Daily Dirt: Bobby Sherman newest member on list of stars we’ve lost

Daily Dirt for Thursday, June 26, 2025

If you were coming of age in the early ’70s you were undoubtedly singing along with one Bobby Sherman hit or another … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,324 of The Daily Dirt.

1. About a week ago, “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” came on my favorite oldies radio station and I smiled.

The song brought back a lot of fond memories about the early 1970s. It was one of Bobby Sherman’s bubble-gum-ish hits from that period and one of the perfect songs for a hot summer day in any year.

Earlier this week, news came that Sherman had died from cancer. He was 81.

That makes three major stars from that ’60s and early ’70s period of pop music we’ve lost in June. Sly Stone, the former lead man for Sly and the Family Stone, plus Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, both passed away earlier in June.

Unlike Stone and Wilson, Sherman never carried any extra baggage and always possessed that “squeaky-clean” image. He was once recognized among TV Guide’s list of “25 Greatest Teen Idols,” landing at No. 8.

Sherman also starred in three network TV shows, but once his show-biz star began to diminish he became a certified medical emergency technician and instructor for the Los Angeles Police Department, teaching police recruits first aid and CPR. The best part of that story? Sherman donated his salary to various community needs.

The lives of Stone and Wilson were plagued with many mishaps, some of them self-inflicted. Sherman never fell victim to the downfall(s) of many performers, especially of that time. The following quote from Sherman probably told his story best: 

“A lot of times, people say, ‘Well, if you could go back and change things, what would you do?’” he told The Tulsa World in 1997. “I don’t think I’d change a thing — except to maybe be a little bit more aware of it, because I probably could’ve relished the fun of it a little more. It was a lot of work. It was a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But it was the best of times.”

Here’s our top five Bobby Sherman hits:

1. “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” (1970)

2. “Little Woman” (1969)

3. “Easy Come, Easy Go” (1970)

4. “La La La (If I Had You)” (1970)

5. “Make Your Own Kind Of Music” (1969)

2. Did you know (Part 407)

• That before becoming famous, Elvis Presley worked as a truck driver.
• That singer Taylor Swift was named after fellow singer James Taylor. Her parents, fans of James Taylor, chose the name Taylor because they wanted a gender-neutral name for her, believing it might help her career. They also thought it was a good, strong name. 
• That the Guinness World Records reports that Rod Stewart’s 1993 New Year’s Eve concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the free concert attended by the most people in history. It is said that there were an estimated 4.2 million people at the performance.
• That Metallica is the only rock band to ever play on all seven continents, which includes a 2013 concert in Antarctica.
• That Prince played 27 instruments on his debut album.

3. Remember back to the late 1960s and the “psychedelic rock” era?

Personally, I think the following were the 10 best songs to emerge from that period, and surprisingly, most were also major hits:

• “Pictures of Matchstick Men,” Status Quo.
• “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” Donovan.
• “Green Tambourine,” Lemon Pipers.
• “In A Gadda Da Vida,” Iron Butterfly.
• “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night,” Electric Prunes.
• “Whiter Shade Of Pale,” Procol Harum.
• “Purple Haze,” Jimi Hendrix.
• “Crimson and Clover,” Tommy James and Shondells.
• “Incense and Peppermints,” Strawberry Alarm Clock.
• “Psychotic Reaction,” Count Five.
• “Time Has Come Today,” Chambers Brothers.

Steve Thought O’ The Day — When Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry went 25-3 in 1978, his three losses came to opposing pitchers named Mike — Flanagan, Willis and Caldwell.

Steve Eighinger writes daily for Muddy River News. Steve on psychedelics would be … interesting.