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 Bobby Sherman who was born on this date July 22, 1943

Happy birthday to singer, songwriter, and actor Bobby Sherman who was born on this date July 22, 1943 in Santa Monica, CA.

In 1962, Sal Mineo wrote two songs for Sherman as well as arranging for Sherman to record the songs. In 1964, when Mineo asked Sherman to sing with his old band at a Hollywood party (where many actors and agents were in attendance), Sherman was signed with an agent and eventually landed a part on the ABC television show "Shindig!" as a regular cast member/house singer.

Sherman made several records with Decca and another smaller label. In early 1968, he was selected for the role of logger, Jeremy Bolt, in the ABC television series "Here Come the Brides" (1968-1970).

He released 107 songs, 23 singles and 10 albums between 1962 and 1976. In his recording career, he earned seven gold singles, one platinum single, and five gold albums, and had a career total seven top 40 hits.

In 1969, he signed with Metromedia Records. In May 1969, he released the single "Little Woman", which peaked at #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" (US #5/AC #2) (Canada #3) (Australia #3) (written by Tom Bahler), "Easy Come, Easy Go" (US #9/AC #2) (Canada #6), "Jennifer" (US #60/AC #9) (Canada #32), "La La La (If I Had You)" (US #9/AC #14) (Canada #7), and "The Drum" (US #29/AC #2) (Canada #7) (written by Alan O'Day).

."La, La, La," "Easy Come, Easy Go," and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" all sold in excess of a million copies and garnered further gold discs for Sherman.

Sherman was a frequent guest on "American Bandstand" and "Where the Action Is".

He was a guest star on television series such as "Emergency!", "The F.B.I.", "The Mod Squad", "Ellery Queen", "Murder She Wrote" and "Frasier".

When Sherman guest-starred on an episode of the Jack Webb television series Emergency! he found a new calling. Eventually, he left the public spotlight and became an emergency medical technician (EMT). He volunteered with the Los Angeles Police Department, working with paramedics and giving CPR and first aid classes. He officially became a technical Reserve Police Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1990s, a position he still held as of 2017.