Editing David Cassidy (section)

==Career==
===1960s===
On January 2, 1969, Cassidy made his professional debut in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[The Fig Leaves Are Falling]]''. It closed after four performances,<ref name=happy43>''C'mon, Get Happy'', p. 43</ref> but a casting director saw the show and asked Cassidy to make a screen test. In 1969, he moved to [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="happy43" /> After signing with Universal Studios in 1969, Cassidy was featured in episodes of the television series ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]'', ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'', and ''[[Bonanza]]''.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite magazine |date= |title=David Cassidy |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-cassidy/credits/146368/ |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205233421/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-cassidy/credits/3000054927/ |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>

===1970s===
[[File:The Partridge Family David Cassidy 1970.jpg|thumb|David Cassidy in a publicity photo for [[The Partridge Family]] in 1970|196x196px]][[File:Partridge Family first cast 1970.JPG|thumb|left|''The Partridge Family'', season 1. L-R: [[Shirley Jones]], Jeremy Gelbwaks, [[Suzanne Crough]], [[Susan Dey]], [[Danny Bonaduce]] and Cassidy.]]
In 1970, Cassidy took the role of Keith Partridge on the musical television show ''The Partridge Family'' produced by Screen Gems. After demonstrating his singing talent, Cassidy was allowed to join the studio ensemble as the lead singer. (He and his stepmother Shirley Jones who portrayed his on-screen mother Shirley Partridge were the only TV cast members to appear on any Partridge Family recordings.)<ref name="Cmon">{{cite book| title= C'mon, Get Happy: Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus| first1= David| last1= Cassidy | first2= Chip| last2= Deffaa| author-link2= Chip Deffaa| year= 1994| publisher= DBC Enterprises, [[Warner Books]] Inc.| isbn= 9780446395311}}</ref>

The show proved popular, but the fame took its toll on Cassidy. In the midst of his rise to fame, Cassidy felt stifled by the show and trapped by the mass hysteria surrounding his every move.<ref name="Cmon" />{{rp|92–95}} In May 1972, to alter his public image, he appeared nude on the cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in a cropped [[Annie Leibovitz]] photo;<ref name="Cmon" />{{rp|167}} among other things, the accompanying ''Rolling Stone'' article mentioned that Cassidy was riding around New York in the back of a car "[[Substance intoxication|stoned]] and drunk."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 11, 1972 |first=Robin |last= Green |author-link=Robin Green |title=Naked Lunch Box |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-cassidy-naked-lunch-box-178864/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002090902/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-cassidy-naked-lunch-box-178864/ |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref>

Once "[[I Think I Love You]]"—the first single released by The Partridge Family [[Pop music|pop]] group—became a hit, Cassidy began work on solo albums, including [[Cherish (David Cassidy album)|''Cherish'']] and [[Rock Me Baby (album)|''Rock Me Baby'']], both released in 1972. Within the first year, he had produced his own single, a cover of [[The Association|The Association's]] "[[Cherish (The Association song)|Cherish]]" (from the album of the same title); the song reached number nine on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the United States, number two in the United Kingdom (a [[double A-side]] with "Could It Be Forever"), and number one in Australia and New Zealand. He began tours that featured ''The'' ''Partridge Family'' tunes and his own hits.

Cassidy achieved far greater solo chart success in the UK than in his native America, including a cover of [[The Young Rascals|The Young Rascals']] "[[How Can I Be Sure]]" and the [[double A-side]] single "[[Daydreamer (1973 song)|Daydreamer]]" / "[[The Puppy Song]]" – a UK number one which failed to chart in the States. In Britain, Cassidy the solo star remains best known for "Daydreamer", "How Can I Be Sure" and "Could It Be Forever" ([[UK singles chart|UK]] number 2/US number 37), all released during his 1972–73 solo chart peak.

After launching his solo musical career, he was for a short time the highest paid entertainer in the world. At the peak of his career, Cassidy's [[fan club]] was larger than that of any other musical group or pop star, including [[The Beatles]] or [[Elvis Presley]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=9 things you (probably) didn't know about David Cassidy – National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3874613/things-you-didnt-know-about-david-cassidy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810225418/https://globalnews.ca/news/3874613/things-you-didnt-know-about-david-cassidy/ |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> A fictionalized version of him starred in the [[fan magazine]] ''David Cassidy''. Many of its issues were signed by Turkish comics creator Su Gumen.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Time |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=david+cassidy+solo&pg=PA71 |title=Life |date=October 29, 1971 |publisher=Time Inc |pages=71 |language=en}}</ref> In a 1993 interview, Cassidy said that he was frustrated by his portrayal in the magazines, which sanitized his image. His fan club nicknamed a star after him in the [[International Star Registry]] in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Cassidy Fans – Fan's Tales New York |url=https://www.starregistry.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810225415/http://www.davidcassidy.com/fansite/FansPages/FansTalesNY2.html |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |website=www.davidcassidy.com}}</ref> In his autobiography, Cassidy said that he felt overwhelmed by his fanbase, and said that "it became impossible for me to go in a store or even walk down the street without being stopped by people."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cassidy |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JkzAgAAQBAJ&dq=david+cassidy+fan+magazine&pg=PT79 |title=Could It Be Forever? My Story |date=2012 |publisher=Headline |isbn=978-0-7553-6468-8 |language=en}}</ref>

