The Puppy Song
David Cassidy
1973
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About David Cassidy
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
David Cassidy came from an acting family and became widely known through The Partridge Family. Alongside recordings associated with the television series, he developed a separate solo catalog including Cherish, Could It Be Forever and Rock Me Baby. His career also encompassed theater, with Broadway appearances in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Blood Brothers, London's Time and later Las Vegas productions that involved performing, writing and producing.
Artist background sources
David Cassidy - official-site archived biography
Read family/television, explicitly solo versus Partridge repertoire and theater/Las Vegas passages. Incorrect I Think I Love You year/ranking, original-cast implication, commercial records, private/medical history and stale present-tense statements are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
The Puppy Song by David Cassidy is included for 1973 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1973
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1973
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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