Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What animal group was the inspiration for "The Partridge Family"?"
...In 1965, three brothers, Bill, Bob, and Barry Cowsill formed a band called The Cowsills. Their brother, John, joined soon after. Two years later, they were joined by two more siblings, Susan and Paul, and their mother, Barbara. The fictional Partridge family consisted of a mother (Shirley) and her five children (Keith, Danny, Laurie, Tracy, and Chris).
