A Rougher David Cassidy Pushes Through The Partridge Family’s “I Wouldn’t Put Nothin’ Over On You” from Bulletin Board
On the final Partridge Family studio album, a familiar teen-idol voice begins to scrape against...
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David Cassidy’s Confidence Recast Bread’s ‘Let Your Love Go’ on The Partridge Family’s 1973 Crossword Puzzle
On Crossword Puzzle, a borrowed Bread rocker became a sharper test of David Cassidy’s pop...
David Cassidy Had More to Say: New York City Life Made A Touch of Blue a Late-Career Statement
On New York City Life, David Cassidy stepped away from teen-idol memory and wrote like...
Buried on Shopping Bag, The Partridge Family’s Every Little Bit O’ You Still Has a Quiet Pull
On Shopping Bag, a modest album cut lets The Partridge Family sound less like a...
David Cassidy’s 2003 “A Song for You” Turned a Leon Russell Classic Into an Adult Confession
In David Cassidy’s 2003 reading of “A Song for You”, the familiar Leon Russell ballad...
David Cassidy Had More to Prove: Intergalactic Circus of Wonders on the 1997 EFX Cast Album
On the 1997 EFX Las Vegas cast album, David Cassidy turned spectacle into a quieter...
One Gentle Wish Named an Album: David Cassidy’s Harry Nilsson Cover of The Puppy Song on Dreams Are Nuthin’ More Than Wishes
In David Cassidy’s hands, Harry Nilsson’s small song about wishing became the emotional key to...
After the Teen-Idol Glare, David Cassidy’s “Somebody to Love” Reframed Didn’t You Used to Be…
On Somebody to Love, David Cassidy sounded less like a memory from the wall and...
David Cassidy Hated the Part The Partridge Family Needed Most in “Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted”
A bright 1971 pop hit carried a strangely vulnerable moment inside it, and David Cassidy...
Years Recast a Teen Idol: David Cassidy’s 2003 “Walk Away Renee” on A Touch of Blue
On A Touch of Blue, David Cassidy returned to Walk Away Renee not as a...
When Teen Fame Grew Quiet: David Cassidy’s 1974 UK Hit If I Didn’t Care
David Cassidy’s 1974 recording of If I Didn’t Care carried an old standard into the...
David Cassidy Fought the Spoken Line in The Partridge Family’s 1971 Hit “Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted”
In 1971, a bright pop single carried a quiet struggle inside it: David Cassidy’s famous...
A Breakup Song Became a Reckoning: David Cassidy’s Ken Gold Co-Write “It’s Over” from Didn’t You Used to Be…
In It’s Over, David Cassidy sounded less like a former idol than an artist measuring...
David Cassidy Turned the Finale Loose: The Six-Minute Rock Medley That Reframed Cassidy Live!
At the end of Cassidy Live!, David Cassidy sounded less like a manufactured dream and...
When David Cassidy’s Voice Was Recast: The Partridge Family’s “Bandala” and a 1970 Pop Illusion
On “Bandala”, The Partridge Family turned a young singer’s voice into part of the show’s...
Sound Magazine’s Overlooked Ache: David Cassidy and The Partridge Family’s I’m on My Way Back Home
On Sound Magazine, a modest album cut becomes a reminder that David Cassidy could make...
Left Off the Albums, The Partridge Family’s ‘It’s Time That I Knew You Better’ Put David Cassidy First
Not every Partridge Family song found its place on an album; this rare television-era performance...
A B-Side Changed the Frame: David Cassidy’s 1990 ‘I’ll Believe You Again’ with Sue Shifrin
On a modest 1990 B-side, David Cassidy let the adult songwriter step out from behind...
A Teen Idol Meets the 80s: David Cassidy’s “The Letter” on the European-Only Romance Reset
On “The Letter,” David Cassidy’s 1985 Romance era turns the memory of a teen idol...
A TV-Pop Cover With Teeth: David Cassidy and The Partridge Family’s 1971 That’ll Be the Day on Up to Date
On Up to Date, a Buddy Holly standard became a bright 1971 pop charge, with...
Before the Frenzy, The Partridge Family’s 1970 Album Cut “I Really Want to Know You” Lets David Cassidy Lean In
Buried beneath the bright arrival of The Partridge Family, I Really Want to Know You...
A Comeback Ends Quietly: David Cassidy’s “One True Love” Closes Didn’t You Used to Be…
At the end of David Cassidy’s 1992 comeback album, One True Love sounds less like...
The Quiet Last Page of Notebook: The Partridge Family’s As Long As You’re There with David Cassidy
At the end of Notebook, The Partridge Family let the bright machinery of pop fame...
David Cassidy Finds His Own Spotlight in The Partridge Family’s Girl, You Make My Day on 1972’s Shopping Bag
On Girl, You Make My Day, David Cassidy turns a bright Partridge Family album track...
When David Cassidy Looked Back: (Whatever Happened To) Peace, Love & Happiness on Old Trick New Dog
On a modest 1998 independent album, David Cassidy sounded less like a former teen idol...
Away From the Hits, The Partridge Family’s “One Day At A Time” Gave Crossword Puzzle Its Quiet Pulse
On a late-period Partridge Family album, “One Day At A Time” trades television brightness for...
Too Grown-Up to Stay Buried: David Cassidy’s “Half Past Your Bedtime” from Home Is Where the Heart Is, Co-Written with Gerry Beckley
On “Half Past Your Bedtime,” David Cassidy sounds less like a teen-idol memory and more...
Before the Teen-Idol Label, The Partridge Family’s “Umbrella Man” on Up To Date Revealed Cassidy’s Range
In The Partridge Family’s “Umbrella Man”, David Cassidy sounded less like a television heartthrob than...
When David Cassidy Stopped Chasing Yesterday: Livin’ Without You and the 1990 Enigma Reset
On his 1990 Enigma album, David Cassidy used Livin’ Without You to step away from...
The Quiet Flip Side: The Partridge Family’s “If You Ever Go” from Shopping Bag and the 1972 “Am I Losing You” Single
A small B-side from The Partridge Family reveals how much feeling could live beneath the...