14 June 2023

I Think I Love You, The Partridge Family

Partridge Family Album Side 2, Track 4 1970

posted on Gramma Nettie's Old Time Radio Memories, 29 May 2023

Lyrics

(Genius 2023)

[Intro]

Baaa, ba ba ba
Baba, ba ba ba
Baaa, ba ba ba
Baaa

[Verse 1: David Cassidy, (Shirley Jones)]
I'm sleeping
And right in the middle of a good dream
Like all at once I wake up
From something that keeps knocking at my brain
Before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out the words I dread
"I think I love you!"
(I think I love you)

[Verse 2: David Cassidy, (Shirley Jones)]
This morning
I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with
And so I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself
And never talk about it
And didn't I go and shout it
When you walked into my room
"I think I love you!"
(I think I love you)

(Songfacts 2023)

Jones and Cassidy were the only members of The Partridge Family to perform on their recordings, as Cassidy sang lead and Jones, a veteran of movie musicals Oklahoma and The Music Man, sang backup (Genius 2023).
Unlike The Monkees, the actors who were not hired to sing didn’t have musical aspirations. Top-tier session musicians played on The Partridge Family’s songs …. On their singles and albums, the group was credited as “The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy.” This was released the same day the TV show went on the air, and 2 months and 4 days later, it was a #1 hit (Genius 2023).

The writer, Tony Romeo, “also wrote songs for The Seekers, The Everly Brothers” Apparently, the vocal intro made it “challenging for disk jockeys to talk over the song.” The group, Voice of the Beehive made their own version which hit #25 in UK (Genius 2023).

Sources

Genius -- I Think I Love You. (2023). I Think I Love You. Retrieved June 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-i-think-i-love-you-lyrics

Romeo, T. (nd). I Think I Love You [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Songfacts. (2023). I Think I Love You, by The Partridge Family. Retrieved June 2023, from Songfacts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-partridge-family/i-think-i-love-you

Wikipedia -- I Think I Love You. (2023, April 6). I Think I Love You. Retrieved June 14, 2023, from Wikipecia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_I_Love_You

Wikipedia, The Partridge Family Album. (2023, March). The Partridge Family Album. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Partridge_Family_Album

Partridge Family Album, the rest of the story

Now you can read, as Paul Harvey said, The Rest of the Story

... or at least the information I did not add to the other posts. Enjoy

(Meg 2017)

The The Partridge Family's success contributed to her divorce from actor Jack Cassidy.

"The stratospheric success of the show took its toll on my marriage to Jack," Jones writes. "His overriding sense of inferiority in the face of my success drove him into the arms of other women even more often than before." After Jones caught Cassidy at a restaurant with another woman, he announced he wanted a separation, and the couple later divorced (Nguyan 2023).

(Meg 2017)

Danny Bonaduce was a troublemaker on set.

In the memoir Jones calls Bonaduce, who played Danny Partridge, "highly talented" and "really, really smart." "But he was still a kid and would do kid things like get a dish of food and throw it across the room or have a pillow fight," she writes. "Danny was a wild child who came from an unhappy home. At eleven, he started smoking." And although the cast "loved and appreciated him, we couldn't deny that he was snotty at times. Once, when he was getting too big for his boots, we all ganged up on him and convinced Susan to pour a pitcher of milk over his head, just to put him in his place." The incident found its way into an episode of The Partridge Family, but with David Cassidy on the receiving end of the prank instead (Nguyen 2023).

(Meg 2017)

Jones loved some guest stars, but not others.

"One of the joys of working on The Partridge Family was the guest stars," Jones writes. When Farrah Fawcett joined an episode "everyone noticed what a great looker she was and predicted she would go on to be a big star," Jones says. Jodie Foster, who guest-starred when she was 11, was "one of the finest child actresses I had ever worked with," and Rob Reiner was "great" and also "fun to work with." On the other hand, Jones found fault with some of the other guest stars through the years: when Dick Clark came on the show, Jones "didn't like him very much," Richard Pryor was "so drugged up that he never asked me a thing about myself," and Ray Bolger was "a bit irritable and insisted that everything had to be his way," Jones writes (Nguyen 2023).

