Editing The Partridge Family (section)

==Media==
===Film adaptation===
In April 1995 following the successful release of ''[[The Brady Bunch Movie]]'', it was announced [[Warner Bros.]] had made a deal with [[Bernard Slade]] and [[Witt/Thomas Productions]] to develop a feature length adaptation.<ref name="PartridgeWBMovie">{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/1995/more/news/partridge-and-a-pair-of-bradys-farley-favored-99128069/ |title=   'Partridge' and a pair of 'Bradys'… Farley favored   |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref>

===Discography===
{{main|The Partridge Family discography}}
''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 (as backing vocalist) were the only cast members who were actually featured on the recordings.<ref name= Cmon />{{rp|56–60}}

As the show and other associated merchandising soared, Cassidy became a [[teen idol]].<ref name= Cmon />{{rp|68–73}} The producers signed Cassidy as a solo act as well. Cassidy began touring with his own group of musicians, performing Partridge songs, as well as hits from his own albums, to thousands of screaming teenagers in major stadiums across the US, the UK, Europe, Japan and Australia.
[[File:Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted - Cash Box ad 1971.jpg|thumb|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' advertisement, February 27, 1971]]

The Partridge Family remain best known for their 1970 smash debut single "[[I Think I Love You]]", written by [[Tony Romeo]], who had penned the big 1968 hit "[[Indian Lake (song)|Indian Lake]]" (and other records) by [[the Cowsills]]. "I Think I Love You" spent three weeks at number one on ''the [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in November and December 1970. It sold more than five million copies, outselling the [[Beatles]]' "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]", was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]], and made the group the third fictional artist to have a number one hit (after [[Alvin and the Chipmunks|the Chipmunks]] and [[the Archies]]).<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/284 284]| isbn= 0-214-20512-6| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/284}}</ref> The single's parent LP, ''[[The Partridge Family Album]]'', reached No. 4 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. It was also awarded gold status by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in December 1970, having sold more than 500,000 copies.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/> A string of US and/or UK hit singles followed: "[[Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted]]", "[[I'll Meet You Halfway]]", "[[I Woke Up in Love This Morning]]", "[[It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)]]", "[[Am I Losing You]]", and covers of the early- to -mid-1960s hits "[[Looking Through the Eyes of Love]]", "[[Breaking Up Is Hard to Do]]" and "[[Walking in the Rain (The Ronettes song)|Walking in the Rain]]".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tsort.info/music/vqq60e.htm | title = TSORT Song Artist 592 – The Partridge Family | website= TSORT.info| access-date = June 22, 2010}}</ref> These singles were showcased on the three [[Recording Industry Association of America|gold]]-certified albums ''[[Up to Date]]'' (1971), ''[[Sound Magazine]]'' (1971) and ''[[Shopping Bag]]'' (1972), plus ''[[The Partridge Family Notebook]]'' (1972), ''[[Crossword Puzzle]]'' (1973), and ''[[Bulletin Board (album)|Bulletin Board]]'' (1973), with "Breaking Up Is Hard to To Do" making its album debut on ''[[At Home with Their Greatest Hits|The Partridge Family at Home with Their Greatest Hits]]'' (1972).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tsort.info/music/tweqe1.htm| website= TSORT.info| title = TSORT Album Artist 994 – The Partridge Family | access-date = June 22, 2010}}</ref> The holiday album ''[[A Partridge Family Christmas Card]]'' was the top-selling Christmas record of 1971.<ref name= Whitburn>{{cite book | last = Whitburn  | first = Joel | title = Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004) | publisher = Record Research Inc. | year= 2004 | location = Wisconsin  | page = 179 | isbn = 0-89820-161-6 }}</ref> Record sales success was replicated internationally, with both the Partridge Family group and Cassidy as a solo singer achieving huge hits in Canada, Great Britain, Europe, Japan, Australia, [[New Zealand]] and South Africa. In all, the Partridge Family released 89 songs on nine albums between 1970 and 1973.

