The Partridge family
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Partridge family |
| Original title | The Partridge Family |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1970-1974 |
| Production company |
Screen Gems Television |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 96 in 4 seasons |
| genre | Family series , sitcom , music show |
| Theme music | "When We're Singin '" (1970-71), "C'mon, Get Happy" (1971-74) |
| idea | Bernard Slade |
| production | Bob Claver , William Bickley , Paul Junge Witt , Dale McRaven , Larry Rosen , Mel Swope |
| First broadcast | September 25, 1970 on ABC |
| German-language first broadcast |
1972 on ARD |
| occupation | |
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The Partridge Family (original title The Partridge Family ) is an American television series about a widowed mother and her five children, who appeared as a pop group in addition to their typical suburban family life and toured the United States in a converted school bus . The sitcom was broadcast in the United States from September 25, 1970 to September 7, 1974 by the television station ABC and received many reruns. Between 1972 and 1976, ARD broadcast 43 German-language episodes.
content
The main actors were Shirley Jones as mother Shirley Partridge and David Cassidy as son Keith Partridge (16). Susan Dey played the daughter Laurie (15), Danny Bonaduce played the son Danny (10), Jeremy Gelbwaks (later replaced by Brian Forster ) was the son Christopher (7) and Suzanne Crough played the daughter Tracy (5). Dave Madden was the band's manager, Reuben Kincaid, who organized the tour bookings. The story was inspired by the real-life family band The Cowsills . The sitcom was produced by Screen Gems , a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures , which had already produced The Monkees series , which was also about a fictional music group.
music
As with the Monkees , whose member Davy Jones had a guest appearance in an episode, albums with the music of the sitcom pop group were released parallel to the series . Although only David Cassidy accompanied by Shirley Jones sang on the albums and none of the television actors played an instrument themselves, the records were bought over 25 million times and the Partridge Family became a phenomenon.
The Partridge Family's greatest hit, the 1970 song I Think I Love You (author: Tony Romeo ), peaked at number one on the US charts . The following album rose to number four on the Billboard 200 . For lead singer David Cassidy, the sales success started his own career as a teen idol. The second single, Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted , was another million seller. Also I'll Meet You Halfway , I Woke Up in Love This Morning and It's One of Those Nights (yes Love) reached yet good chart positions in the US Top Twenty. From 1972, after the publication of Neil Sedaka- - cover songs Breaking Up Is Hard to Do , The Partridge Family, was also due to ongoing parallel by Cassidy's solo career in the UK more successful than in the US.
The sitcom was produced over four years. After 96 episodes and ten albums, the series was canceled due to ailing viewer ratings.
marketing
Merchandise and fan articles were also sold for the first time in the music business under the brand name Partridge Family. There were partridge games, toy guitars, lunch boxes, bath towels, children's clothes, books, and a fan magazine. Screen Gems collected around $ 500 million in license fees for this. The Partridge Family also advertised cornflakes and housewares.
Germany
In Germany between 1972 and 1976 43 episodes of the series were broadcast under the name Die Partridge Familie by ARD. The dubbed version took first place in the 1973 Bravo annual charts as the most popular early evening series. Leading actor David Cassidy took first and third place in the 1973 Bravo annual charts and received the Bravo Otto as the most popular singer of the year.
successor
From September 1974 to March 1975, the Partridges experienced a brief resurrection as an animated series in the Saturday morning program of the US TV station CBS . In Partridge Family 2200 AD (German: The Partridge Family in 2200 ) of the production company Hanna-Barbera , the family was moved into the future. There were many new characters in it, like Veenie, a Martian friend of Keith, Marion, a friend of Laurie, or Orbit, a robot dog that belonged to Danny. In a re-performance on the Fred Flintstone & Friends show , the animated series was performed under the title The Partridge Family in Outer Space (Eng. The Partridge Family in Space ).
