Song:Little Woman
Album:The Very Best of Bobby Sherman
The 1969 top five hit Little Woman was the biggest hit for actor turned singer Bobby Sherman. It might surprise fans that he had been recording since the early 60s. But his successful teen idol singing career was because of his success acting on TV. And also his boyish good looks that appealed to teen girls. He was born July 22, 1943 in Santa Monica, CA. In 1962, actor Sal Mineo saw Sherman performing and produced a couple of singles. One of them was released on Dot Records in 1963. After Mineo had Sherman perform at a ritzy Hollywood party, Sherman was hired as a regular on the ABC music series Shindig!. That gig lasted for two years. Sherman released a few singles on Decca and Cameo-Parkway with little success. But then he got another big break when he was cast in the 1968 ABC series Here Come The Brides. Sherman also appeared on The Monkees doing a Frankie Avalon spoof. Here Come The Brides was popular enough that Sherman signed with Metromedia Records. Metromedia owned radio and TV stations across the US. Sherman scored five Gold albums from 1969-72. Little Woman was his biggest hit. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Danny Janssen who usually wrote songs for TV shows like The Partridge Family. He was a staff songwriter for Hanna-Barbera writing songs for Scooby Doo and Josie and the Pussycats among others. Sherman recorded seven albums from 1969-72 all produced by veteran producer Jackie Mills who started out as a drummer for Harry James in the 40s. This Varese comp covers Sherman's very brief career. After Here Come The Brides was cancelled, Sherman was in The Partridge Family spinoff Getting Together which was cancelled after one season. Though his music career was over, Sherman continued to appear on TV. A guest shot on Emergency! inspired Sherman to become a paramedic and later a police officer. Sherman last recorded in 1975. He was in the 80s USA Network series Sanchez of Bel Air. But he did appear on the 1998 Teen Idol Tour with The Monkees. Bobby Sherman is now retired. Here's Bobby Sherman performing Little Woman 1970.
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