who played the music for the partridge family
The Partridge Family The first session for the pilot was produced by Monkees' producer Shorty Rogers, but later, led by music producer Wes Farrell, a group of hired studio musicians (informally referred to as the Wrecking Crew) actually created the Partridge Family's sound. The harmonious background vocalists were The Love Generation, aka brothers John and Tom Bahler, Jackie Ward, who had had a #14 hit on Dot Records in 1963 with "Wonderful Summer" (as "Robin Ward"),[9] and Ron Hicklin (initially the Ron Hicklin Singers). 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.[2]:56-60 He and his step-mother, Shirley, were the only two actors within the Partridge Family actors that were allowed to sing for recording.