Talk:The DeFranco Family

Toadstools
The De Franco Family stems from a time in the early seventies when a whole rash of family groups popped up, like toadstools. Others include The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose, the Osmonds, and the Jacksons. The only remnant from that sorry era of any note is, of course, Michael Jackson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.35.121 (talk) 13:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


 * This evaluation is just silly, like toadstools.Jarhed (talk) 01:04, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

"Most successful"
They were a one-hit wonder and hardly one of the most successful pop groups of their era. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.70.233.218 (talk) 23:26, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

The group was successful among a small subgroup of pop music, but nowhere near the most successful. I am deleting this wording.Jarhed (talk) 01:02, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Disco didn't kill their career
"Family quintets were beginning to fall out of favor in the mid-1970s as disco began ascending (the Osmonds similarly saw a drop in popularity at the same time, while the Jackson 5 quickly adapted to disco)"

This is a strange assessment. Family quintets were extremely rare at the time (what other popular family quintets were there besides the 3 mentioned?). Pop was alive and kicking during the decline of the DeFranco Family. There's no reason to think disco killed family quintets -- a sample size of 3 certainly isn't enough to support that conclusion.

The Osmonds and The DeFrancos had cute boy lead singers who made suburban girls swoon. Their demise had much more to do with the fact that preteen boys and girls naturally grow up, and as the boys change, the girls stop swooning. This is to say nothing about the quality of the music itself which arguably declined for both groups (while the Jacksons kept recording great songs).

It would be more accurate to attribute their decline to the simple fact their heartthrob, Tony, just grew up and, hence, grew out of favor with preteen girls, and their songs weren't good enough to make up the difference. Squidbe (talk) 21:54, 16 January 2023 (UTC)