He came to fame as a singer on 'Shindig!' and had top 10 hits with "Little Woman," "La La La (If I Had You)," "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" and "Easy Come, Easy Go."

Former teen idol Bobby Sherman, who died this week at age 81, led an apparently productive and fulfilling life after fading from the spotlight. Justin Bieber, one of the last of the male teen idols, does not appear to be on that path.

First on TV and then on the pop charts, he became so popular so young, he once said, that he “didn’t really have time to have an ego.”