Sources

Meg. (2017, November 30). 10 Facts About The Partridge Family That Will Bring A Whole Lot Of Lovin'. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Throwbacks: https://www.throwbacks.com/partridge-family-facts/

Nguyen, V.-A. (2023). 7 Surprising Secrets of The Partridge Family Cast from Shirley Jones's Memoir. (Arena Media Brands) Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Parade: https://parade.com/58537/viannguyen/7-surprising-secrets-of-the-partridge-family-cast-from-shirley-joness-memoir/

13 June 2023

Only a Moment Ago, The Partridge Family

Partridge Family Album Side 1, Track 5

Originally published May 1970, posted onto Gramma Nettie's Old Time Radio Memories 2 June 2023 https://youtu.be/kU6h70zt2rI

Lyrics (Genius, Only a Moment Ago, 2023)

INTRO:

Why has the music stopped?
Where did all the happy people go?
I know they were there, songs everywhere
Only a moment ago
I only blinked my eye; and now the world that I used to know
Is changin' on me; why can't it be
Only a moment ago?

CHORUS:
Only a moment ago (only a moment ago)
It was spring and I was singin'
Only a moment ago
I could see where the road would lead

And what tomorrow was bringin'

Hey, Mister Dream-Come-True, why did you go and walk out the door
It all went so fast; why couldn't it last
Only a moment more?

CHORUS

Why has the music stopped? (Ahh....)
Where did all the happy people go?
I know they were there (know they were there)
Songs everywhere (songs everywhere)
Only a moment ago
Why has the music stopped?

(Meg 2017)

The [star] who made the biggest impact was future Family Ties mom Meredith Baxter. She and Cassidy began a brief but intense relationship. His schedule of touring and appearances made it almost impossible for them to be together, however, and she broke his heart when she was cast in a new series, Bridget Loves Bernie and fell in love with her co-star David Birney (Ulster 2020).

Sources

Cashman, T., & West, T. (nd). Only a Moment Ago [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Genius, Only a Moment Ago. (2023). Only a Moment Ago Lyrics. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-only-a-moment-ago-lyrics

Meg. (2017, November 30). 10 Facts About The Partridge Family That Will Bring A Whole Lot Of Lovin'. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Throwbacks: https://www.throwbacks.com/partridge-family-facts/

Ulster, L. (2020, October 14). 7 Surprising Facts About "The Partridge Family". Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Biography.com: https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/partridge-family-fun-facts

I'm On the Road, The Partrige Family

The Partridge Family Album Side 2, Song 1

Posted on Gramma Nettie’s Old Time Radio Memories 31 May 2023

The song was originally published June 1970

https://youtu.be/GKITd9Qd1Eo

Lyrics

Today may be a never ending highway
And yesterday a half-forgotten smile
But I can hear tomorrow singing
From around the bend

It's just another dusty mile
And I've got dreams to spare
And time to spend
Time to spend

So I'm on the road
Travelin' free and easy
Travelin' on
Gotta get on

Well, I gotta get on
Gotta fill my life with living
Just tell everyone I've gone
On the road

The morning whispers follow me, come my way
By noon, I'm on the far side of the sun
And I can't keep these wheels from rolling
In to one more town

There's so much to be seen and done
To settle up before I settle down
Settle down

(Meg 2017)

History

Sources

Genius -- I'm On The Road. (2023). I'm On the Road Lyrics. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-im-on-the-road-lyrics

Mann, B., & Weil, C. (nd). I'm On the Road [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Meg. (2017, November 30). 10 Facts About The Partridge Family That Will Bring A Whole Lot Of Lovin'. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Throwbacks: https://www.throwbacks.com/partridge-family-facts/