===Danny Bonaduce album===
Though Danny Bonaduce was not part of the session band, he also got a recording contract. His [[eponym|self-titled debut]] LP was released in 1973 by Lion Records, a subsidiary label of [[MGM Records]]. The single from the album, "Dreamland", was a minor hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/lion145|title=''Dreamland'' (Danny Bonaduce)|website=45cat.com|publisher=Lion Records|date=Jan 1973}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/composition/041747b9-11f9-4253-b2c6-62200c7d5e8a-Dreamland|title=''Blueberry You/Dreamland'' (Danny Bonaduce)|website=Discogs|publisher=Lion Records|date=1972}}</ref> Though Bonaduce was credited as lead singer on all songs, he insists that he had a weak voice and that [[Bruce Roberts (singer)|Bruce Roberts]] provided most of the vocals on the album. The first track, "I'll Be Your Magician", in which the 13-year-old Bonaduce seduces a woman into having sexual intercourse with him, has developed a [[cult following]] for its [[camp (style)|campy]] entertainment value. The original, watered-down version was recorded with Cassidy for the ''Sound Magazine'' album, but was discarded and never released. In fall 2010, Cassidy dared Bonaduce to learn how to play the bass guitar lines for the songs the Partridge Family performed. Bonaduce learned the bass guitar line for "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted", stating that although he had no ability to read music, the song was relatively easy to learn; Cassidy and Bonaduce subsequently performed together on rare occasions.<ref>Parry, Wayne (April 10, 2011). [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MUSIC_CASSIDY_BONADUCE_REUNION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT David Cassidy, Danny Bonaduce play Partridge song]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved 2011-04-10.</ref>

===Ricky Segall album===
In conjunction with the songs featured by Ricky Segall in the fourth season of the TV show, Bell Records released the album ''Ricky Segall and The Segalls'' in 1973.  Seven of the album's 10 tracks were featured on the TV show. Two tracks were also released as a single, "Sooner or Later"/"Say Hey Willie" (Bell 45429).

===Animated spin-off===
The Partridges had a brief resurgence in animated form that saw the family propelled into the future. The animated Partridges first appeared when the kids did a series of guest spots on ''[[Goober and the Ghost Chasers]]''. That idea evolved into a [[CBS]] Saturday morning [[Hanna-Barbera]]-produced cartoon in 1974, ''[[Partridge Family 2200 A.D.]]'' (also called ''The Partridge Family in Outer Space'' when rerun later as part of ''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]''). Jones and Cassidy did not voice their animated characters and Susan Dey and Dave Madden had very limited involvement with this cartoon.

===Board game===
Released in 1971 by [[Milton Bradley]], The Partridge Family Game offers a glimpse of what life on the road was like for one of TV's favorite fictional pop bands. The back of the box explains, "As on TV, many happenings occur to the Partridge family, this game describes one of them. They have finished playing at a local arena and must hurry to their BUS to get traveling again. On the way, they may have some delays." The object of the game is to be the first player to get back to the tour bus.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=The Partridge Family Game|url=https://toytales.ca/the-partridge-family-game/|website=ToyTales.ca|date=October 19, 2020 }}</ref>

===Books===
During the entire four season run of the series, Curtis Books published seventeen paperback mystery novels featuring the entire cast of characters. The various authors included [[Michael Avallone]], Vic Crume, Lee Hays, Paul Fairman, Vance Stanton and Edward Fenton.<ref>The Partridge Family Album book by Joey Green, with a foreword by Shirley Jones, pages 278-279, published in 1994.</ref>

===Comic books===
[[Charlton Comics]] produced a comic book featuring the Partridge Family between March 1971 and December 1973 and later on just David Cassidy comic books. It features stories about the characters, song lyrics and features about Cassidy.<ref>{{cite book| first= Ian| last= Shirley| title= Can Rock & Roll Save the World?: An Illustrated History of Music and Comics| publisher= SAF Publishing Ltd| year= 2005| isbn= 0946719802| pages= [https://archive.org/details/canrockrollsavew0000shir/page/88 88–89]| url= https://archive.org/details/canrockrollsavew0000shir/page/88}}</ref> The drawings were provided by [[Don Sherwood (cartoonist)|Don Sherwood]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=238081| title= Partridge Family (1971) comic books| website= MyComicShop.com| access-date= December 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sherwood_don.htm| title= Don Sherwood: (2 September 1930 – 6 March 2010, USA)| encyclopedia= Lambiek Encyclopedia| access-date= December 28, 2016}}</ref>

===Reunion special===
Three years after the show's cancellation, Jones and other cast members gathered with cast members of ''[[My Three Sons]]'' for the ABC special ''Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons'', which aired on November 25, 1977. The show featured the casts discussing the histories of their shows, although other than Jones and [[Fred MacMurray]] both portraying single parents of large families, the two series had no narrative link.

===Reunion on ''Danny!''===
In 1995, a majority of the cast appeared on Bonaduce's talk show ''Danny!'', including Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, Jeremy Gelbwaks, Brian Forster, Suzanne Crough, Ricky Segall and the show's executive producer Bob Claver. Susan Dey was working on a movie at the time but called into the show to briefly reminisce with Bonaduce. David Cassidy was also unable to appear as he was working on a new album at that time.

