Editing The Partridge Family (section)

==Production==
At the end of the first season, Jeremy Gelbwaks' family moved out of the Los Angeles area, and the part of Chris was recast with the actor [[Brian Forster]]. According to Cassidy, Gelbwaks "had a personality conflict with every person in the cast and the producers" and especially did not get along with Cassidy or Bonaduce.<ref name= Cmon>{{cite book |title=C'mon, Get Happy: Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus |first1=David |last1=Cassidy |first2=Chip |last2=Deffaa |author-link2=Chip Deffaa |year=1994 |publisher=DBC Enterprises, [[Warner Books]] Inc. |isbn=9780446395311}}</ref>{{rp|87}} A dog named Simone appeared in the first season, but it was phased out during the second season. At the beginning of the fourth season, a four-year-old neighbor, Ricky Stevens (Ricky Segall), appeared and sang a [[children's song]] during each episode, but the character was dropped mid-season.

===Music===
Music recorded for the pilot episode was produced by [[Shorty Rogers]], a jazz musician and arranger who worked with the [[Monkees]]. Songs for the ongoing series were recorded by the music producer [[Wes Farrell]]. [[Chip Douglas]] was the first to be offered the job of producing the music, but declined.

The studio concoction that forms the Partridge Family sound has lead singer David Cassidy, members of [[the Ron Hicklin Singers]] as [[backing vocalists]] and several of the era's most highly regarded [[studio musician]]s, now known as "[[the Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]]". Cassidy's co-star and real-life stepmother Shirley Jones also appears on the recordings, although there remains speculation that she can be heard more prominently in the television mixes of the songs than in the album mixes. In each episode of the sitcom, the television family of six are seen on screen together in recording sessions and concert performances, playing the part of performers, but none except Cassidy and Jones was involved in any of the actual recordings. Two tracks on the 1970 first LP, ''[[The Partridge Family Album]]'', do not include Cassidy. These songs, "I'm on the Road" and "I Really Want to Know You", were sung in blended-harmony style by members of [[the Ron Hicklin Singers]]: brothers [[John Bahler|John]] and [[Tom Bahler]], [[Ron Hicklin]] and [[Robin Ward (singer)|Jackie Ward]] (who in 1963, as Robin Ward, charted with the no. 14 hit "Wonderful Summer"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/robin-ward |title=Robin Ward |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>). These professional singers appear throughout the Partridge Family's output.

Cassidy was originally to [[lip sync]] to dubbed vocals with the rest of the cast but convinced Farrell that he could sing, and was allowed to join the studio ensemble as the lead singer.<ref name= Cmon />{{rp|56–60}}

Season 1, episode 1 is the only episode of the series that does not use any version of the theme song, instead using the Rogers and Kelly Gordon song "Together (Havin' A Ball)" under the opening credits. The first episode is also unique in that it does not include the animated main title, instead using shots of the Partridge Family singing "Together" as if in a performance.

Two different songs were used as the opening theme for the television series. Season 1 uses "When We're Singin{{'"}} (Wes Farrell and [[Diane Hildebrand]]):

<blockquote><poem>"Come on down and meet everybody,
And hear us singin'.
There's nothing better than being together,
When we're singin'.
Five of us, and Mom working all day,
We knew we could help her if our music would pay.
Danny got Reuben to sell our song, 
And it really came together when Mom sang along..." ''(from "When We're Singin{{'"}})''</poem></blockquote>

The other seasons all use "C'mon Get Happy" (Wes Farrell and Danny Janssen), which retained the "When We're Singin'" tune but with new lyrics by Danny Janssen:

<blockquote><poem>
Hello world, hear the song that we're singing.
C'mon get happy.
A whole lot o' loving is what we'll be bringin'
We'll make you happy. 
We had a dream, we'd go travelin' together,
We spread a little love and then we keep movin' on.
Somethin' always happens whenever we're together;
We get a happy feelin' when we're singing a song..." ''(from "C'mon Get Happy")''</poem></blockquote>