In 2003, the US cable broadcaster VH1 announced that it would produce an updated version of the Partridge Family. In 2004, the station broadcast the casting show In Search of the Partridge Family (Eng. In search of the Partridge family ). The audience was asked to choose the actors for the new episodes. After the new family in October 2004 it was clear a pilot under the name was The New Partridge Family (dt. The new Partridge Family ) was prepared and sent in January 2005 to VH first Immediately afterwards the series was canceled. There were no further consequences.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1971 | The Partridge Family Album | - | - | - |
US4th  (68 weeks)US |
in 1970 appeared
as in the UK Only a Moment Ago published |
| Up to date | - | - |
UK46 (2 weeks) UK |
US3 (53 weeks)US |
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| Sound Magazine | - | - |
UK14 (7 weeks) UK |
US9 (35 weeks)US |
Chart entry in UK only in April 1972
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| A Partridge Family Christmas Card | - | - |
UK45 (1 week) UK |
US- |
Chart entry in UK only in December 1972
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| 1972 | Shopping bag | - | - |
UK28 (3 weeks) UK |
US18th (17 weeks)US |
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| Notebook | - | - | - |
US41 (16 weeks) US |
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| 1973 | Crossword puzzle | - | - | - |
US167 (5 weeks) US |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1973: Bulletin Board (starring Shirley Jones feat. David Cassidy)
* Wes Farrell is the producer of all listed albums .
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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AT
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UK
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US
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| 1972 | At Home with Their Greatest Hits | - | - | - |
US21st (23 weeks)US |
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| 2006 | Could It Be Forever… The Greatest Hits |
- | - |
UK52 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
with David Cassidy
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
- 1972: The Partridge Family TV show
- 1973: Greatest Hits (starring David Cassidy)
- 1974: World of the Partridge Family
- 1989: Greatest Hits
- 2000: The Definitive Collection (with David Cassidy)
- 2005: Come On Get Happy !: The Very Best of the Partridge Family
- 2013: Playlist: The Very Best of the Partridge Family
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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US
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| 1970 | I Think I Love You The Partridge Family Album |
DE29 (6 weeks) DE |
AT7 (8 weeks) AT |
UK18 (9 weeks) UK |
US1 (19 weeks)US |
Chart entry in Europe only from January 1971
Author: Tony Romeo |
| 1971 | Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted Up to Date |
- | - | - |
US6th (12 weeks)US |
Authors: Jim Cretecos, Mike Appel, Wes Farrell
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| I'll meet you halfway up to date |
- | - | - |
US9 (9 weeks) US |
Authors: Gerry Goffin , Wes Farrell
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| I Woke Up in Love This Morning Sound Magazine |
- | - | - |
US13 (11 weeks) US |
Chart entry in UK only in February 1972
Authors: Irwin Levine , L. Russell Brown |
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| It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love) Shopping Bag |
- | - |
UK11 (11 weeks) UK |
US20 (8 weeks) US |
Chart entry in UK only in February 1972
Author: Tony Romeo |
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| 1972 | Am I Losing You Shopping Bag |
- | - | - |
US59 (7 weeks) US |
Authors: Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown
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| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do At Home with Their Greatest Hits |
- | - |
UK3 (13 weeks) UK |
US28 (10 weeks) US |
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| Looking Through the Eyes of Love Notebook |
- | - |
UK9 (9 weeks) UK |
US39 (8 weeks) US |
Chart entry in UK only in February 1973
Authors: Barry Mann , Cynthia Weil Original: Gene Pitney , 1965 |
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| 1973 | Friend and a Lover Notebook |
- | - | - |
US99 (2 weeks) US |
Authors: Bobby Hart , Danny Janssen, Wes Farrell
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| Walking in the Rain Notebook |
- | - |
UK10 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
Authors: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More singles
- 1971: My Christmas Card to You
- 1973: Lookin 'for a Good Time
Quotes
- "In the words of David Cassidy, um, when he was still with the Partridge family, um, 'I think I love you'". ( Hugh Grant , in: Four Weddings and a Funeral )
literature
- The Partridge family . In: Thomas Hruska, Jovan Evermann: The new series guide . Vol. 3, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-513-9 , pp. 473-475.
- David Cassidy, Chip Deffaa: C'mon, Get Happy: Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus . Warner Books, New York 1994, ISBN 0-446-39531-5 .
swell
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles UK US
- ↑ a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ↑ a b c UK US gold / platinum database
- ↑ Greatest Funniest Movie Moments and Scenes at filmsite.org
Web links
- The Partridge Family in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Partridge Family at Allmusic (English)
- The Partridge Family at Discogs (English)
- The Partridge Family on MusicBrainz (English)
- History of the Partridge Family on billboard.com (English)
- The Partridge Family fan website (English)