by In 1977, a year after releasing her debut album, she shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with the tearful ballad. “Don’t give up on us.” Many years later, Owen Wilson, as Hutch, parodied the song in not very affectionate fashion in the 2004 film comedy version of the show, which also starred Ben Stiller as Starsky and Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear.
Mr. Soul, who often said music was his priority over acting, released five albums in his career and scored four top 10 hits in Britain in the 1970s, including “Don’t Give Up on Us,” which reached number one; “Silver Lady” which also reached No. 1, although it only reached No. 52 in the U.S; and “Enter with your eyes open” — No. 2 in Britain and No. 54 on the US charts.
She became such a singing sensation that, reviewing a 1977 concert of hers at Radio City Music Hall, Robert Palmer of The New York Times described “teenagers carrying cameras onstage, the flicker of hundreds of exploding flash cubes.” and continuous screeching.”
David Soul was born David Richard Solberg on August 28, 1943, the son of Richard Solberg, a professor of political science and history, as well as a theologian, and June (Nelson) Solberg, a professor.
In David’s youth, the family lived in Cold War-era Berlin and South Dakota. He aspired to be a diplomat or minister before pursuing a career in show business. In his late teens, he found out that his girlfriend, Mim, was pregnant; Under pressure from his parents, they got married.
Later, when he was 22, he found his wife with another man, a friend of his, and left her and their young son, Kristofer, to pursue his dreams of stardom in New York.
