David Cassidy on the Web
The Current Careers of Six Former Teen Idols
April 18, 2009
By Stacy
www.neatorama.com
As much as teen idols are adored and, well, idolized, not very many of them are able to sustain that kind of worship. Exceptions include Frank Sinatra and the Beatles, but the number of teen idols who faded into obscurity far outnumber the ones who have been wildly successful even after they outgrew the adolescent set. I'm looking at you, Jonas Brothers. Ahem. Here are six past teen idols and what they're up to now.
David Cassidy
I think Christina Aguilera studied at the David Cassidy School of Teen Idol Denial. After starring on the wildly successful The Partridge Family from 1970-1974, David decided that he didn't want to be known for the sugary pop music hits like "I Think I Love You." He wanted to prove that he was a hard-core rocker, and to do so he gave a startling interview to Rolling Stone where he gave sordid details about his sex life and talked about how his illicit drug use. Despite his 19 albums - including 1998's "David Cassidy's Partridge Family Favorites" in which he apparently decided it was OK to go back to the old cash cow he had previously denounced - he is still largely known for his role as Keith Partridge. Since the early '80s, David has been performing in various pre-Broadway, Broadway and Vegas shows. If you've been missing him, fear not: he will be starring with brothers Shaun (another Teen Idol) and Patrick in a sitcom for ABC Family called Ruby and the Rockits.
The rest of the article with the other five teen idols can be found here
