SO COOL!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You REACTION

[@melaniewirick6213]

All I can say is, there were many of us teenage girls who wanted David Cassidy to be singing this directly to us. ❤😊

[@TheCkent100]

Many years ago (sometime in the 1990's), I was at the Mark & Brian's Annual Christmas Show when actress Dana Delany got to live out that fantasy. It really didn't come through on the radio broadcast of the show, but those of us in the audience saw how completely head over heals Dana was.

[@terri2494]

I’m sure you were all disappointed when you learned that he was really singing it to me. 🥰

[@lesliecermak6473]

Saw this comment before watching the reaction and had hoped it had video so we could see if Amber was swooning! 😁

[@TheCkent100]

@terri2494 I wasn't. But I'm a guy. I was checking out Dana. (see my comment above for context).

[@surlechapeau]

and some wanted Shaun Cassidy to sing to them too!!

[@muc405]

David Cassidy made my 7 year old little heart flutter every Friday night when the "Partridge Family" came on TV. Same with Bobby Sherman when "Here Come the Brides" came on, and Davy Jones with "The Monkees". I loved all three of them!

[@laurakali6522]

What about Bobby Sherman on The Partridge Family! And Mark Hamill on the braces episode.

[@reesebn38]

I love what became of Bobby Sherman.

[@loritajohnson5664]

Had a 45 on a cereal box of Bobby Sherman. Can't remember song. Early crush on Jeremy (Bobby Sherman) on Here Comes the Brides.

[@randyhpward8829]

muc - Julie Julie Julie do you love me? Julie Julie Julie do you care? Julie Julie Julie do you love me? Julie Julie Julie will you still be there? -- Bobby Sherman

[@jwmson7791]

Yessss! I was so in love with Bobby Sherman! I didn’t miss Here Come the Brides! I wanted to be Candy so bad!! Julie Do Ya Live Me was Bobby’s big hit! 😍😍 Yeah, Davy Jones too! ♥️♥️

[@feminist5641]

The Partridge Family was a TV show about a family who was a singing group. David Cassidy was the oldest brother and lead singer on many of their songs. He became a teen heart throb and had a fairly successful solo career in the 70s.

[@nettie7591]

They got the inspiration from an actual singing family, the Cowsills.

[@jamesway]

He sold out Madison Square Garden, that's bigger than fairly successful.

[@jethro1963]

@@nettie7591 The Cowsills were looked at for the show but the producers figured out they couldn't act and the only one they liked was the little girl Susan. Apparently they had some behind the scenes family issues because anytime you saw them, they were kinda weird.

[@sandylee6025]

@@jethro1963 I saw a documentary on them. The father/manager basically ruined their dreams.

[@toddtrierweiler958]

His brother Shawn Cassidy was also successful

[@sherrimaurer-i3z]

In the tv show the Partridge Family, Shirley Jones and David Cassidy ( who played mother and son on the show ) were the only legitimate musicians on the show. They both had long music careers. And Shirley Jones was actually David Cassidy's stepmom in real life !!!!! But you should react to David Cassidy's music. He was a real heart throb back in the day !!!!!

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Shirley Jones, the mom on the show and legitimate singer, had a wonderful film career before this. Known for classic movie musicals like Carousel, Oklahoma and The Music Man, Jones won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for the drama Elmer Gantry (1960). Jones not only starred and sang on the TV series but sang on the I Think I Love You single as well.

[@DeLee596]

Shirley Jones had a wonderful voice & career.

[@davidlionheart2438]

That would be Best Supporting Actress

[@LoriPeace]

She was also the real-life step-mother of David Cassidy who played oldest son Keith Partridge on the show. The only two "family" members who actually were musicians.

[@lwh7301]

Shirley Jones never sang on the records. Only David Cassidy contributed. The Wrecking Crew did the rest.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

@@lwh7301 I beg to differ. Jones sang backup on the record. See the wikipedia entry for the song (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_I_Love_You#Personnel) where it clearly states, "...The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy, both of whom appear on the record, with Cassidy as lead vocalist."

[@niceguy5976]

"The Partridge Family" was a great tv show. You should see if you can find some episodes, you would enjoy the nostalgia. The only actors in the series who actually sang were Shirley Jones and her stepson David Cassidy (who was a huge Teen Idol). The other voices were provided by studio singers. "The Partridge Family" was based on a real family singing group called The Cowsills. "The Partridge Family" was in direct competition with "The Brady Bunch". The tv series began in 1970 and ran for about 5 years. They put out several albums.

[@Spiderific]

Love the Cowsills!

[@paulwagner688]

Danny Bonaduce and Susan Dey actually did some good backup vocals.

[@carltonbakerii8274]

In fact, the network wanted the actual Cowsills group to be in the show but they wanted to replace the mother with an actress, so the group turned down the deal. "Why would we replace our mom?" And that's how the "Partridge Family" was born. Shirley Jones and David Cassidy are step-mother and step-son.

[@cainsolo1]

Shirley Jones freely admitted she was TONE DEAF.

[@jerryhinkle3786]

you really should check the cowsils out. hair would be cool. and the flower girl.

[@JoTracy]

Partridge Family was one of my favourite TV shows! David Cassidy was a big heartthrob

[@davemcbroom695]

I liked Susan Dey.

[@SGlitz]

My sister had a crush on him.

[@TonyM1961]

I was madly in lust with Susan Dey lol

[@spookym123]

I couldn't decide on Susan or David.

[@ChristChickAutistic]

Hey guys! The instrument is a harpsichord. Thanks for playing this, takes me back to kid hood. RIP Christine McVie, 1943-2022

[@surlechapeau]

Christine McVie written songs- Everywhere, Songbird, Little Lies, Say You Love Me, Don’t Stop, Hold Me, You Make Loving Fun.

[@deachristiancatlady5435]

Christine mcvie died?

