The David Cassidy Connections
The David Cassidy Connections offers a mix of interviews with fans, friends and colleagues as they reflect on his music and how he influenced their own career path.
Journalist Louise Poynton has been a fan since 1971 and her book Cherish David Cassidy A Legacy of Love is an award-winning finalist in the American Book Fest Best Book awards.
Louise, who for more than 20 years was a Sports Editor on regional newspapers in the UK, invited fans to share their memories of falling in love with him; they explain in raw honesty why he has been so important in their lives.
The podcast, launched in August 2020, takes listeners on a colourful and emotional journey.
Cherish is a project she started working on a couple of years before David died. She was overwhelmed with heartfelt stories from around the world, which not only celebrate his life but paint a picture of the personal journey fans have been through.
Now in a celebration of his life, fans, friends and his peers including Neil Sedaka, explain in their own words how David impacted on them, his influence and friendship; the lasting legacy of love and music he left behind.
These memories, which echo across time, have been written by his fans in their own words, and now they talk in this series about him. Cherish also includes a collection of beautiful poems composed over the past 50 years, many previously unpublished stunning images from professional photographers and portraits drawn by fans.
Every story in Cherish is a singular experience, a thematic journey but when brought together they provide stops on the adventure with David at the heart of everything his fans have ever done.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Singer Tony Hadley, broadcaster Alex Dyke and journalist Liz Jones Reflect on David Cassidy’s Legacy
Tony Hadley is one of the most significant singers to emerge from the New Romantic scene in the 1980s. As frontman of Spandau Ballet, the group enjoyed outstanding international success with hits inc…
Fans Around the World Remember David
In this week’s episode you will hear from some of David’s long term and loyal fans from around the world.
Singer-songwriter, Harriet Schock, pays tribute to David for his recording of her song, That’…
Stories From Cherish David Cassidy A Legacy of Love
Cherish is my first book, a compilation of fans' memories about what it means to be a David Cassidy fan.
Memories and tributes are from around the world as fans, friends, former colleagues and band-m…
In conversation with West Orange historian Joseph Fagan about the town where David grew up
This week on The David Cassidy Connections podcast we make a special visit to a place which forms part of David’s legacy.
Located less than 15 miles from Manhatten, West Orange offers a rich history…
In conversation with Ruth McCartney about The Beatles and close friend David Cassidy
As a young girl growing up in Liverpool, Ruth McCartney, would sit around the kitchen table with her mother, Angie, helping to deal with millions of fan mail for The Beatles – and earn a little bit o…
Former John Jay College student magazine editor, Pat Ravalgi
You will often have seen David wearing a sweat shirt carrying the name – John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
The college was the venue for his only press conference ahead of the sell-out concert at…
In conversation with Australian fan, Jim Salamanis, about David’s musical legacy
Jim Salamanis has been a decades long fan and has one of the biggest single collections of David Cassidy and Partridge Family memorabilia in the world.
He firmly believes David’s solo back catalogue …
Cultural Historian Dr Haley Gienow-McConnell, a second generation David Cassidy fan
Dr. Haley Gienow-McConnell is a cultural historian from Ontario, Canada. A self-described “second generation” David Cassidy fan, Dr. Gienow-McConnell became a fan in the 2000s, long after his heyday …
In Conversation with Competition Winner, Clea Mylonas
My guest is devoted fan, Clea Mylonas, who won a competition in 1974 to meet David in California. She had to wait until the spring of 1975 to fulfil her ambition, meeting him at the recording studio …
In conversation with playwriters Lucie Fitchett and Victoria Willing
Lucie Fitchett and Victoria Willing have been friends since their schooldays and in 2010 wrote a successful play based around their teenage love for David Cassidy. They are now planning to rework the…
In conversation with Sharron Liddle, founder of the David Cassidy Group of Great Britain
Sharron Liddle has been a David Cassidy fan since the 1970s and is the driving force behind a happy trail of memorials around London which pay tribute to his legacy.
Sharron runs the David Cassidy Gr…
In conversation with photographer and lifelong fan, Darrell Lloyd
Darrell Lloyd singles out David Cassidy being responsible for his successful career as a photographer, an interest which started in 1970 when he was 10 years old.
Teen magazines played an important p…
In conversation with Partridge Family actor, Brian Forster
The world knows Brian Forster best as Chris Partridge, the youngest boy in The Partridge Family, and the group’s drummer, which was his passport to fame.
On September 25, The Partridge Family will be…
In conversation with Michael Pomarico, Award-winning Television Director
Best known for his work on ABC-TV’s daytime drama, All My Children for over 30 years – 15 of those years as a director – Michael Pomarico has been a loyal David Cassidy fan since 1970.
In this episod…
Fans Remember Darlin' David
In this week’s episode fans explain why and how David mattered. This month – September 2020 – it is 50 years since The Partridge Family first aired on ABC in the United States; the night he entered o…
In conversation with The Partridge Family director, Ralph Senensky
Name a popular television series from the 1960s through to the late 1980s, and chances are the name of director, Ralph Senensky, will be listed on the credits – the original series of Star Trek, The …
In conversation with singer-songwriter Kaity Floyd
Kaity Floyd treats us to a world exclusive performance of a song she wrote about her inspiration, David Cassidy, which she sings before explaining how she would like it to be recorded.
Kaity admits …
In conversation with Philip Clark
Philip Clark has been an ardent fan of David Cassidy since October 1973 when David released his Dreams Are Nuthin’ More Than Wishes album.
David Cassidy has been a strong source of inspiration and in…
The David Cassidy Connections
In this introduction, Louise Poynton invites fans of David Cassidy to explain why he has meant so much to them in their lives.