STARSKY & HUTCH was pretty much a by-the-numbers TV show, but it was popular enough to stay on the air for four years.
As a singer, David Soul was a whole lot better than Lorne Greene, Leonard Nimoy, or even William Shatner. If I’d been given this video to listen to as a Blindfold Test, I really don’t think I could have identified him as him.
His covers, such as this, were better than his originals. I suspect everyone involved figured if his HERE COME THE BRIDES co-star Bobby Sherman could have a (limited) musical career…
In the mid-’60s, David soul made his first TV appearances as “The Covered Man”: he would appear with a canvas sack covering his head and face, and sing ballads of his own creation.
Griffin liked his singing enough to book him a few more times, ultimately convincing him to “unmask” and be himself.
Thus, David Soul began to attract attention from Hollywood, leading to his TV success and ultimate career in all media.
To this day, Soul credits Merv Griffin and his show for getting him started.
Just so you know …
I just posted the above, and realized that I omitted a whole sentence about the fact that it was Merv Griffin’s Westinghouse talker (“From The Little Theatre off Times Square!”) where David Soul made his TV debut.
Getting older (69 later this year) is a real bugger, ain’t it?
It does make sense…they clearly cast BRIDES for teen heartthrob crossover appeal. I have his 45 with “Black Bean Soup” in the vinyl stack. It’s acceptably mediocre.
Westinghouse came closer than most in attempts to become its own new full tv network before the current deluge.
May 10th, 2019 at 9:30 pm
STARSKY & HUTCH was pretty much a by-the-numbers TV show, but it was popular enough to stay on the air for four years.
As a singer, David Soul was a whole lot better than Lorne Greene, Leonard Nimoy, or even William Shatner. If I’d been given this video to listen to as a Blindfold Test, I really don’t think I could have identified him as him.
May 11th, 2019 at 3:09 am
His covers, such as this, were better than his originals. I suspect everyone involved figured if his HERE COME THE BRIDES co-star Bobby Sherman could have a (limited) musical career…
May 11th, 2019 at 3:12 am
My favorite cover of the Cohen song, Fairport Convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtHD1j9PhY
May 11th, 2019 at 10:03 am
Thanks, Todd. That’s an album they did I’d never seen (or heard) before.
May 11th, 2019 at 11:29 am
Fun Facts:
In the mid-’60s, David soul made his first TV appearances as “The Covered Man”: he would appear with a canvas sack covering his head and face, and sing ballads of his own creation.
Griffin liked his singing enough to book him a few more times, ultimately convincing him to “unmask” and be himself.
Thus, David Soul began to attract attention from Hollywood, leading to his TV success and ultimate career in all media.
To this day, Soul credits Merv Griffin and his show for getting him started.
Just so you know …
May 11th, 2019 at 11:33 am
I just posted the above, and realized that I omitted a whole sentence about the fact that it was Merv Griffin’s Westinghouse talker (“From The Little Theatre off Times Square!”) where David Soul made his TV debut.
Getting older (69 later this year) is a real bugger, ain’t it?
May 11th, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Wait till you get my age, Mike. You’ll wish you were 68 again!
PS. Thanks for all the info on David Soul. I did not know he started out as a singer.
May 13th, 2019 at 3:44 am
It does make sense…they clearly cast BRIDES for teen heartthrob crossover appeal. I have his 45 with “Black Bean Soup” in the vinyl stack. It’s acceptably mediocre.
Westinghouse came closer than most in attempts to become its own new full tv network before the current deluge.