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The Partridge Family - Discography (1970-1973)
EAC Rip | 7 Albums | FLAC - Log - Cue | HQ Scans | Release: 1970-1973 | 1.63 GB
Genre: Bubblegum Pop | Label: Bell/Arista Records
The Partridge Family was an early 70s television show which produced soundtrack albums utilizing session musicians (always credited on the album covers) which sold incredibly well between 1970 and 1973. The Partridge Family were played by Shirley Jones (mother), David Cassidy as her eldest son Keith, Susan Dey as Laurie, Danny Bonaduce as Danny, Jeremy Gelbwaks as Chris and Suzanne Crough as Tracy. At the end of the first season, Jeremy Gelbwaks family moved out of the Los Angeles area, and the part was recast with a blond child actor, Brian Forster. The Partridge Family were the third fictional artist to have a #1 hit (after The Chipmunks and The Archies).
The music of the Partridge Family was the work of music producer Wes Farrell with a group of hired studio musicians (informally referred to as the Ron Hicklin Singers and The Wrecking Crew). David Cassidy was originally to lip sync with the rest of the cast, but he convinced Farrell just weeks into production that he could sing and was allowed to join the studio ensemble as the lead singer. He and Shirley Jones, who sang background, were the only cast members who were actually featured on the recordings.
The Ron Hicklim Singers usually consisted of vocalists Ron Hicklin, brothers Tom Bahler, and John Bahler, Jackie Ward, Gene Morford, and/or Sally Stevens. Often they were not credited, or else were credited under other names. For example, when singing the TV theme of "Love, American Style", they were credited as The Charles Fox Singers. The Hicklin Singers also sang the TV themes for "Batman" and "Flipper", "That Girl", "Laverne and Shirley" (along with lead vocalist Cyndi Grecco. Hicklin himself sang the lead vocals for the theme from TV's "Happy Days".
As the Ron Hicklin Singers, the group backed up or were the real vocals on tunes by The Monkees, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Cher, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Brady Kids, hundreds of other artists, and most famously known for being the real singers behind The Partridge Family. They sang commercial vocals including campaigns for Kawasaki ("Kawasaki lets the good times roll"), Datsun ("Drive a Datsun, then decide") and McDonald's ("You deserve a break today"), and countless local radio station and television ID jingles.