Synopsis David Cassidy recounts the story of his swift ascent to fame and his equally precipitous decline in his biography, C'MON, GET HAPPY, a candid memoir of his years as an aspiring Hollywood actor, his subsequent stardom in his role as Keith Partridge in the early 1970s TV hit THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, and his brief but action-filled career as a teen pop idol. The son of Hollywood actor Jack Cassidy, and stepson of his later PARTRIDGE FAMILY co-star Shirley Jones, Cassidy's childhood was marked by emotional neglect, which was reflected in his later inability to form long-term relationships--though, as he admits, there were plenty of short-term relationships with willing admirers to keep him occupied. He details his on- and off-set relationships, both cordial and turbulent, with his costars, including the mercurial tot later turned broadcaster Danny Bonaduce, and the comely Susan Dey, who it turns out nursed a pretty heavy crush on Cassidy for the duration of the show. More revealingly, he enumerates his many sexual liaisons with the vast army of female admirers he constantly attracted while his star was in the ascendant. Cassidy's frank depictions of his brief moment in the sun are an entertaining and lurid read.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1994-07-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Note A teen idol and the highest paid solo performer of the 1970s tells of his experiences in the groupie-stalked role of Keith Partridge, from working with his family to his tempestuous relationships with his co-actors. Original.
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