===''Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story''===
In 1999, a "behind-the-scenes" [[television film|TV movie]] called ''[[Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story]]'' aired on ABC. The film focuses on the lives of Danny Bonaduce (who narrated) and David Cassidy.

===''The New Partridge Family''===
In 2004, [[VH1]] produced a pilot for a syndicated ''The New Partridge Family'', starring Suzanne Sole as Shirley, Leland Grant as Keith, [[Emma Stone]] (in her first role) as Laurie, Spencer Tuskowski as Danny, and [[French Stewart]] as Reuben Kincaid. The pilot was the only episode produced. The episode ended with a teaser for "next week's episode" in which the children's estranged father, played by Danny Bonaduce, drops in for a surprise visit with his same-sex life partner.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3YpTdx1h8 | title=VH1 Partridge Family remake Pilot Episode | website=[[YouTube]] | date=January 26, 2019 }}</ref>

===''Ruby & the Rockits''===

In 2009, Shirley Jones guest starred as David Cassidy's mother on the television series ''[[Ruby & the Rockits]]''. David and half-brother [[Patrick Cassidy (actor)|Patrick Cassidy]] played brothers on the series. Shirley's other sons were a part of the show: [[Shaun Cassidy]] was producer, and Ryan Cassidy worked behind the scenes.

===Animated reboot===
On June 8, 2023, it was announced an animated reboot of the series is in the works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/06/animated-bewitched-partridge-family-reboots-in-the-works-at-sony-tv-kids/|title=Animated 'Bewitched,' 'Partridge Family' Reboots in the Works at Sony TV Kids|website=www.animationmagazine.net|date=June 8, 2023 }}</ref> The Partridge Family will be black in this version.

===Home media===
In 1997, episodes were released on Columbia TriStar Home Video Screen Gems VHS during a wave of [[1970s nostalgia]] VHS releases.<ref>"Vid Suppliers Bring Back The '70s With Vintage TV Offerings". Billboard. 22 November 1997. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5wkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false p 91].</ref>

[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] has released all four seasons of ''The Partridge Family'' on DVD in [[DVD region code|Region 1]]. Seasons 1 and 2 have been released in Regions 2 and 4.

On October 15, 2013, Sony released ''The Partridge Family – The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Partridge-Family-The-Complete-Series/18703 |title=The Partridge Family DVD news: Announcement for The Partridge Family – The Complete Series |website=TV Shows On DVD|date=2013-07-15 |access-date=2015-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916214516/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Partridge-Family-The-Complete-Series/18703 |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  The 12-disc set features all 96 episodes of the series as well as bonus features.

The Screen Gems [[Production logo|closing logo]] was removed from episodes for the first three seasons on DVD.

On August 27, 2013, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the home video rights to various television series from the Sony Pictures library including The Partridge Family.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Mill-Creek-Sony-License-Deal/18902 |title=Site News DVD news: Mill Creek Licenses 52 TV Shows from Sony for Low-Cost DVD Release |website=TV Shows On DVD|date=2013-08-27 |access-date=2015-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134321/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Mill-Creek-Sony-License-Deal/18902 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  They subsequently re-released the first two seasons on June 24, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Partridge-Family-Seasons-1-and-2/19717 |title=The Partridge Family DVD news: Release Date for The Partridge Family – Seasons 1 & 2 |website=TV Shows On DVD|date=2014-04-18 |access-date=2015-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203931/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Partridge-Family-Seasons-1-and-2/19717 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

On September 22, 2015, Mill Creek re-released ''Partridge Family – The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1 with the original Screen Gems logo reinstated at the end of the credits. No American DVD releases contain the epilogue to episode #25 (which does appear on Region 2 & 4 releases), the unaired 1969 pilot or any episodes of the spin-off series ''[[Getting Together]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Partridge-Family-The-Complete-Series/21287 |title=The Partridge Family DVD news: Announcement for The Partridge Family – The Complete Series |website=TV Shows On DVD|date=2015-08-07 |access-date=2015-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812014632/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Partridge-Family-The-Complete-Series/21287 |archive-date=August 12, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!DVD name
!Ep. #
!Release date
|-
| The Complete 1st Season
| style="text-align:center;"=|25
| May 3, 2005<br /> <small>June 24, 2014 (re-release)</small>
|-
| The Complete 2nd Season
| style="text-align:center;"=|24
| November 8, 2005<br /> <small>June 24, 2014 (re-release)</small>
|-
| The Complete 3rd Season
| style="text-align:center;"=|25
| October 14, 2008
|-
| The Complete 4th Season
| style="text-align:center;"=|22
| February 3, 2009
|-
| The Complete Series
| style="text-align:center;"=|96
| October 15, 2013<br /> <small>September 22, 2015 (re-release)</small>
|}