Though he wanted to become a respected [[Rock music|rock]] musician along the lines of [[Mick Jagger]], his channel to stardom launched him into the ranks of [[teen idol]], a brand he loathed until much later in life, when he managed to come to terms with his pop idol beginnings. Ten albums by ''The Partridge Family'' and five solo albums by Cassidy were produced during the series, with most selling more than a million copies each.[[File:David Cassidy tijdens de opnames - NA - 928-0296.jpg|thumb|upright|Cassidy performing in 1975]] Internationally, Cassidy's solo career eclipsed the already phenomenal success of ''The Partridge Family''. He became an instant drawing card, with sellout concert successes in major arenas around the world. These concerts produced mass hysteria, resulting in the media coining the term "Cassidymania". For example, he played to two sellout crowds of 56,000 each at the [[Houston]] [[Astrodome]] in Texas over one weekend in 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?id=ydgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6929,863578&dq=david+cassidy&realname=The_%27new%27_David_Cassidy_steps_out | title = The 'new' David Cassidy steps out | date = August 16, 1975 | access-date = August 3, 2009}}{{dead link|date=January 2014}}</ref> His concert in New York's [[Madison Square Garden]] sold out in one day and resulted in riots after the show.<ref>{{cite news |last=Heckman |first=Don |date=March 12, 1972 |title=Cassidy is Focus of New Pop Trend; "Partridge FAMILY" Star Puts Sensuality Into Singing |work=The New York Times |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10716FC3F5E127A93C0A81788D85F468785F9&realname=CASSIDY_IS_FOCUS_OF_NEW_POP_TREND |access-date=August 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101191852/http://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/12/archives/cassidy-is-focus-of-new-pop-trend-partridge-family-star-puts.html |archive-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref> His concert tours of the United Kingdom included sellout concerts at [[Wembley Arena]] in 1973.<ref name="Cassidy 2007"/> In Australia in 1974, the mass hysteria was such that calls were made to have him deported from the country, especially after the madness at his 33,000-person audience concert at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BJ0QAAAAIBAJ&pg=4741,3108448&dq=david+cassidy+concert&realname=More_Control_Urged_At_Future_Pop_Concerts | title = More Control Urged At Future Pop Concerts | date = March 13, 1974 | work = The Age | access-date = August 3, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yjUQAAAAIBAJ&pg=7198,3795659&dq=david+cassidy+concert | title = David Cassidy is a Health Hazard | date = March 13, 1974 | work = Ellensburg Daily Record | access-date = January 11, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A turning point in Cassidy's live concerts (while still filming ''The Partridge Family'') was a gate stampede at the penultimate show on a world tour, in [[London]]'s [[White City Stadium]] on May 26, 1974, when nearly 800 people were injured in a crush at the front of the stage. Thirty were taken to the hospital, and a 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Whelan, died four days later at London's [[Hammersmith Hospital]] without regaining consciousness.<ref>''C'mon, Get Happy'', pp. 188–190</ref>

A deeply affected Cassidy faced the press, trying to make sense of what had happened. Out of respect for the family and to avoid turning Whelan's funeral into a media circus, Cassidy did not attend the service, although he spoke to Whelan's parents and sent flowers. Cassidy stated at the time that this would haunt him until the day he died.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tEAQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6711,8285917&dq=david+cassidy | title = Cassidy Concert, Girl 14 Dies | date = May 30, 1974 | work = The Age | access-date = January 11, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TlEVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,10309348&dq=bernadette+whelan&realname=Cassidy_Fan_Dies | title = Cassidy Fan Dies | date = May 31, 1974 | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date = August 3, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 23, 1999 |title=Crushed To Death at a David Cassidy Concert |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/crushed-to-death-at-a-david-cassidy-concert-1095281.html |access-date=August 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003320/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/crushed-to-death-at-a-david-cassidy-concert-1095281.html |archive-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref>

