David Cassidy on the Web
David Cassidy
Tuesday, 16 November 2004
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The 1970s saw the end of the mini skirt, the end of the Beatles and the arrival of the Glastonbury music festival.
It was also the decade which saw an explosion in pop music driven by teen idol pop singers and their constant following of screaming fans.
A young actor - David Cassidy - had been cast in an American television show by the network ABC.
Towards the end of 1970 he broke through as a singer, and he broke through in spectacular style.
But the passing of more than 30 years hasn't dampened Cassidy's enthusiasm and he's still performing to packed crowds today.
. David Cassidy was live on Breakfast this morning talking about a new DVD and video featuring some of his performances
Click here to watch David Cassidy
Success
David Cassidy's success, can, like most performers, be measured in record sales, but as soon as his show The Partridge Family appeared on television at the tail end of 1970 that success spread worldwide.
By then he'd appeared on countless teenage magazine covers, he had the number one selling single of the year, had been nominated for several Grammy awards and won a Golden Apple award.
Membership to his fan club overtook the Beatles and Elvis Presley's and was the first personality to be merchandised globally on posters, lunch boxes and cereal packets.
At the age of 21 he was the highest paid performer and fans turned out in their thousands to fill some of the biggest concert arenas constantly selling out.
New show
Cassidy's fan base remains strong, and a new live show is happening in 2005.
Fans of seventies pop will be able to see Cassidy team up with the Osmonds (Wayne, Merrill, Jimmy and Jay), and David Essex for a concert at the Birmingham NEC Arena.
Also joining the line up on 24 June are Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers. the concert forms part of the Once in a Lifetime Tour 2005.
. A DVD of David Cassidy's live concert at the Hammersmith Apollo was released on November 15. It features some of his best-known songs from the Seventies, including Could it be Forever, Breaking up is Hard to Do and Cherish.
