BIOGRAPHY: DAVID CASSIDY - THE RELUCTANT IDOL (A&E 7/28/04) David Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Danny Bonaduce, Shaun Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy, Sue Shifrin-Cassidy

Singer, actor, composer.  Born on April 12, 1950 in New York, New York.  The son of actor and singer Jack Cassidy, David Cassidy built his own career as an entertainer, most notably as one of the stars of the musical television series, The Partridge Family, in the 1970s.  Growing  up, he was surrounded by show business.  In addition to his father, Cassidy’s mother Evelyn Ward, was also an actress.  His parents divorced when he was a child, and his father married actress and singer Shirley Jones in 1956. Jones and Cassidy went on to play mother and son on The Partridge Family, which debuted in the fall of 1970.  Danny Bonaduce and Susan Dey were also key members of the cast.  In addition, to being popular on television, the fictional family scored several hits, such as “I Think I Love You,” which featured Cassidy on lead vocals.  He played the family group’s young heartthrob in the series for four years, while becoming one of the decade’s biggest teen idols in real life as well.  Releas