Bobby Sherman

Sherman left show business in the 1970s for a career as a paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally into the 1990s.

In 1962, Sal Mineo wrote two songs for Sherman and arranged for Sherman to record them. In 1964, Mineo asked Sherman to sing with his band at a Hollywood party where many actors and agents were in attendance. After this, Sherman signed with an agent and soon landed a part on the ABC television show Shindig! as a house singer and member of the cast. Sherman made several records with Decca and another smaller label and appeared in teen magazines. In early 1968, he was selected for the role of Jeremy Bolt, a bashful, stammering logger, in the ABC television series Here Come the Brides (1968–1970). As of 1970, Sherman had received more fan mail than any other performer on the ABC-TV network. Sherman appeared on an episode of Honey West titled "The Princess and the Paupers" as a kidnapped band member. He also appeared on The Monkees in the episode "Monkees at the Movies", playing a conceited surfer-singer named Frankie Catalina (in the model of Frankie Avalon) and performing the song "The New Girl in School" (the flip of Jan & Dean's "Dead Man's Curve"). Sherman released 107 songs, 23 singles and 10 albums between 1962 and 1976; seven of his songs were top 40 hits. He earned seven gold singles, one platinum single, and five gold albums. In 1969, he signed with Metromedia Records and released the single "Little Woman", which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (#2 in Canada) and spent nine weeks in the Top 20. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in October 1969. His other hits were "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" (written by Tom Bahler); "Easy Come, Easy Go"; "Jennifer"; "La La La (If I Had You)"; and "The Drum" (written by Alan O'Day). Some of these songs were produced by Jackie Mills, who also produced the Brady Bunch Kids. In Canada, "Hey, Mister Sun" reached #19; "Cried Like a Baby" reached #10; and "Waiting at the Bus Stop" reached #31. "La, La, La"; "Easy Come, Easy Go"; and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" all sold in excess of a million copies and earned more gold discs for Sherman. "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" was Sherman's sole entry in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #28 in November 1970. The song competed there for chart space with White Plains' cover version, which placed at #8. Sherman toured extensively through the United States and the world in support of his records and albums. He gave many concerts to sellout crowds of mostly screaming young women from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. The screaming of the young women was so loud that Sherman experienced hearing loss.

In 1998, after an absence of 25 years, Sherman appeared in "The Teen Idol Tour" with Peter Noone and Davy Jones. (Micky Dolenz replaced Davy Jones on the tour in 1999.) Sherman performed his last concert as a solo performer in Lincoln, Rhode Island, on August 25, 2001. Although retired from public life, he still appeared at corporate and charity events. He was ranked No. 8 in TV Guides list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (January 23, 2005, issue).

In 1974, Sherman guest-starred on an episode of the Jack Webb television series Emergency! ("Fools", season 3, episode 17, aired January 19, 1974), and found a new calling. Eventually, he left the public spotlight and became a paramedic. He volunteered with the Los Angeles Police Department, working with paramedics and giving CPR and first aid classes. He became a technical Reserve Police Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1990s, a position he still held as of 2017. For more than a decade he served as a medical training officer at the Los Angeles Police Academy, instructing thousands of police officers in first aid and CPR. He was named LAPD's Reserve Officer of the Year in 1999. Sherman also became a reserve deputy sheriff in 1999 with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, continuing his CPR and emergency training of new deputy hires. He retired from the sheriff's department in 2010. Sherman and his wife co-founded the Brigitte & Bobby Sherman Children's (BBSC) Foundation. The foundation's mission is to provide motivated students in Ghana with a high-quality education and music program, and to provide tools to pursue higher education.

Sherman was born to Robert Cabot Sherman Sr. and Juanita (née Freeman) Sherman in Santa Monica, California. He grew up in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, with his sister Darlene Sherman (later Mack). Actress Jill Haworth confirmed that Sherman had had an intimate relationship with friend and mentor Sal Mineo. Sherman married Patti Carnel on September 26, 1971. With their two sons, Christopher and Tyler, they have ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Sherman and Carnel divorced in 1979. Patti Carnell Sherman later married and divorced David Soul, Sherman's former co-star in Here Come the Brides. Sherman married Brigitte Poublon on July 18, 2010, in Las Vegas. Sherman and Poublon did not have children, but they did have cats, dogs, and their successful children's foundation in Ghana, Africa. In March 2025, Sherman's diagnosis of stage IV kidney cancer was made public. He died at his home in Los Angeles, on June 24, 2025, at age 81.

• 1969: Bobby Sherman (Metromedia), US No. 11, RIAA Gold • 1970: Here Comes Bobby (Metromedia), US No. 10, RIAA Gold • 1970: With Love, Bobby (Metromedia), US No. 20, RIAA Gold • 1970: Christmas Album (Metromedia), US Christmas Albums No. 2, (see NOTE below) • 1971: Portrait of Bobby (Metromedia), US No. 48 • 1971: Getting Together (Metromedia), US No. 71 • 1972: Just For You (Metromedia)

• 1971: Bobby Bobby Bobby (promo only) (Metromedia Special Products) • 1972: Bobby Sherman's Greatest Hits (Metromedia), US No. 83 • 1972: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Bobby Sherman (Superstar Records) • 1975: Remembering You (Phase One) (This album contains 7 previously released songs (Mr. Success, Julie Do You Love Me, Runaway, Easy Come Easy Go, Early In The Morning, Cried Like A Baby, Our Last Song Together) and 5 new songs not available anywhere else (Beginnings Are Easy, Fresh Out Of Love, I'll Never Stop Singing My Song, Here With You, Just Ask Me I've Been There)).

• 1990: What Came Before (Teen Ager #622) ("Just For You" with bonus tracks) • 1991: The Very Best of Bobby Sherman (Restless) • 1992: Christmas Album (Restless) • 1995: All-Time Greatest Hits (K-tel) (contains 2 previously unreleased songs, "Where There's A Heartache" and "I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow") • 1995: Bobby Sherman (K-tel) • 1995: Here Comes Bobby (K-tel) • 1995: With Love, Bobby (K-tel) • 1995: Portrait of Bobby (K-tel) • 1995: Getting Together (K-tel) • 1999: My Christmas Wish (KRB) (reissue of Christmas Album) • 2000: The Very Best of Bobby Sherman (Varese) • 2001: Here Comes Bobby / With Love, Bobby (Collectables Records) (2 albums on 1 CD) • 2001: Bobby Sherman / Portrait of Bobby (Collectables Records) (2 albums on 1 CD) • 2008: Just For You (K-tel) • 2010: Love Songs (K-Tel) • 2015: The Partridge Family: Missing Pieces (Bell) (one track is Bobby Sherman singing "Stephanie") • 2017: Singles (Four-Teen) (contains 6 previously unreleased songs, "Stop The Music", "Old Girlfriends", "Over Here", "The New Girl In School", "Beautiful Doll" and "Today I Chipped A Piece Off Of The Sun")

• Brigitte & Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation Official website * • Bobby Sherman