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Robert Cabot "Bobby" Sherman, Jr. (born July 22, 1943), is an American singer, actor and occasional songwriter, who became a popular teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He graduated in 1961 from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California. Sherman attended Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California.
Bobby's interest in music began at age 11 when he learned to play the trumpet. He eventually progressed to playing 16 musical instruments. At Birmingham High School Bobby played football, joined a dance band, and discovered his love for singing. From the time he was in high school, Bobby knew that he wanted to be some type of performer, but wasn't sure how to make it happen.
In 1962 Sal Mineo took Sherman under his wing and wrote 2 songs for him as well as arranging for Sherman to record the songs, then in 1964 when Sherman was asked by Mineo to sing with his old band at a Hollywood party (there were many actors and agents in attendance) he made such an impression at that party he landed an agent and eventually a part on the ABC television show Shindig! as a regular cast member/house singer. The show ran for two years, from 1964 to 1966. During that time Bobby made several records with Decca and another smaller label, and landed in all the teen magazines, but it did not seem to catapult him to Teen idol status. Sherman's luck changed drastically early in 1968 when, out of hundreds of actors, he was cast in the role as the bashful, stammering logger, Jeremy Bolt, in the television series Here Come the Brides (1968-1970 ABC), with Bridget Hanley as his romantic interest, Candy Pruitt. The cast included Robert Brown, David Soul, and Joan Blondell. Sherman managed to become the breakout star of the show as well as a beloved Teen Idol world wide.
You only turn to me,
When you've been hurt by someone else.
You're always much to busy,
Feeling sorry for yourself.
My time is too precious,
For wastin' on sorrow.
So if you really want me,
To comfort you and see you through,
CHORUS:
Spend some time lovin' me,
See how happy a day can be.
Spend some time lovin' me,
And you'll be fine.
Spend some time lovin' me,
See how happy a day can be.
Spend some time lovin' me,
And you'll be fine.
I've always been here,
When you needed me to hear you cry.
But just as soon as you felt better,
You'd just say goodbye,
And leave me suspended,
In need of your lovin'.
That isn't very friendly.
So from now on, when tears are gone,