[@txheadshots]

@@deachristiancatlady5435yes, this afternoon it was announced

[@glenonoko4918]

They should do "Songbird" It will have all of us fans of Christine in tears, but so be it.

[@SnowmanN49]

Can't believe she's gone. What a loss. RIP Christine Perfect.

[@larrywakeman4371]

That harpsichord is the instrument! The Partridge Family was a television show!

[@derekwilkinson6920]

Lurch "played" a Harpsichord on The Addams Family.

[@bondoman2k]

And the show was actually loosely based on a real family of musicians, The Cowsills! ;)

[@ChicagoDB]

The top selling song of 1970 - Sold 5 million copies…and was #1 on the US Charts. Released the same day as The Beetles ~ “Let It Be” [which topped out in the US charts at #6]

[@markr6812]

Let it be spent 3 weeks at #1

[@shyman99]

@@markr6812 - "Let It Be" was 2 weeks at #1. This song was #1 for 3 weeks.

[@leonabarad6972]

Love this! The Partridge Family was, indeed, a TV show. It was about a widowed mother of five kids who all become a successful singing group. When the show premiered in 1970, the plan was to have the songs performed by studio musicians with some vocals by Shirley Jones, who played the mother and was a successful musical star. But then it was discovered that David Cassidy, who played the oldest son, Keith, could sing. So David joined the studio musicians (and sometimes Shirley) and recorded the songs as The Partridge Family. So when you're listening to Partridge Family songs, it's really David Cassidy and the studio group. For the series, the other actors pretended to play instruments and mouthed the songs as if they were singing. The show was very successful and David Cassidy went on to become the biggest teen heartthrob in history. And the show produced a lot of very successful songs. "I Think I Love You" was probably their biggest hit. And the instrument you were wondering about is a harpsichord.

[@kevindowdell8394]

Thank you, ✌❤

[@kevindowdell8394]

Nice call on harpsichord!!!

[@janethernandez724]

That about sums it up!

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

The Partridge Family was based on a real family...The Cowsills

[@flyer34sparky]

David was also Shirley Jones stepson.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "I Woke Up In Love This Morning"!!! Shirley Jones (the tv Mom on the Partridge Family show) was an established movie musical star. David Cassidy(Shirley's stepson in real life) the lead singer, had a solo career!! edit- the song features the iconic Los Angeles-based session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew".

[@sarahdee374]

Shirley Jones had an incredible voice. I loved her in Music Man (the movie). Also, of course, had a huge crush on David C.

[@louisb5563]

YAZ! That's my FAV!!!👍🏻

[@lensnart1303]

Don't forget Shaun from the Cassidy family as well.

[@reesebn38]

Love that song.

[@reesebn38]

@@lensnart1303 I don't think there was a kid in the 70s who didn't watch The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

[@jz55859]

The instrument you are wondering about is the Harpsichord and it's sound is probably why you thought of the Addams Family theme. This song spent 3 weeks at number one on Billboards hot 100 and outperformed the Beatle's "Let it Be". I grew up watching this show and knew that Shirley Jones did a lot of Musicals most notably "The Music Man" as Marion the Librarian. David Cassidy was Shirley's stepson from her marriage to Jack Cassidy, another well known actor. He went on to have a successful solo career. It's a silly little show but some great music came out of it.

[@KetoKassy]

I've got news for you. David Cassidy died an alcoholic failure who could never recapture the momentum of his early fame.

[@jz55859]

@@KetoKassy I bet you're a fun person to be around. Look it up. In spite of being a tortured soul with a drinking problem, Cassidy worked in TV, music, movies and Broadway until his death in 2017, even releasing an album in 2018. I would rather be a drunk than sit in judgement of people.

[@deebell510]

Shirley Jones had an amazing voice. She was in Oklahoma, too.

[@GirlWithAnOpinion]

@@KetoKassy You have issues and a judgemental soul. He was a good person with flaws, like a lot of us.

[@seannovack3834]

@@KetoKassy you truly have my pity.

[@AwjwJiminez]

In the story line because they were not a real band in tv land, Keith was on guitar and lead vocals, Shirley(mom) played the organ/piano and vocals, Lori played the harpsichord and vocals, Danny played the bass and vocals, Chris on drums and Tracy played the tambourine.

[@johnhelle6926]

Number 1 song for 3 weeks in November of 1970. I was 9 years old. I loved The Partridge Family back then and still do today. I still have all of their albums and many 45s. The first album I ever purchased with my own money was The Partridge Family Up to Date!

[@johncicci917]

I was 7 years old then myself and I remember my mother told my sister and I we were going to watch this new show .... shortly after I remember buying the single I Think I Love You and getting the Sound Magazine album for my birthday . I stylus have all their records to this day

[@theodoreritola7641]

I JUST TURNED 9 NOW IM 63 LOL

[@magneto7930]

That instrument is a harpsichord, the same sound you hear on The Addams Family. I almost laughed when I saw who you were reacting to, but the Partridge Family was such a fun show. It was a made for television family singing group patterned after the Cowsills. It may have been a fictitious band, but there are two major singers in the group, Shirley Jones, who was a famous singer/actress that appeared in many famous musical movies, and David Cassidy, her stepson, the teenage heartthrob at the time who had many hits on his own. Now you need to react to "The Rain, the Park, and Other Things" by the Cowsills.

[@tomsa123456]

Hair! 👍

[@magneto7930]

@@tomsa123456 yes!

