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David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an
United States|American actor and musician who
starred in the television series The Partridge
Family from 1970 to 1974. He is the son of
Irish-American actor Jack Cassidy and actress
Evelyn Ward.

Prior to The Partridge Family, Cassidy appeared on
Marcus Welby, M.D., The Mod Squad, Bonanza, and
Ironside (TV series)|Ironside. When he 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
solo albums during the run of the show. At his
peak, Cassidy was the world's highest paid live
entertainer, and his official fan club was the
largest in pop history -- exceeding Elvis Presley
and The Beatles. Yet, out of the approximate USD
$500 million that The Partridge Family made from
his image in merchandising, he was allegedly only
paid $15,000.

Rebelling against squeaky-clean Keith, Cassidy
shocked his young fans by posing nude in the May
11, 1972 Rolling Stone for Annie Leibovitz. When a
14 year-old fan, Bernadette Whelan, died of heart
failure on May 30, 1974 from injuries sustained
while attending a May 26 show at London's White
City Stadium, a shaken Cassidy quit both touring
and Partridge Family. He released several
critically well-received albums on RCA during the
1970s. He also starred in an episode of Police
Story, and received an Emmy nomination. Due to the
success of the episode, NBC created a show based
on it called David Cassidy: Man Under Cover.  The
show was not a hit and was cancelled after one
season.

Cassidy has appeared in several Broadway musicals,
including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers oppsite half-brother
Shaun Cassidy. 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
made guest appearances as Bobby Darin. The show
ran very successfully. In 2000, he appeared in the
Las Vegas show David Cassidy At The Copa with
Sheena Easton.

In January, 2005 he became the morning-show host
for Chicago, Illinois oldies station WJMK-FM, a
position he lost on June 3, 2005 due to its move
to Jack FM.

Cassidy married his third wife on March 30, 1991,
with whom he has a son, Beau; he has a daughter,
Katherine, from a previous relationship. His first
wife was actress Kay Lenz.

== Discography (Solo) ==

*Cherish (album)|Cherish 
*Rock Me Baby (album)|Rock Me Baby 
*Dreams are Nuthin' More than Wishes
(album)|Dreams are Nuthin' More than Wishes 
*Cassidy Live! 
*The Higher They Climb (album)|The Higher They
Climb 
*Home is where the Heart is (David Cassidy
album)|Home is where the Heart is 
*Gettin' it in the Streets (album)|Gettin' it in
the Streets 
*Romance (album)|Romance 
*His Greatest Hits - Live (David Cassidy
album)|His Greatest Hits - Live 
*The Best of David Cassidy 
*David Cassidy (album)|David Cassidy 
*Didn't You Used to be? (album)|Didn't You Used to
Be? 
*Old Trick New Dog (album)|Old Trick New Dog 
*Classic Songs (David Cassidy album)|Classic Songs

*Then and Now (album)|Then and Now 
*A Touch of Blue (album)|A Touch of Blue

== Discography (The Partridge Family) ==

* The Partridge Family Album
* Up To Date
* Sound Magazine
* Christmas Card
* Shopping Bag
* At Home With Their Greatest Hits
* The Partridge Family Notebook
* Crossword Puzzle
* Bulletin Board (album)|Bulletin Board
* World of the Partridge Family
* Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The
Partridge Family

== Filmography ==

*The Night the City Screamed (1980)
*Instant Karma (1990)
*Spirit of '76 (1991)