The Partridge Family discography
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of all albums and singles released by the
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pop-rock group
The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from Se ...
. It includes eight studio albums including one holiday release, plus five compilations and 11 singles. The Partridge Family were a pop music act linked to the popular 1970–74 ABC-TV television series ''
The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from Se ...
'', featuring lead and backing vocals respectively by the programme's stars
David Cassidy David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother, Shirley Jones), in t ...
and
Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel'' (1956), and ''The M ...
, plus professional backing vocalists and session musicians. The other four cast members portraying the TV family featured on several of the album covers but did not participate in the recordings. The "group" recorded from 1970 to 1973 and in late 1970 topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart with the debut single "
I Think I Love You "I Think I Love You" is a song by Tony Romeo, written as the debut single for fictional musical TV family the Partridge Family, released in August 1970, a month prior to the debut of the ABC-TV musical sitcom ''The Partridge Family'' starring Shi ...
", which
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declared the year's best-selling single. In 1971 the Partridge Family were
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-nominated for the
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of 1970.''The Palm Beach Post-Times''. Sunday, March 14, 1971. "Elite of the Record Industry Await the Grammy Awards", page B16 The Partridge Family's 1972 and 1973 single releases fared much better in the UK than in the US, coinciding with David Cassidy's phenomenal UK standing as a solo star during this period. "
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" was released in the UK in 1972 as a Maxi single with "I Think I Love You" on the same side and "
I'll Meet You Halfway "I'll Meet You Halfway" is a song written by Wes Farrell and Gerry Goffin and recorded by The Partridge Family for their 1971 album, '' Up to Date''. It went to No.4 on the Adult Contemporary chart and reached No.9 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 197 ...
" on the B-side. It reached No 3 in the UK charts


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