{{Quote box|align=right|width=25%|I'm exploited by people who put me on the back of cereal boxes. I asked my housekeeper to go and buy a certain kind of cereal and when she came home, there was a huge picture of me on the back. I can't even eat breakfast without seeing my face.
—''[[NME|New Musical Express]],'' October 1972.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
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By this point, Cassidy had decided to quit both touring and acting in ''The Partridge Family'', concentrating instead on recording and songwriting. International success continued, mostly in Great Britain, Germany, Japan and South Africa, when he released three well-received solo albums and several hit singles on [[RCA]] in 1975 and 1976. Cassidy became the first recording artist to have a hit with "[[I Write the Songs]]", peaking at No. 11 in the Top 30 in Great Britain before the song became [[Barry Manilow]]'s signature tune. Cassidy co-produced the recording with the song's author-composer, [[Bruce Johnston]] of [[The Beach Boys]]. The two artists collaborated on two of Cassidy's mid-70s RCA Records albums ''[[The Higher They Climb (album)|The Higher They Climb]]'' and ''[[Home Is Where the Heart Is (David Cassidy album)|Home Is Where the Heart Is]]''.

In 1978, Cassidy starred in an episode of ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' titled "A Chance to Live", for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] at the [[30th Primetime Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=David Cassidy – Television Academy |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/david-cassidy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118083711/https://www.emmys.com/bios/david-cassidy |archive-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> [[NBC]] created a series based on it, called ''[[David Cassidy: Man Undercover]]'', but it was cancelled after one season. A decade later, the successful [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] series ''[[21 Jump Street]]'' used the same plot, with different youthful-looking police officers infiltrating a high school.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

===1980s===
Cassidy later stated he was broke by the 1980s, despite being successful and highly paid.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/21/david-cassidy-says-has-dementia-day-appearing-fall-stage-concert/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/21/david-cassidy-says-has-dementia-day-appearing-fall-stage-concert/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Cassidy says he has dementia a day after appearing to fall off stage during concert|first=David|last=Millward|date=February 21, 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1985, music success continued with the [[Arista Records|Arista]] release of the single "The Last Kiss" (number six in the United Kingdom), with backing vocals by [[George Michael]], which was included on the album ''[[Romance (David Cassidy album)|Romance]]''. These went gold in Europe and Australia, and Cassidy supported them with a sellout tour of the United Kingdom, which resulted in the ''Greatest Hits Live'' compilation of 1986. Michael cited Cassidy as a major career influence and interviewed Cassidy for David Litchfield's ''[[Ritz Newspaper]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Litchfield |work=[[Ritz Newspaper]] |issue=100 |title=David Cassidy by George Michael |pages=16–19 |year=1985 |quote=The interview between DAVID and GEORGE first took place over lunch at Pier 31 Restaurant, at which they both got rather inebriated...}}</ref>

Cassidy performed in musical theater. In 1981, he toured in a revival of a pre-Broadway production of ''[[Little Johnny Jones]],'' a show originally produced in 1904 with music, lyrics, and book by [[George M. Cohan]]. (The show is excerpted in the 1942 biographic film ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'', when [[James Cagney]] as Cohan sings "[[Give My Regards to Broadway]]" and "[[The Yankee Doodle Boy]]".) However, Cassidy received negative reviews, and he was replaced by another former teen idol, [[Donny Osmond]],<ref>''C'mon, Get Happy'', p. 221</ref> before the show reached Broadway.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4164 |title=''Little Johnny Jones'' (1982 revival) |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |date=March 21, 1982 |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> Cassidy, in turn, was himself a replacement for Doug Voet as the lead character [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] in the original 1982 Broadway production of ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]].''<ref>{{cite web |title=''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' cast replacements |url=http://ibdb.com/productionreplacements.asp?ID=4158 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322192242/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/little-johnny-jones-4164 |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |access-date=October 14, 2010 |publisher=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> Cassidy also appeared in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Time (musical)|Time]]'' and returned to Broadway in ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]'' alongside [[Petula Clark]] and his half-brother Shaun Cassidy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=November 22, 2017 |title=David Cassidy, Partridge Family Star With Broadway Roots, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/david-cassidy-partridge-family-star-with-broadway-roots-dies-at-67 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113143257/https://www.playbill.com/article/david-cassidy-partridge-family-star-with-broadway-roots-dies-at-67 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |access-date=September 4, 2021 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

===Later career===
[[File:David Cassidy Baltimore.jpg|upright|thumb|Cassidy in 1995]]

