Well, I guess I'm a little older than you, Marv.
I was already in high school, but I remember my little sister watching the Jackson 5 and Osmonds cartoons.
The Jackson 5 were classified as bubblegum soul, but their songs and tracks had the Motown pedigree and musicianship. ABC was cutesy, but I Want You Back, I'll Be There, Never Can Say Goodbye and The Love You Save [[love the lyrical cleverness) were pretty awesome records. Weren't some probably written for older, adult Motown recording artists? [[Martha Reeves, The Supremes recorded some).
This thread has confirmed to me that One Bad Apple was conceived specifically for the Osmonds to duplicate the J5. That it was recorded in Muscle Shoals' Fame Studio is very interesting, though. I'll have to re-listen. I still hate Puppy love and Crazy Horses, though.
Saying all that, I Think I Love You by the Partridge Family is a favorite from that time.
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