[@mosesruiz9813]

The Partridge Family was a TV series which ran from 1970-1974. The series was about a singing family consisting of five siblings and their mother. Few people know that the idea was based on a real life singing family named The Cowsills. The Cowsills consisted of six siblings and their mother who sang and unlike the Partridge Family, actually played their own instruments. They were quite popular then and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and many other variety shows of the late 1960's. The Cowsills turned down the offer to appear as the TV family which became The Partridge Family series because the producers wanted to replace the mother's part with a known actress/singer Shirley Jones. Shirley Jones played the mother while her real life stepson David Cassidy played her eldest son who sang lead vocals. As far as The Cowsills, they had a few big hits in the 1960's. " The Rain, the Park & Other Things" (1967) is probably my favorite. Close second for me would be "Hair" (1969) which was used in the rock musical "Hair" a story of a tribe of long haired hippies living a Bohemian lifestyle fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War. If you ever get a chance, check out the Cowsills life story. Very sad and tragic. There's a great clip of The Cowsills on The Ed Sullivan Show singing a medley of songs to introduce the family members. Check it out: "The Cowsills- A Cowsills Medley 1967"

[@bobbyd968]

Indian Lake was another hit by them.

[@mosesruiz9813]

@@bobbyd968 Bill Cowsill did not want to record that song but his father, the manager, forced them to record it. Bill felt song was a "sellout".

[@rhaleymusic]

Agree! Jay and Amber, you would enjoy “The Rain,…” and the family harmonies! (BTW, the piano-like instrument you’re hearing is a harpsichord).

[@kenharness7430]

You wanna get really Meta, here's the Cowsills doing "I Think I Love You" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnjQgqVqnaZlhcU

[@rosmeeker1964]

I love the flower girl.

[@Shrykespeare]

OH MY GAAAAH this takes me back. As a kid I watched two families on TV. The Partridges and the Bradys (both musical!). Loved this blast from the past! RIP David Cassidy (lead vocalist). FYI This song came out in 1970.

[@kev7161]

Yep, Friday nights on ABC.

[@Shrykespeare]

@@kev7161 Back when there were only three networks! And you had to change the channel BY HAND!!! (gasp!)

[@daveo8684]

Amen and yes me too

[@surlechapeau]

Both musical, yes, but I can't name 1 song by the Brady's. I see the Brady's only had one album that made the Top 200 album chart. No.108.

[@terri2494]

@@Shrykespeare Unless you were the parent, in which case you made one of your kids do it. Usually the youngest ended up with that duty. (I speak from experience.) And sometimes you had to stay by the TV to adjust the antenna after changing the channel. Then after you finally got a clear picture you took your hand off the antenna to go sit back down and the picture went fuzzy again. Ah, the memories!

[@scottmorschhauser4421]

Super reaction guys!... but man, I'm feeling old. That something as HUGE as the Partridge Family (both TV show and their hits) is unknown to the next generations is mind blowing. My sister had all the albums. I still have the comic books, gum cards, books... and someone I knew had the lunch box. Tis the season so check out The Partridge Family's original Christmas classic "My Christmas Card to You". What a wonderful voice David Cassiday had. RIP sir. You brought us so much joy.

[@jimcroote3527]

Many fans might not know that "My Christmas Card To You" was also a 45 rpm single! I treasure it as a display on my wall. The B side is "White Christmas". The album spent several weeks at number 1 during the Christmas seasons of 1971 and 1972.

[@lovinlorne]

I had the lunchbox too! LOL

[@catherinewink8433]

Right??! It's fun seeing these two explore these old songs and groups I grew up with. I remember being SHOCKED when I learned that only David and Shirley were the only ones that actually sang. I was around 12 when The Partridge Family came out and I thought it was a real group. Us old fans knew it was based on The Cowsills and I had actually seen them in concert back in the day!

[@maryellenazack4466]

I'll MEET YOU HALF WAY-PARTRIDGE FAMILY ✨️✨️✨️

[@angelamosley4588]

"Ill Meet You Halfway" is a beautiful song from the Partridge Family

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

"We had this Dream, to go travelling together. We spread a little love, and we keep moving on. Something always happens whenever we're together. We get a happy feeling when we're singing a song". It's the harpsichord that gives the song that creepy sound.

[@terri2494]

Those lyrics are from the show’s theme song, “C’mon Get Happy.”

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

@@terri2494 Yup! 🥰

[@randyhpward8829]

Thanks VicMike, I was trying to remember the theme song when I heard 'I Think I Love You'. Friday nights in the 70s = Bradys then Partridges. And yes, I am older than dirt. HA! ... AND I hope someone mentions the multi-colored bus in these notes.

[@garyarnett1220]

I dunno... think The harpsichord has a happy sound...lol

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

@@garyarnett1220 It's not the instrument it's how it's used. The Harpsichord is typically a happy sounding instrument, true, which is why it sounds really creepy when used in a creepy way. Such as playing discordant notes or chords off of each other, or playing along a darker more ominous soundtrack. It's that contrast of a latent happy sounding instrument, played darkly that makes it creepy. Like anything. The reasons why children in horror films or clowns tend to really creep people out.

[@davidd7681]

I was in elementary school when this song was popular. ALL the neighborhood kids liked the TV show The Partridge Family. One day coming back from school, the bus driver had this song playing on the radio. A couple kids started singing along, and soon the whole bus was singing ! Awesome memory from childhood! Thanks for the recollection! Peace!

[@moodyblues108]

Me too It was the most popular song amongst us kids.. They actually played it in the class while we all sang along. We were obsessed

[@stanchase9705]

The Partridge Family was a fictonal group for the TV show. They are based on the real family group, "The Cowsills." Check out the Cowsills version of, "Hair," from the stage musical, "Hair." They had a number of hits worth listening to.

[@paulkane7771]

RIP David Cassidy, the lead guitarist and lead singer. I know he broke many a young girls hearts.

[@SRHS83]

Donny Osmond was a huge heart throb back in the 70's. There are videos from them of concerts they did and the girls would go besides themselves crazy for Donny.

[@lisam8439]

Yes especially puppy love.

[@valogden]

I had a huge crush and saved my babysitting money to buy the magazines like Tiger Beat and he literally covered my entire bedroom walls up onto the ceiling.