Cassidy returned to the American top 40 with his 1990 single "Lyin' to Myself", released on [[Enigma Records]], from his 1990 album ''[[David Cassidy (album)|David Cassidy]]'', followed by the 1992 album ''[[Didn't You Used to Be...]]'' on [[Scotti Brothers Records]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} In 1998, he had an [[adult contemporary music]] hit with "No Bridge I Wouldn't Cross" from his album ''[[Old Trick New Dog]]'' on his own Slamajamma Records label.<ref>{{Cite web |title=98o And Rising FEATURES THE PLATINUM HIT BECAUSE OF YOU" & THE NEW SMASH SINGLE "THE HARDES- THING" |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-02-19.pdf}}</ref>

Along with Cassidy's single "Lyin' to Myself", 1990 was also the year he starred as the lead of the motion picture comedy, ''[[The Spirit of '76 (1990 film)|The Spirit of '76]]'', where he played Adam-11, a man from the future who arrived in the US in the year 1976 on a mission to find the US Constitution.<ref>{{Citation |last=Reiner |first=Lucas |title=The Spirit of '76 |date=October 12, 1990 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100670/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |type=Comedy, Sci-Fi |access-date=July 14, 2023 |others=Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Carl Reiner |publisher=Black Diamond Productions, Castle Rock Entertainment, Commercial Pictures (I)}}</ref> It was also the year he appeared as a main character in the romantic drama ''[[Instant Karma (film)|Instant Karma]]''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Taylor |first=Roderick |title=Instant Karma |date=April 27, 1990 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099849/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_16_act |type=Drama, Romance |access-date=July 14, 2023 |others=Craig Sheffer, Annette Sinclair, Orson Bean |publisher=Desert Wind, Rosenbloom Entertainment}}</ref>

From November 1996 to December 1998, Cassidy starred in the [[Las Vegas]] show ''[[EFX (show)#David Cassidy version, 1996|EFX]]'' at the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Schorr |first=Melissa |date=October 8, 1998 |title=David Cassidy to depart MGM's 'EFX' |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/oct/08/david-cassidy-to-depart-mgms-efx/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043951/https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/oct/08/david-cassidy-to-depart-mgms-efx/ |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]}}</ref> In 2000, Cassidy wrote and appeared in the Las Vegas show ''At the Copa'' with [[Sheena Easton]], as both the young and old versions of the lead character, Johnny Flamingo.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} His 2001 album ''[[Then and Now (David Cassidy album)|Then and Now]]'' went platinum internationally and returned Cassidy to the top five of the [[UK Albums Chart|UK album charts]] for the first time since 1974.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

In 2005, Cassidy played Grant, the manager of [[Aaron Carter]]'s character J.D. McQueen in the film ''[[Popstar (film)|Popstar]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Popstar |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426550/ |publisher=Tag Entertainment |date=November 8, 2005}}</ref> He co-starred alongside his half-brother Patrick in a short-lived 2009 [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] comedy series titled ''[[Ruby & the Rockits]]'', a show created by their brother Shaun.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 1, 2009 |title=Cassidy Brothers' Comedy Among New ABC Family Shows |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-abc/cassidy-brothers-comedy-among-new-abc-family-shows-idUSTRE50T1GS20090202 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127134917/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-abc/cassidy-brothers-comedy-among-new-abc-family-shows-idUSTRE50T1GS20090202 |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 1, 2009 |title=I'm sorry, David Cassidy: You became the obsession of my seventh-grade English class |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/21/im-sorry-david-cassidy-you-became-obsession/887479001/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127160719/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/21/im-sorry-david-cassidy-you-became-obsession/887479001/ |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> Cassidy was one of the contestants on the [[The Apprentice (American TV series) season 11|fourth season]] of ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newslivestreaming.com/david-cassidy-celebrity-apprentice-2011-contestant/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312223638/http://newslivestreaming.com/david-cassidy-celebrity-apprentice-2011-contestant/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2011 |title=newslivestreaming.com |publisher=newslivestreaming.com |access-date=August 25, 2015 }}</ref>

As the days of "Cassidymania" subsided, Cassidy regularly addressed fans at his concerts in question-and-answer sessions. In August 2016, Cassidy performed in [[The Villages, Florida]], and brought multiple attendees to the side of the stage, asking and answering questions and engaging with members of the community who had been fans for nearly half a century.<ref name="Villages-News.com">{{cite web |date=August 10, 2016 |title=David Cassidy charms fans with tales of Partridge Family days |url=http://www.villages-news.com/david-cassidy-charms-fans-tales-partridge-family-days/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205165330/https://www.villages-news.com/2016/08/09/david-cassidy-charms-fans-tales-partridge-family-days/ |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2016 |publisher=Villages-News.com}}</ref>