Editing David Cassidy (section)

===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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| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
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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}}