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A Partridge Personal was an American television sitcom about the widowed mother & her 5 tikes world health organization traveled within the area of in a super colorful bus to different venues to perform songs. A series originally ran from either 1970 until 1974 on the ABC television network, with numbers of subsequent diarrhea inside syndication.

A indicate starred Shirley Jones as mother Shirley Partridge and David Cassidy as Keith Partridge. Susan Dey played Laurie, Danny Bonaduce played Danny, Jeremy Gelbwaks (later replaced by Brian Forster) played Chris and Suzanne Crough played Tracy Partridge. Dave Madden played Reuben Kincaid, who was their manager & booked 100% their tours. A story was loosely depending about The Cowsills, who were the real singing personal. A indicate was produced for ABC by Screen Gems television, which had as well mass produced The Monkees, another indicate all about the invented music class action.

When it got using a Monkees, a production company capitalized on the profits of the indicate by releasing a series of albums featuring the music of the "group". Potentially though the just singers were Shirley Jones & David Cassidy, & none of a television characters actually played their instruments, population did find a albums & the Partridge Personal became a phenomenon.

A Partridge Personal's large recorded hit come inside 1970 by owning a first hit song "I Think I Love You" ([http://www.superseventies.com/sl_ithinkiloveyou.html lyrics]). A album which followed reached total foursome on the Billboard magazine album chart. A lead singer, actor David Cassidy, solidified his growing teen idol status with that recording. A 2nd lone, "I'll Meet You Halfway," too processed a top decade. A watch-higher lone, "I Woke Up In Love This Morning", freed around 1971, was the slower marketer (finally reaching a Top 20) however was however a super popular title.

A Partridge Personal tv show lasted for quadruplet years until David Cassidy, a reluctant teenaged idol world health organization was actively pursuing the solo career, decided he did non obviously play the role of Keith Partridge any extra. A indicate was cancelled fallowing 96 episodes; in a period of the quartet years of the television redo tenner Partridge Personal albums were freed.

Inside November of 2003, American cable TV network VH1 announced plans to create an updated version of the indicate. A freshly Partridge Personal cast was decided in the vein of The Monkees meets American Idol; the indicate, known as In Search of The Partridge Family, aired septet audition episodes prior to picking a newly "group" within October 2004.

A number one year of the original series, consisting of Twenty-five uncut episodes, was freed within May 2005 on Region One DVD from Sony Home Entertainment. At a equivalent instance, Arista Records released "Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The Partridge Family," which includes foursome antecedently unreleased tracks.

Selected Discography

The Partridge Family Album Up To Date Sound Magazine Christmas Card Shopping Bag At Home With Their Greatest Hits The Partridge Family Notebook Crossword Puzzle Bulletin Board World of the Partridge Family Come On Get Happy!: The Very Best of The Partridge Family

Partridge Family Temple
The Official Web Page of the Partridge Family Temple: the funnest religion around.

The Partridge Family Temple
Organization dedicated to worship of characters on The Partridge Family as gods and goddesses.

The Partridge Family Notebook
Message board for cast news, episode discussion, and related links.

WWWF Grudge Match
What if the Partridge Family competed for the Roller Derby championship?

Partridge Family, The - Rollingstone.com
Includes biography, photo gallery, news, discography, album reviews, audio/video, and message boards.

The Come on Get Happy Gallery
Pictures of cast members and screen captures from the show.

C'mon, Get Happy
Mailing list, message board, episodes, collectibles, and music.

Sound Magazine
Tribute band; includes pictures, song list and press.


Arts: Music: Styles: By Decade: 1970s
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