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| Monday, May 15, 2006 |
| The Cowsills |
If you know me then you know that I love music and one of my favorite groups were The Cowsills. They are a family band that was huge back in the 1960's. In fact the popular TV show The Partridge Family was based on The Cowsills. Here's a clip of their history "Back in the early 1960's, four brothers who wanted to be The Beatles formed a band called The Cowsills. The original Cowsills consisted of Bill on guitar, Bob on guitar and organ, Barry on bass and John on drums. Early gigs were at school dances and churches around their home in Newport, RI. Eventually, as their harmonic sound was perfected, they got a regular gig on Bannisters Wharf in Newport where they would sing Beatle songs hour after hour. Early recordings were released by the four brothers on Mercury Records. Barbara ("mini-mom") joined the group to record The Rain, The Park and Other Things and shortly thereafter 7 year old Susan and brother, Paul, were added to the group. They were signed by MGM records and the group began it's climb to the top!"
The Cowsills' hits included "Hair," "The Rain" and "Indian Lake." They had their own television special, made milk commercials and were regulars on Las Vegas stages before breaking up in the early '70s.
Barry Cowsill lost his life during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His body was found under a wharf in New Orleans in late December 2005 and identified via dental records on January 4th, 2006. Soon after the memorial services of Barry, Billy Cowsills passed away from ill health.
I am on a mission in trying to help get The Cowsills in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of fame. 10,000 names are needed for the petition, I am #2210. Please take the time to sign the on-line petition for The Cowsills induction. During their research, the R-n-R committee has compiled some amazing facts about The Cowsills and their careers, including:
1) The Cowsills hold more gold records than many of the current Hall of Famers inducted as performers.
2) Billy played guitar on the song “Right On” recorded by Ike Turner.
3) Susan is the youngest rock performer to have a Top Ten hit.
4) John was part of the first American rock group to play in the Republic of China.
5) The Cowsills had the First Live Album to feature a Studio Track when In Concert featured “Hair”.
6) Hall of Famer Bob Marley used to cover Cowsill songs.
7) The Guestbooks on robinrecords.com and cowsill.com have posts from all 50 states, 19 foreign countries in six of the seven continents.
8) The Cowsills were the first of only 5 album covers done for rock bands by famous cartoonist Jack Davis.
9) Billy once recorded with a guitar borrowed from John Lennon.
10) The band’s true worth is illustrated by the fact that they were initially ‘discovered’ by Johnny Nash’s all black R&B label, JODA and they were ask to headline with future Hall of Famers’ Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, and The Beach Boys before they had their first hit record at Soundblast ’66 in Yankee Stadium.
Thank you so much for taking the time to sign the petition.
http://www.cowsill.com/faq.html#HallOfFame |
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I signed the petition and am number 2332.
Barb (bjcstitching@sbcglobal.net)
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I signed the petition and am number 2332.
Barb (bjcstitching@sbcglobal.net)