The Partridge Family aired from September 1970 until August 1974 on ABC.
Oscar-winner Shirley Jones and her stepson, David Cassidy, starred in this comedy about a family that hit the big time in the music business. Shirley Partridge ( Jones) was just another widowed suburban mother with a houseful of rambunctious kids, until one day the kids asked her to take part in an impromptu recording session they were holding in the garage. Seems they needed a vocalist . The song they were recording was " I think I Love You," and to everyone's surprise they sold it to a record company, the record became a smash hit, and the Partridges were soon setting off in a wildly painted old school bus to perform around the country. They were authenic members of the rock generation. Stories depicted their exploits on the road, and in San Pueblo, their California hometown.
Besides Shirley and 16-year-old Keith ( Cassidy), the band included Laurie (Susan Dey), 15, Danny ( Danny Bonaduce) 10, and the freckle-faced conman of the family, Christopher ( Jeremy Gelbwaks and later Brian Forster)7, and Tracy ( Suzanne Crough), 5. Rueben Kinkaid ( David Madden) was their fast-talking, child-hating agent-and perpetual foil for Danny. Simone was the family pooch who vanashed during the second season.
The combination of comedy, pop music and a photogenic family presented by the Partridge Family was too good for audiences to resist and the show quickly became a major hit. Notable episodes included " Soul Club" in which the family helped save a financially ailing soul music nightclub and " The Eleven Year Itch" which had Danny falling in love with a Partridge Family fan played by Jodie Foster. During the 1973-1974 season the show was moved from its Friday night slot to Saturdays opposite All In the Family and Emergency where its ratings sagged quickly. Joining the cast that season was a neighbor's son, 4-year-old Ricky ( Ricky Segall) who sang too and joined the band, and Reuben's nephew Alan ( Alan Bursky)
The Patridges were heavily promoted in the real-life music business and they caught on with several hit singles including " I Think I Love You," which sold four million copies as well as albums. David Cassidy became the hero of the subteen set and had considerable success as a single act. Unlike the Monkees, the Partridges had no artistic pretensions-none of them were professional musicians-and the backgrounds on their records were in fact done by professional studio musicians, with Shirley and David providing the vocals. Their success was as spectacular on the record charts as on TV , but it did not last long in either case.
The Partridge Family was loosly based on the experiences of a real-life popular recording family, the Cowsills.
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