My wife was a big fan of his when she was a teenager.
Bobby Sherman, Former Teen Idol and Here Come the Brides Star, Dies at 81 After Cancer Battle
After leaving show business, Sherman became a paramedic who did medical training for California law enforcement
By Victoria Edel and Ilana Kaplan, People - June 24, 2025
https://people.com/bobby-sherman-former-teen-idol-dead-81-cancer-battle-11708502
Former teen idol Bobby Sherman has died. He was 81. … Sherman was born in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1943. He was raised in Van Nuys. His father was a milkman who eventually opened his own delivery service, according to the Los Angeles Times.
He broke into music when actor Sal Mineo (best known for Rebel Without a Cause) wrote him two songs and asked him to sing at a Hollywood party. He signed with an agent and began appearing regularly on ABC’s mid-'60s variety series Shindig! while releasing music.
Throughout his career, he landed several top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 1969’s “Little Woman" and 1970’s “La La La (If I Had You),” “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” and “Easy Come, Easy Go.” In 1968, he joined the cast of Here Come the Brides and became one of ABC’s most popular stars, thanks to his role as Jeremy, the shy brother of Robert Brown’s Jason. Then, in 1969, he released “Little Woman,” his first hit, which reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and was his first gold record. His followup, “La La La (If I Had You),” reached No. 9, as did 1970’s "Easy Come, Easy Go.” That same year, "Julie, Do Ya Love Me” reached No. 5. Other successful releases included “Cried Like a Baby” and "The Drum.”
The Los Angeles Times wrote in 1989 that Sherman was nicknamed “Bubblegum Bobby” and was a “product of a shrewd marketing blitz that quickly determined exactly what the teeny-boppers wanted, and almost instantaneously gave it back to them on stage, on television and in teen magazines.” ….