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

I named my son David because of David Cassidy and yes Amber it was major competition against the Brady Bunch. The Partridge Family David and Shirley Jones ( real David's step Mom) was the only real musicians playing and singing in the tv series. David Cassidy was a major heart throb and he did world tours and sang he was famous .

[@Capohanf1]

Could have been worse! You could have liked Bewitched and named your kid Tabatha! I met a girl once who's mother named her after that TV witch and she was NOT happy about it!!!!!!

[@mickdenis6630]

David Cassidy (lead singer) was the son, of actor Jack Cassidy who was married to Shirley Jones (actress/singer) who played the mother in the TV series. She is also the female voice you hear strongly backing on this track. David was one of the biggest teen heart throbs of the early 70s. Susan Dey who played Laurie Partridge (second eldest of 5 children), went on to play Grace Van Owens in the popular TV Drama LA Law. I Woke Up in Love (this Morning) & Doesn't Someone Want to Be Wanted were 2 other charting singles form the Partridge Family. Cherish was David's biggest solo hit.

[@laurabailey1054]

David Bonaduce was the red head kid on the guitar

[@softly420]

And 80's heartthrob Shaun Cassidy (Da Do Ron Ron) was David's half brother.

[@jdw5678]

The actual musicians on the song were from the Wrecking Crew, the well-known Los Angeles-based studio ensemble. They played on so many popular hits during that period.

[@ChicagoDB]

Jack Cassidy was also a very successful singer.

[@nadomaya37]

Actually, the female voice you hear is one of the studio musicians who provided all the vocals besides the lead, David Cassidy. Shirley Jones sang, but her classically trained voice didn’t work well with the pop sound, so they buried her vocals underneath the others.’ The instrumentalists were the famed studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew.

[@shawnjones1483]

Oh my gosh! The memories this song brings back. I was thirteen and would not miss my weekly Partridge Family fix. Had posters of David Cassidy, Donny Osmond and Michael Jackson all over my walls. Teen heart throbs to the max! Would listen non-stop to the Partridge Family, The Jackson 5, and my favorites, The Osmonds. Sometimes I would get teased for listening to “bubblegum” music but I loved it back then.

[@WakandaBabe]

My favorite Partridge song.

[@littleogeechee223]

OMG! David Cassidy was the awesomesauce back in the day! We were all in love with him! The Partridge Family was a tv family based upon an actual mom and kids group called the Cowsills who had several sizable hits, Indian Lake, The Rain, the Park and Other Things, and they did a great version of Hair, the title song from the musical. Good songs to give a listen to. I think that David Cassidy and Shirley Jones were the main two singers from the show on the Partridge Family albums, all the rest were studio musicians and session singers. Actress and singer Shirley Jones was actually David Cassidy’s real life stepmom from the time he was around 6 years old. They really became close when they did the show together. Shirley Jones is a brilliantly talented singer and actress, Broadway star, who was married to David’s father, the actor Jack Cassidy, wonderful actor. They had three sons together, Shaun, Patrick and Ryan. All three are actors, Shaun being the one with probably the most successful singing career. He was also quite the heartthrob in his day, too. You can still catch this show on Antenna TV, I think. It’s a fun show. The music is truly good, even though David Cassidy would much rather have done harder, darker music and became so at odds with his squeaky clean, boy-next-door character of Keith Partridge. He was always a rocker at heart. He was vastly underrated and under appreciated.

[@jethro1963]

The Cowsills did do a great job on Hair

[@nancyandersonahern1868]

David Cassidy....the all time greatest teen heartthrob! Sold out concerts around the world. Beautiful face. 😍 An actual musician overshadowed by complete and utter teen worship.

[@DavidBrianPaley]

His situation often reminds me of Donny Osmond. Apparently he could play some truly serious music, but (at least I've heard or read several times) was not allowed to by his family because it was in contrast with the image they had established for themselves.

[@natashka8880]

Cassidy had one of the best voices of all time. He and brother Shaun were incredible on Broadway in Blood Brothers. Go to 5:55 to get straight to the song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJi0ZKuupcqXnsU

[@nancyandersonahern1868]

@@natashka8880 Yes, I have heard his Broadway performances. Sean has an excellent voice too. Beautiful together.

[@nancyandersonahern1868]

Oops on name spelling

[@Perfect_Blend]

David Cassidy, Bobby Sherman, Donny Osmond....all of us "teenage" girls had HUGE crushes on one or more of these guys!!!(mine was Bobby Sherman....*swoon*) Just a fun fact....David's brother Shaun Cassidy also had a big hit with "Da Do Run Run." and was an actor on the Hardy Boys tv series. Was a very talented family.

[@headbangingmama8907]

The instrument was a harpsichord! Loved the Partridge Family!! Especially DAVID CASSIDY! Nice video!

[@pamb3936]

❤❤❤❤ This song was the number #1 hit of 1970. The Partridge Family was a TV show that was on right after The Brady Bunch. Amber, if you want a Christmas gift idea for your Mom & also for your girls, you can buy a DVD set of all 96 episodes for under $20. You'll see why David Cassidy was a 70's heartthrob. Back in the day, we would fight over who was cuter, David Cassidy or Donny Osmond!

[@pattyduke3079]

Hello Pam. David Cassidy over Donny Osmond everyday of the week.

[@dylan42207]

David Cassidy all the way!

[@cindyerick2968]

Of course it was Donny lol

[@dortheyc5276]

I have to respectfully disagree. It'll be Donny over David until the 12th of Never.

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

I had a crush on David back then, but Donny won me over, and I still love Donny to this day, even though he's a grandfather many times over, lol. The seventies really was the best decade for teen idols. There were many to choose from, and they all were so darn cuuuute!

[@bradsullivan2495]

Other songs of theirs that made the charts: "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)"

[@jeffurbanski5627]

“Point me in the direction of Albuquerque” and “I’ll meet you halfway “ are two Great Partridge Family songs!