Singing My Song, The Partridge Family

Partridge Family Album, Side 2, Song 5

Video was posted on Gramma Nettie's Old Time Radio Memories on 26 May 2023

https://youtu.be/8mTHs-IIPW0

Lyrics

INTRO:
Singin' it out to the people; singin' it out to them all
Singin' my song and they're singin' along
All of my problems are oh so small
All of my problems are so small

CHORUS: I sing it um ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de dada
Ba de dum ba de dum ba de da dee dee
Dum ba de dum ba de dum ba de da

Singin' it out in the mornin'; singin' it out in the night
Makin' it clear 'cause I want them to hear
We can make everything quite all right

We can make everything all right

CHORUS

BREAK: Doo doo.....

Yes, I know! I know when a heart sinks low, so low, so low
We can talk to one another; for the love is strong
And it can't go wrong

CHORUS

(Meg 2017)

Fun Fact

Before The Partridge Family, Jones turned down the role of Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.

Jones almost became another famous TV mom: before The Partridge Family came along, she was offered the part of Carol Brady. "While the idea of playing the mother in The Brady Bunch was initially attractive to me, I turned it down because I didn't want to be the mother taking the roast out of the oven and no doing much else," she writes. However, accepting the part on The Partridge Family was a much easier decision. "I had no doubts at all about playing Shirley Partridge," Jones writes. "First, because she was destined to become the first working mother on TV and I loved the script. Second, because working on the series would let me be an almost full-time mom and raise my kids." (Nguyen, 2023)

Sources

Farrell, W., & Hilderbrand, D. (nd). Singing My Song [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Genius -- Singing My Song. (2023). Singing My Song Lyrics. (Genius LLC) Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-singing-my-song-lyrics

Meg. (2017, November 30). 10 Facts About The Partridge Family That Will Bring A Whole Lot Of Lovin'. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Throwbacks: https://www.throwbacks.com/partridge-family-facts/

I Can Feel Your Heartbeat, The Partridge Family Album

This is song number 6 on side 1 of the Partridge Family Album.

Video was published on Gramma Nettie's Old Time Radio Memories 5 June 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvRC2SwCfvw

Lyrics

(Genius -- I Can Feel Your Heartbeat, 2023)

I can feel your heartbeat and you didn't even say a word
I can feel your heartbeat and you didn't even say a word
Oh, I know, pretty woman that your love can be heard

You can feel my heartbeat, too
I can tell you're feelin' me
You can feel my heartbeat, too
I can see you feelin' me
Oh, I know, pretty woman that your love can be heard
Oh...

We paint the night, let it shine in the light of our love
This is the night...yeah, this is the night of our love
I'll treat you like a woman, love you like a woman
Lord, I'll prove it baby, I'm a man of my word

Love, love...can'tcha feel your heartbeat
Love, love...I can feel your heartbeat
Love, love...can'tcha feel your heartbeat, love!

We paint the night, let it shine in the light of our love
This is the night...yeah, this is the night of our love
I'll treat you like a woman, love you like a woman
Lord, I'll prove it baby, I'm a man of my word

Love, love...can'tcha feel your heartbeat
Love, love...I can feel your heartbeat
Love, love...can'tcha feel my heartbeat
Love, love...I can feel your heartbeat
Love, love...can'tcha feel your heartbeat
Love, love...I can feel your heartbeat
Love, love...can'tcha feel it?
Love, love...I can feel it!
Love, love...gettin' stronger!
Love, love...Oh, I can feel it!
Love, love...I can feel it!
Love, love...It's gettin' stronger...
Love!

(Meg 2017)

History

[Guest Star] Farrah Fawcett had a cameo as a young hottie enlisted to help Danny and Reuben discredit TV vet Harry Morgan, and fellow Charlie's Angels Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd had their moments on the show as well (Ulster 2020).

