Shaun Cassidy

Singers of 1979

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Nearly 130,000 readers voted for their favourite singers of 1979.

10. Bonnie Tyler / Andy Gibb
9. Anita Ward / Peter Orloff
8. Luisa Fernandez / Leslie McKeown
7. Andrea Jürgens / Plastic Bertrand (“singer”)
6. Paola / Shaun Cassidy
5. Amanda Lear / Bernhard Brink
4. Amii Stewart / Jürgen Drews
3. Suzi Quatro / Patrick Hernandez
2. Donna Summer / Peter Maffay
1. Olivia Newton-John / Leif Garrett

The kids pictured in circles won a chance to present the respective winners with their Otto trophy. Sometimes that took them on international trips.

Bravo 28 February 1974

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Teen star Shaun Cassidy on the cover of Bravo of 28 February 1974. This week 48 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

• Four Beatles on one record: Ringo
• The US in Dylan fever
• Introducing David Cassidy’s brother Shaun
• Focus on rock band Karthago
• Ike & Tina Tuner in photos
• Bravo took readers to meet Roger Moore and Jane Seymour
• At 13, Dominique Müller is Germany’s youngest movie star
• Readers write to schlager star Chris Roberts: “Stay as you are”
• The shortlists for Bravo’s Girl and Boy of the Year
• James Dean’s East Of Eden remembered
• English pop star John Kincade’s new home in West-Germany

Bravo 6 Jan 1977

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Half-brothers David and Shaun Cassidy on the cover of Bravo of 6 January 1977. This week 45 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

• Bravo readers’ Top 10 male and female singers
• How David and Shaun Cassidy mourned their dad
• Interview with ABBA’s Björn
• The funny story behind rock group Heart
• New in the cinemas: The Exorcist sequel
• Bravo interviews singer Elke Best
• What goes on in a dance school?

Bravo 9 March 1978

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The battle is on: Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett on the cover of Bravo of 9 March 1978. This week 42 years, Germany’s youth read about:

• Who will be the bigger star: Shaun or Leif? (well, Leif. For a little while)
• ABBA in Germany
• Slade, Bonnie Tyler and, er, Buster at Bravo Disco concert
• The hellish live show of Kiss
• Introducing crime-fighters Starsky & Hutch
• With Status Quo on tour
• Linda Ronstadt, the Queen of Country-Rock
• Newport, a new soft rock band from England
• Luisa Fernandez, the singing hairdresser
• The new movie superhero: Spiderman (Spinnenmann)
• Ex-Bay City Rollers singer Nobby Clark starts solo career
• New film: Streisand & Kristofferson in A Star Is Born

Bravo 20 Feb. 1975 (Shaun Cassidy)

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Teen star Shaun Cassidy on the cover of Bravo of 20 February 1975. This week 45 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

• Led Zeppelin’s live comeback
• Introducing the British pop sensation Bay City Rollers
• All about the Towering Inferno movie
• Shaun Cassidy’s super show
• Behind the scenes of the “ZDF Hitparade”
• The candidates for Girl and Boy of the Year ’75
• Bravo at home with Billy Swan
• Will Joy Fleming win Eurovision ’75 (nope)
• Peter Falk: TV’s glass-eyed detective Colombo
• Singer Lena Valaitis and her monkey

Bravo 16 November 1978

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Shaun Cassidy features on the cover of Bravo of 16 November 1978. That week 39 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

• Bravo visits ABBA’s new Stockholm studio
• How Brian Connolly is being marginalised in Sweet
• With Smokie on tour in West-Germany
• Bob Seger: “The Gorilla from Detroit”
• David Cassidy’s comeback as a TV detective in Man Undercover (it ran for 10 episodes)
• Phantom, the fastest fighter jet in the world
• Introducing sci-fi disco singer Dee Dee Jackson
• Can Shaun Cassidy defend his Golden Otto, as winner of the readers’ poll for favourite singer?