[@ellenfagan4338]

Ladies & gentlemen...the #1 song of 1970! Love getting your take on one of my classic childhood songs. ♥️♥️♥️

[@carolkasiah3288]

Partridge family was a TV family however David Cassidy who was the oldest boy main singer and Shirley Jones who was the mother were mother and stepson

[@peggykunkel9180]

This is one of those songs you can listen to with your daughters. It was meant for preteens. Many people list this song as the song they listen to not be sad, if they are happy or when they fall in love. It's a feel good song. Even though the Partridge Family is not a real band (David Cassidy and Shirley Jones could really sing) there are many popular songs by the Partridge Family. The TV show was based on the Cowsills who were a real band of kids performing with their mother.

[@sheilameyers152]

My sisters and I sang this all the time! We also thought David Cassidy was really cute! They had their own Tv show “The Partridge Family!”

[@MaryUtah2]

They were a bit early for us, though I’m familiar with them. . I loved David’s younger brother Shaun Cassidy ( my first concert)!

[@ArthurRChan]

Speaking of the Cowsills, a reaction to their song "Hair" would be great!

[@jeanstrickland2445]

This song would be good for the girls, I’m sure little man would enjoy it to 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@TheOriginalRick]

As a 19 year old guy at the time of this song I must admit it was one of my Guilty Pleasures. I still crank the radio up to 11 and sing along with it at the top of my voice.

[@Calamity_Jack]

As people have already said, the Partridge Family (and particularly the lead singer/actor and teen heartthrob David Cassidy) were HUGE in the early 70s! The Partridge Family is loosely based on a 60s family singing group called The Cowsills (their last name). The TV show was about a single mom and her 5 kids who traveled around in a colorful converted school bus and sang gigs. It was wholesome, kinda hokey family-friendly entertainment. I watched it a lot when I was a kid, and my aunt, like so many other young girls at that time, was absolutely smitten by David Cassidy. Actually, though, I must admit that I still like their music today, it's a guilty pleasure. lol! While I kinda like this song (and I think it's their biggest hit), it's not my personal favorite. I prefer other songs like "Echo Valley 2-6809", "I'll Meet You Halfway," "Only a Moment Ago," and "Morning Rider on the Road." The twangy sound you heard is from an instrument called a harpsichord. It looks like a small piano but uses a plectrum to vibrate the strings by plucking them when you press a key versus using a hammer to vibrate the strings like in a piano. That creates the characteristic twangy sound. They're a very old instrument (Mozart even played one) but not a sound you hear much in music these days other than in old horror music, like the Addams Family that Amber mentioned. Cool pick, guys!

[@jillwklausen]

Echo Valley 26809 is such a beautiful song. I also still love the Partridge Family. I had every one of their albums. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYKolnSJiN99gtk

[@sgtBelson]

‘Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque’ is another solid tune.

[@KetoKassy]

It wasn't a real group. All the music was studio created. They lipsynched all their songs on the TV show. There was no band to go on tour with.

[@Calamity_Jack]

@@KetoKassy No, as I mentioned it was a TV show about a fictional musical family. Although most of the TV cast didn't participate in the real music (and it's comical to watch some of them pretend to play), David Cassidy and Shirley Jones did sing actual vocals. (And Cassidy had a great voice.) But the real musicians were "behind the scenes" shall we say. David Cassidy did solo tours singing hits from the show, though.

[@RichlandCommunity]

Perfect

[@dayspring4194]

David was so dreamy! He was actually a pretty good musician and loved to rock out playing riffs on his guitar. His voice was captivating and those eyes...and that smile. He was the best hearthrob!! 💖

[@petestaint8312]

He was an awesome guitarist! Ashame the show didn't highlight his talent. He rocked. 😎

[@donnakubiski5572]

I was 16 when The Partridge Family first aired and never missed a show. I like almost every other teenage girl had a crush on David Cassidy. I agree with the other commenters on their song suggestions. They had many great songs, in fact I can't think of one that I didn't like. But I haven't seen my favorite song of theirs mentioned which is "One Night Stand". It was written by Wes Ferrell and Paul Anka who was a great singer from the sixties. I also recommend songs from David's solo album Cherish such as "Being Together", "We Could Never Be Friends ('Cause We've Been Lovers Too Long)", "Where Is The Morning" and my favorite "I Am A Clown".

[@debbiealvey3537]

I’m 57 yrs old and still in love with Keith Partridge til this day!

[@justmoose6534]

The Partridge Family was a TV Show about a Family where a mother and her 5 kids were touring musicians. They released some of the songs from the show and it resulted in a couple hit records. They was roughly based on the real-life family group the Cowsills. You may want to check out the Cowsills songs "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" or "Indian Lake"

[@jacklewis5452]

Dont forget their biggest hit,HAIR.

[@justmoose6534]

@@jacklewis5452 I did forget. Thanks for the reminder!

[@randyhpward8829]

Moose - ? Is it - Indian lake a scene you should make in the summertime - ?

[@trinasp]

i loved the Cowsills. i was very young when I was itroduced to them.

[@lensnart1303]

They had several other good songs like "I Woke Up In Love This Morning, I'll Meet You Halfway, Looking Through the Eyes of Love, Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted?, and Echo Valley 2-1609." The show was inspired by the real family band, The Cowsills. You might like some of their stuff too like "The Rain, the Park & Other Things, Hair, and Indian Lake."

[@muffinamy83]

The Partridge Family was a TV show (1970 - 1974) about a single mother and her 5 kids who formed a band; it also includes their manager, Reuben Kincaid. Yes I remember.

