobby Darin. The show ran very successfully in Las Vegas. In 2000 he appeared in the Las Vegas show David Cassidy At The Copa with co-star Sheena Easton.
Cassidy has recorded several solo albums and continues to record. He has rerecorded several
Partridge Family songs and is still touring as of 2004.
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Literature"Bubblegum Music A- Z" DVD
Spike Priggen has compiled a DVD of '60s and '70s bands playing bubblegum music. WFMU's 2008 Record Fair is happening October 24, 25 and 26th at Manhattan's Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street! Bedazzled! will be presenting our annual "Bedazzled Video Hour and a Half" Saturday, October 25 from 11:00am-12:30pm. This years theme is "Bubblegum Music A-Z". "ABC" - Jackson 5 "1-2-3 Red Light" - 1910 Fruitgum Company "Bend Me, Shape Me" - The American Breed "Come On Down To My Boat" - Every Mother's Son "Come On, Get Happy" - The Partridge Family "Dizzy" - Tommy Roe "Goody Goody Gumdrops" - 1910 Fruitgum Company "Green Tambourine" - The Lemon Pipers "Hey Hey We're The Monkees" - The Monkees "Hip Hip Hooray" - The Troggs "Indian Giver" - 1910 Fruitgum Company "I Think I Love You" - David Cassidy "I Woke Up in Love This Morning" - The Partridge Family "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" - Boyce & Hart "I'm A Believer" - The Monkees "Little Bit of Soul" - The Music Explosion "Mercy" - The Ohio Express 'Midnight Confession" - The Grass Roots "Mony Mony" - Tommy James & The Shondells "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds "Rice Is Nice" - The Lemon Pipers "Rain, The Park & Other Things" - The Cowsills "Shake" - Shadows of Knight "Silver Threads & Golden Needles" - The Cowsills "Simple Simon Says" - 1910 Fruitgum Company "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen "Stepping Stone" - The Monkees "Sugar, Sugar' - The Archies "The Train" - 1910 Fruitgum Company "We Can Fly" - The Cowsills "Wombles" - "The Wombles" "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" - The Ohio Express Bonus Selections: "Dizzy" - Tommy Roe ("Upbeat!") "Green Tambourine" - The Lemon Pipers ("Upbeat!") "Sugar, Sugar' - The Archies (Andy Kim video) "Sugar, Sugar' - The "Music Scene" Singers If you can't make it to the show you can own your own copy of this program including groovy cover and disc art. Bubblegum Music A-Z DVD...
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