Editing The Partridge Family (section)

===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.