[@yvette9181]

As mentioned before, David Cassidy was a 70's heart throb. See if you can relate these 2 degrees of separation....Nancy Drew Mysteries and The Hardy Boys were sister TV programs and would crossover all the time. Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson were The Hardy Boys - Shaun Cassidy is David Cassidy's younger brother - David Cassidy was on The Partidge Family and is singing this song. Shaun also made albums but wasn't as successful as David...only to me because of the 2, Shaun had my heart!

[@vanessaedgar3371]

Plus Shirley Jones (mom Shirley Partridge) is Shaun's mother and David's step-mom.

[@lepoetress]

Shaun was my dude back in the day!!

[@annabellem.4014]

I'm so excited you have gotten around to playing some David Cassidy! The era is the early 70's. David's beautiful voice, his real-life stepmom Shirley Jones singing in the background, and the instrumentation is actually by The Wrecking Crew, a top-notch group of studio session players and background singers. The Partridge Family was a T.V. fictional musical group. The only people from "The Partridge Family" singing are David Cassidy and Shirley Jones.

[@stormy8207]

This was another group engendered by a TV program and was based on an actual group called the Cowsills. "David Partridge" was a real heart- throb for a while there. Remember this song with a great deal of fondness.

[@todddepue681]

The Partridge Family theme song ("C'mon Get Happy") is great and their bus is iconic! David Cassidy, the teen heartthrob of the show, was the real life stepson of Shirley Jones, who played his mom in the series.

[@laustcawz2089]

The theme song originally had different lyrics & title, but used the same music/melody-- "When We're Singin'", all about how they formed a band.

[@MHume63]

OMG- I still know every word to this song and I’m 59 😅. I was sooo in love with David Cassidy and I played this album until every song was burned into my brain. I got to meet him on my 21st birthday!

[@debramoore7513]

Right? I know every word STILL and I’m 64 yrs old!! 🤣🤣

[@patclinker6587]

I do, too and I’m 65!

[@stephenhelmes8106]

I wasn't a teenage girl, but a very young boy between 3 and 5 during this era. The Partridge Family was one of the many reasons I grew up loving music. My very first record, at age three, was Melanie, Brand New Key, and we were watching The Partridge Family on TV. The Pop music of that time was simple, but to this day, it makes me feel good; very uplifting feel to the music. "I Woke Up In Love This Morning' or 'Twenty-Four Hours a Day' are two more great songs you should check out by them.

[@dtwolfe63]

The Partridge Family was a sitcom that ran for 4 seasons (1970-1974) on ABC. It was about a family embarking on a music career. The cast included Shirley Jones as the widowed mother of the clan with her children Keith played by David Cassidy (Shirley's actual stepson), Susan Dey as Laurie (later acted on L.A. Law), Danny Bonaduce as Danny, Suzanne Crough as Tracy, Jeremy Gelbwaks, as Chris (1970-1971), and Brian Forster who replaced Jeremy as Chris (1971-1974). Their manager, Reuben was played by Dave Madden. Shirley and David were the only members of the cast who actually sang in the group because they were the only ones who COULD sing well. The offscreen singing members were John Bahler, Tim Bahler, Jackie Ward and Ron Hicklin.

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

I used to watch The Partridge Family TV show back in the early 70s. They were based on the Cowsills, a family band of 5 brothers, 1 little sister, and their mother. The Cowsills sang "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things", "Hair", "Indian Lake" and tons more!! They were turned into a TV show about a family that sings with their mother in the band.

[@west_nebraska_dude4527]

There is a great documentary about the Cowsills called "Family Band: The Cowsills Story" ... check it out, you'll enjoy it

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

@@west_nebraska_dude4527 Thank you!! I've seen clips from the movie about the Cowsill's abusive father Bud. I'm a bit obsessed with the Cowsills. I would love to see the whole documentary. I am sure I will enjoy it. 😊

[@P-M-869]

I preferred the Cowsills to the Partridge Family.

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

@@P-M-869 ❤Me too!!

[@ericjanssen394]

In fact, ABC wanted to do a variety/sitcom with the Cowsills, after a successful variety special, but no one wanted to work with the stage-dad-from-hell Bud Cowsill. But at least the Cowsills were consulted when ABC went for the fictionalized version instead.

[@sparky6086]

I think, that instrument is a harpsichord. It looks sort of like a piano, which plucks strings instead of hammering them. It was popular in the 1700's. Lurch, The Addams Family Butler, plays one, btw.

[@jessicamahoney4610]

The Partridge Family was a TV show about a musical family who occasionally traveled around by bus to perform. Their songs became hits and David Cassidy became one of the biggest heartthrobs of the 70s.

[@raquelstewart2199]

I love David Cassidy . Great song. Good TV show back in the 70's.thanks for your reaction

[@nickperkins8477]

This song is an absolute classic, at any time.

[@boballen818]

This song hit number one before the show even aired. The songs were written and recorded by studio musicians and they would add David Cassidy (Keith Partridge) and Shirley Jones (the mother Shirley) voices on the tracks since they were both really talented singers. Fun fact: David and Shirley were really related. Stepmother and stepson. Shirley Jones was in the Broadway musical Oklahoma and reprised the role for the movie. She was amazing

[@nadomaya37]

They didn’t “add” David Cassidy; he recorded the song live along with the other studio musicians. He was right there during the whole process. Shirley’s vocals were dropped in later and more or less buried.

[@boballen818]

@@nadomaya37 Not on the first album. David was one of the last adds and that music was already written and recorded. The later albums he was present at inception.

[@irenem3854]

When I was little that album was my most prized possession! I also had a Partridge family lunchbox. Great memories!

[@krnelson65]

I still have my lunch box. 😁

[@isabeljimenez6067]

I had David Cassidy posters all over my walls as a pre-teen. ❤️❤️ Yes, they were a singing TV family. I wish you had done the video so you could see Keith (David Cassidy), a super hottie. *** oh that instrument is a keyboard but it's set to hopsicord.

[@jackiefax2315]

I'll have this song in my head all day now 😁

[@kimheffernan5511]

The 60’s and 70’s had real music and real voices!