Source

Farrell, W., Cretecos, J., & Appel, M. (nd). I Can Feel Your Heartbeat [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Genius -- I Can Feel Your Heartbeat. (2023). I Can Feel Your Heartbeat Lyrics. (Genius LLC) Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/David-cassidy-i-can-feel-your-heartbeat-lyrics

Meg. (2017, November 30). 10 Facts About The Partridge Family That Will Bring A Whole Lot Of Lovin'. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Throwbacks: https://www.throwbacks.com/partridge-family-facts/

Ulster, L. (2020, October 14). 7 Surprising Facts About "The Partridge Family". Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Biography.com: https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/partridge-family-fun-facts

To Be Lovers, The Partridge Family

This is song number 2 on side 2 of the Partridge Family Album.

Found on Gramma Nettie's Old Time

Radio Memories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHlamgwdmTQ

Lyrics

Like a summer wind in the fall

Like a colour book without a paper doll

CHORUS:

This is what it's like

To be Lovers

To be lovers when you're not in love

Like a drift of snow falling in June

Like a November night without an Autumn moon

CHORUS

A sad old tree that's branches will not grow

A beautiul valley filled with sand

It's like a mockingbird wiht no song

Try to imagine the sun sleeping through dawn

CHORUS

SOLO (Instrumental Verse)

CHORUS

FADE

(Nguyen, 2023)

Fun Fact

-- The original pilot for the show was a little darker than what we remember. The family lived in Ohio instead of California (which isn't a huge deal), and also established that Mr. Partridge was a pretty heavy drinker. His death is talked about and sets a different tone for the series. In the sent-to-air version of the show, Mr. Partridge's death is never discussed. (Meg 2017)

Sources

Charron, M. (nd). To Be Lovers [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Genius -- To Be Lovers lyrics. (2023). To Be Lovers Lyrics. (Genius LLC) Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-to-be-lovers-lyrics

Meg. (2017, November 30). 10 Facts About The Partridge Family That Will Bring A Whole Lot Of Lovin'. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Throwbacks: https://www.throwbacks.com/partridge-family-facts/\

Wikipedia, The Partridge Family Album. (2023, March). The Partridge Family Album. Retrieved April 17, 2023, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Partridge_Family_Album

Bandala, The Partridge Family

This is song number 3 on Side 1 of the Partridge Family Album.

Bandala, The Partridge Family
https://youtu.be/7ASfwSpTdfo

(IMDb.com, 1990-2023)

Before teaming up with Gene Wilder in the hilarious 1980 comedy film Stir Crazy directed by Sidney Poitier, stand-up comedian Richard Pryor guest starred on an episode of the popular 1970s family sitcom The Partridge Family. (IMDb.com, 1990-2023)

(IMDb.com, 1990-2023)

In the 1971 episode “Soul Club,” the white family singing group from California led by Shirley Jones and David Cassidy are sent to Detroit to perform. Due to a booking mix-up, they arrive at The Firehouse, a soul club where the musical group The Temptations are expected. (IMDb.com, 1990-2023)

(IMDb.com, 1990-2023)

Fun Fact:

Between 1970 and 1974, The Partridge Family was one of the most beloved TV shows in America. Audiences watched the singing family for four seasons as the show picked up five Golden Globe nominations, high ratings, and even a Grammy nomination. "I was sad to see the show end. If it hadn't been canceled, I would have been happy to carry on playing Shirley Partridge for another four years," Jones, 79, writes in the book. "For me and all the rest of the cast, this was the end of an era." (Nguyen, 2023)

Lyrics

INTRO:

My baby! (Banda-lay-la, my love)
I need ya! (Banda-lay-la, my love)
Oh, oh, I want ya! (Banda-lay-la, my love)
Hold on! I'm comin' for ya
(Banda-lay-la) Hold on! Be there to getcha!

