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03-23-2024, 10:45 PM
https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/12319/the-partridge-family-1970s-david-cassidy-shirley-jones/
The show ran from 1970 to 1974 and held a respectable place in the Nielsen ratings, but it was the Billboard charts where the Partridge Family peaked. “I Think I Love You,” (https://www.stereogum.com/2028735/the-number-ones-the-partridge-familys-i-think-i-love-you/columns/the-number-ones/) the group’s first single released in August 1970 before the show’s premiere, initially failed to get airplay. It finally took off in a small Iowa radio station that began playing the record. Meanwhile, Cassidy and Jones were out on publicity junkets, traveling from town to town promoting the new music designed to match the show’s image, and Bell Records even designed a duplicate tour bus used strictly for promotion. After the show premiered, “I Think I Love You” zoomed to No. 1 on Nov. 20, 1970 — nine episodes into the series. It won the National Association of Recording Merchandisers award for the bestselling single of 1970 (beating out the Beatles’ “Let It Be”). It was truly an overnight sensation, and none of the cast was ready for it.
The show ran from 1970 to 1974 and held a respectable place in the Nielsen ratings, but it was the Billboard charts where the Partridge Family peaked. “I Think I Love You,” (https://www.stereogum.com/2028735/the-number-ones-the-partridge-familys-i-think-i-love-you/columns/the-number-ones/) the group’s first single released in August 1970 before the show’s premiere, initially failed to get airplay. It finally took off in a small Iowa radio station that began playing the record. Meanwhile, Cassidy and Jones were out on publicity junkets, traveling from town to town promoting the new music designed to match the show’s image, and Bell Records even designed a duplicate tour bus used strictly for promotion. After the show premiered, “I Think I Love You” zoomed to No. 1 on Nov. 20, 1970 — nine episodes into the series. It won the National Association of Recording Merchandisers award for the bestselling single of 1970 (beating out the Beatles’ “Let It Be”). It was truly an overnight sensation, and none of the cast was ready for it.