[@qso3566]

Yes indeed!!!!! 😀

[@lindadescafano3749]

I am just seeing this now and It's great to see your reactions to songs back in the day. I grew up listening to them and watching The Partridge Family on TV. I think you might get a kick out of watching an episode or two! Enjoy! 😊

[@louella616]

Fleetwood Mac band member Christine McVie has passed away. RIP. Thank you for the wonderful music, it will live on. Jordan and Amber would be nice to remember her with a reaction. ❤️

[@shapeach]

Iconic 70's group..Your girls would Love them!! "Somebody wants to love you" " I can feel your heart beat"

[@cjpew]

I loved the Partridge family! The show was kind of goofy but they have some really good songs - David Cassidy (RIP) was a really good singer with a distinctive voice. Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted, I'll Meet You Halfway are my favorites.

[@sandrasmile]

It's great to see the video of David Cassidy, Shirley Jones (his TV and real mom) and the rest of the cast 😉 I saw David Cassidy in concert in 2012 and he was fantastic! May He rest in Peace 🙏🏼 But my teen idol was his brother, Shaun Cassidy ("The Hardy Boys" TV show) 🥰😍🥰 He is still active in show business (singer, actor, writer, producer). Amber, ask your mom about him 😉

[@michelerosevear7466]

Loved watching "The Hardy Boys"; had all the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys books too...

[@MarieAnne.]

I loved David Cassidy in the Partridge Family, but I was still pretty young. When the Hardy Boys came out, Shaun Cassidy was definitely my sister's idol, but I was absolutely smitten by Parker Stevenson.

[@Shalvislover]

"I Woke Up in Love This Morning", "Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted", "I Can Feel Your Heartbeat", "I'll Meet You Halfway", and "Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque" are some of their hits. You should also react to musical showstoppers and hear Shirley Jones - although she won a best supporting actress award for a dramatic non-singing role, it's musicals where she made her name.

[@PlumbPitiful]

RIP to Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac, dead at 79. I hope you guys can do a tribute to her today...perhaps Songbird 🕊

[@iamjak123]

Yes, please!

[@thepowersproject8659]

This is one of those songs that makes me instantly happy every time I hear it!

[@endorphinzz]

Keith Partridge (David Cassidy) was THE teen idol to end all teen idols. Girls went absolutely insane for the dude when The Partridge Family was on the air.

[@jeffreyjohn4307]

The partridge Family was a popular TV show during the early 70’s. David Cassidy was lead singer on I Think I Love You . He was certainly loved by millions of girls

[@Whitebrowpriest]

I believe that instrument at the end you referred to is the "harpsichord (piano)". Oh, and Amber, you're right. The Partridge Family was also a [popular] TV show from the 70s.

[@jrasicmark1]

The Partridge Family was on TV right after the Brady Bunch on Friday nights, and some say it was the success of the Partridges that inspired the producer of the Bradys to have the Brady Kids form their own musical group on their show (and like the Partridges, they put out several albums as well). Shirley Partridge was a widow trying to support her five kids who had started their own band to try to help pay the bills. Shirley ends up helping make a demo tape of this song, and son Danny plays it for Reuben Kincaid who becomes their manager. Shirley buys an old school bus, the kids repaint it in a wild, multicolor stained glass pattern with a sign on the back that says "Nervous Mother Driving" and that becomes the band's transportation. That distinctive instrument you heard was a harpsichord which was a keyboard instrument much like a piano, but when the keys hit the strings inside, they produced more of a tinny, almost metallic sound. The instrument was used much more frequently in the 1700s. If you watch movies set in that time, you may hear the instrument in scenes where they are dancing to a minuet.

[@beths999]

OMG! The Partridge family. This was the music in the early 70’s that I loved. I can’t believe you guys did a reaction to this! Im 59 years old now but was 10 yrs old when I was a fan of this group. There is so much more to discover from them. It was a TV show but was so popular back in the day. Very much pop history from back then. We all loved David Cassidy. Try “Summer Days “ by them . A 70s classic

[@jimcroote3527]

I'm a big Partridge Family fan, also. I'm 66. Through the years, I've collected all 10 of their studio albums, all 17 singles, compilation albums, and their "Missing Pieces" album.

[@ValerieBoyco]

Summer Days is so good!

[@janicetrimmell6897]

In junior high I often dreamed of moving to Southern California, living in a beautiful house like the Partridges, hanging out at the Taco Hut on Friday nights with Keith and Laurie, and then in real life David Cassidy would realize I was the one he "thought he loved." David had such a beautiful voice, and found first fame at an early and vulnerable age. RIP.

[@debramoore7513]

Hahaha!! That was my exact dream, too! 😊

[@SusanChisholm-s2p]

On holiday in Las Vegas for my 40th birthday and went to a show staring David. During the performance he came down off the stage into the audience and sang this song to me. Being a lady of a certain vintage, it was like all my teenage dreams come true. Susan from Scotland

[@dianesafer3047]

Harpsicord is the instrument. Check out another singing family, The Cowesills

[@AL13NM]

That instrument is the Harpsichord! This was one of my recommendations, a 70's childhood classic I still listen to all the time! Silly fun Very 70's TV series! And Amber s Mom sounds super Groovy!

[@dalesands1857]

The Partridge Family was a t.v. show who was pretty much based on the real life family called The Cowsills. They have a few hits too. Hair The Rain, The Park and Other Things Indian Lake

[@joshsmith302]

Hair!!! Jordan may not like it.😂😂 Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair.😂

[@surlechapeau]

and Itchykoo Park

[@dalesands1857]

@@surlechapeau oops, forgot that one 😬

[@donnacorey5682]

Oh my how this takes me back late 1970 I was in junior high, watched every episode of the Partridge Family. This song is pure teen pop. I loved it so much, still do. Lead singer David Cassidy was a major teen heartthrob. There whole first album has SO many good songs on it. Check out I Woke Up in Love This Morning, Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque, I Can Hear Your Heartbeat, Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted, Come On Get Happy.

