THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
The Partridge Family is an American musical-sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. The Partridge Family was produced for ABC by Screen Gems. The company promoted the show by releasing a series of albums featuring the family band, though David Cassidy and Shirley Jones, who sang background, were the only cast members who were actually featured on the recordings. As the show and other associated merchandising soared, David Cassidy became a teen idol. The producers signed Cassidy as a solo act as well. The Partridge Family’s biggest hit came in 1970 with the song “I Think I Love You”, peaking at Number 1 on the Billboard charts in December of that year. The group was the third fictional artist to have a No. 1 hit (after The Chipmunks and The Archies). The song’s companion LP, The Partridge Family Album, reached Number 4 in the Billboard 200. (More from Wikipedia)
Wikipedia lists an almost completely different group of artists in that article (as opposed to those listed above who were backed by Glen Campbell in particular): “Notable artists employing the Wrecking Crew’s talents included Nancy Sinatra, Bobby Vee, the Partridge Family, the Mamas and the Papas, the Carpenters, the 5th Dimension, John Denver, the Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, the Grass Roots, and Nat King Cole.”
(February 2015)