I rise with the sun and start my existence
With dreams of the day when we'll move away
Far from the hard times poor town's been givin'
And move on uptown to a better way of livin'
She's not a beauty and she don't wear fine clothes
Her heart and soul is all I'm livin' for

Hold on! (Banda-lay-la) Oh, oh, you know I need ya!
(Banda-lay-la, my love) I want ya!
(Banda-lay-la) Hold on, I'm comin' for ya!
(Banda-lay-la) Hold on! Be there to getcha!

I'll be the fella to save his Cinderella
By turnin' her dream world into real life
One day soon, I'm gonna carry Bandala away and make her my wife
We're gonna make it, baby! (Banda-lay-la, my love)
Be there to getcha! (Banda-lay-la) Hold on! I'm comin' for ya!

(Banda-lay-la, my love) You know I want ya!
(Banda-lay-la) Oh! You know I need ya!
(Banda-lay-la, my love) You know I want ya!
(Banda-lay-la) Hey! My baby!
(Banda-lay-la, my love) You know I want ya!
(Banda-lay-la, my love) We're gonna make it, baby!

Sources

2Paragraphs. (2012-2023). Comedy Legend Richard Pryor on ‘The Partridge Family’ Worth Watching, Family TV Suggestions. (2paragraphs Productions, LLC) Retrieved June 13, 2023, from 2Paragraphs: https://2paragraphs.com/2020/04/comedy-legend-richard-pryor-on-the-partridge-family-worth-watching-family-tv-suggestions/

Farrell, W. (nd). Bandala [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album [Vinyl Record]. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Fun Fact: The Partridge Family featured quite a few guest stars including up-and-comers who would eventually become stars in their own right (Ulster, 2020).

Genius. (2023). Bandala. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-bandala-lyrics

IMDb.com. (1990-2023). The Partridge Family S1 E18. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Soul Club, IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0670191/?ref_=tt_mv_close

Lyrics: Genius. (2023). Bandala. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-bandala-lyrics

Ulster, L. (2020, October 14). 7 Surprising Facts About "The Partridge Family". Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Biography.com: https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/partridge-family-fun-facts

Somebody Wants to Love You, The Partridge Family

We continue our tour of the Partridge Family Album with this 3rd track on side 2

Somebody Wants to Love You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTD_S3ZrBIg

This song was released in October 1970

Lyrics

INTRO:

On your own, far away from home
There doesn't seem to be a friend when you're alone
People stare, you wonder if they care
So, you turn your back on someone with love to spare
Try to see, it's gotta be
Lovin' one another is the only possibility
So, when you're down and losin' ground
Don't get to thinkin' love can't be found

CHORUS: Hey, stop, stop! And look around
Somebody wants to love you
Stop, stop! And turn around
Somebody wants to love you
Somebody wants to love you

Ooooo....

Hey, you! It's nothin' new
Love will be around no matter what you do

Or will you try every alibi
And fool yourself some more then wonder why
So try to see, it's gotta be
When you turn your back on love, you miss the opportunity
And once again, you're at a dead end
And nowhere to turn without a friend

(Ulster, 2020)

Fun Fact: A very young, pre-Taxi Driver Jodie Foster turned up as the daughter of one of Shirley's suitors, whose crush on Danny led to her punching him in the eye. https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/partridge-family-fun-facts

Farrell, W., Cretecos, J., & Appel, M. (1970). Somebody Wants to Love You [Recorded by The Partridge Family]. On The Partridge Family Album [Vinyl 33 rpm Album]. New York, NY, USA: W. Farrell. Retrieved 2023

Genius LLC. (2023). Lyrics Somebody Wants to Love You. Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Genius.com: https://genius.com/The-partridge-family-somebody-wants-to-love-you-lyrics

Ulster, L. (2020, October 14). 7 Surprising Facts About "The Partridge Family". Retrieved June 13, 2023, from Biography.com: https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/partridge-family-fun-facts