[@nickperkins8477]

I never thought of this song as being similar to The Addams Family theme. It absolutely is!! That instrumental at the beginning is extremely similar. At the time the song was released in 1970, The Addams Family had very recently ended its first series TV run.

[@razor6552]

On the TV show Danny Bonaduce played Danny Partridge. One of the very few people on a TV comedy show that made me laugh out loud as a kid. I heard him on his own radio show about 20 years ago and he was still funny.

[@julieholbrook5302]

I have all their albums on vinyl. Literally MY FAVORITE SHOW when I was 8, 9, 10.... We used to ply Partridge Family. I was always Laurie (of course). My middle sister had to be Danny. This is the soundtrack of gradeschool.

[@ladysky2883]

This was my first record. I grew up with the Partridge Family. It was a TV show with Shirly Jones and her step son David Cassidy. They didn't know each other was on the show until he was auditioning. A 70's version of the Monkeys. Shirley was on Broadway and David wanted to be a rock and roll singer. So they did their own singing.

[@catw6998]

I remember watching this show. It was based from The Cowsills, a family from up in, I believe, Rhode Island? California producers of the sho2 tried to get the Cowsil kids to do the show but when they were told it was Shirley Jones who was going to be their Tv Mom, they said we already have a Mom so they declined. I still wonder which one of the Cowsils was going to be like the smart mouthed Danny? There were more Cowsil kids than Partridges.

[@kevinmoore2929]

Shaun Cassidy, David's half brother, also sang and acted back in the 70s. He occasionally goes out on the road singing both his music and David's but he's mainly involved in television production.

[@cheripetty1805]

In 1970, this song was in the Billboard Top 100 and REACHED #1 in November & December! The songwriters were very successful and had written Hits for many other groups. The Studio Musicians were also well known & top notch. Although primarily a Kids TV Show, because of the Song writing talent, they produced a lot of really great songs, many of which I'm sure your subscribers will suggest.

[@belkyhernandez8281]

I love this show. I still watch the re runs!!! I had a huge crush on the big brother and his real life brother who starred in THE HARDIE BOYS.

[@p.j.morris633]

Shawn Cassidy was his brothers name.

[@belkyhernandez8281]

@@p.j.morris633 thanks

[@otisroseboro5613]

Rip To A Great Singer, Actor David Cassidy,We Still Miss You Always

[@IggyStardust1967]

This was the very first 45rpm single I ever owned. My aunt gave it to me, which started me on my musical journey that has lasted me throughout my 55 years (so far) on this Earth. At one time, I owned nearly one thousand 45s, hundreds of albums and cassettes, then moved on to CDs, and I've never gotten into streaming, because I prefer to actually own my music. As it stands now, digitally, I own 4-5 thousand individual songs, close to ten thousand "albums" complete, over 400 music videos.... and my library grows with each passing week. Music is something I've always been into, and I spent a good portion of my Jr. High and High School years in chorus. I treasure those memories! I'm not knocking anyone who enjoys the streaming services, but I prefer to own the music I listen to. I have playlists that can run for days without repeating the same song twice. Where music is concerned, we've never lived in a greater era in human history. We can enjoy classical music that's hundreds of years old, all the way up to music that was written earlier this year. You literally can't find "nothing worth hearing". There's something out there that will suit your style, no matter how bizarre it may be (believe me, MY taste in music is bizarre!).

[@TheAcarch2]

I can respect that man. I think a lot of us would have a blast browsing threw your collection. I love talking music. Cheers brother!

[@brendatrump1271]

My first too but I bought it myself and was sooo excited!

[@beverly.alford]

If y’all had watched the video version of this-with the family actually performing- it would’ve helped with context 😊. And they were a family with their own tv show 🙂. Fun reaction song!

[@dennisdale6404]

I love this channel, and you two are always a joy to watch. I'm may be the whitest man in America and the love of my life, a African American woman of extraordinary grace, poise and beauty, actually had to leave the room whenever I danced, for fear of laughing until she'd wet herself. The song "Brown Eyes" by the Partridge Family was written by a white man for a black woman, and perfectly expresses what I will forever feel for my lovely wife, even now, eight years after she passed away. Thanks for this one, folks.

[@douglasswicegood4420]

It was a TV show. David Cassidy and Shirley Jones sang for the Partridge family. The keyboard instrument was a modern harpsichord common in the 1700s and revived in rock music of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

[@johngetz8585]

This song was a MASSIVE hit in the early 70s..yes...TV show and recording artist David Cassidy..

[@leemcclements8889]

OMG! I grew up listening to David Cassidy and The Partridge Family. Such a great show in the 70s . I know every word to every song! Still have the albums!

[@nancymunroe3672]

There were 8 kids in my family counting me. My baby sister was born with Downs Syndrome, and this was one of her FAVORITE songs. This brings back happy memories, thank you!!! You need to catch an episode of the show!! That instrument was a Harpsichord!!

[@shirleyvanharen3566]

David Cassidy was a huge heartthrob and he can sing!!! He had a very successful singing career during and after The Partridge Family tv show. The Osmond brother you want to listen to is Donny Osmond, another heartthrob in that era with a successful solo career. Donny and his sister Marie had their own tv variety show back in those days.

[@JOHN-pp2gp]

The Partridge Family was a fictious family band modelled after a real family band named The Cowsills of the late 1960s The "mom"" is actually academy award winner Shirley Jones and the male lead singer is David cassidy her real-life step son the others are professional child actors who lip-synched to studio singers backing up Shirley and david on 9 albums that were released the run of the show 1970-74 !!

[@jamesalexander5623]

The Cuteness has to be seen not just heard!