I have a story up on AOL News today in honor of The Partridge Family’s 40 anniversary – I tracked every cast member but one!

(Sept. 25) — It was 40 years ago today, Shirley Partridge taught the band to play. 

OK, so maybe it was Keith.

Either way, “The Partridge Family,” a landmark show about a fictional singing group that produced a very real teen idol who, in turn, helped sell the records the group performed on the show, is 40 years old. It premiered back on Sept. 25, 1970, quickly turning David Cassidy, now 60, into a teenybopper sensation. …


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