The Cowsills - Family-Based '60s Mega-Stars With Hits "The Rain, The Park, And Other Things", "Hair" And "Indian Lake". Bob, Paul And Susan Talk About Their Career, Podcast And Much More!
Episode Notes
The Cowsills had an incredible ride in the 1960s. A family-based band with up to 6 siblings plus their mom, they went from playing cover songs to being discovered and featured on the Today Show, which was watched by Johnny Nash of "I Can See Clearly Now" fame who then signed this all-white group of kids to his black record label. After adding their mom into the group and completely changing their musical style they had a string of hits with "The Rain, The Park, And Other Things", "Hair" and "Indian Lake". I discuss all of this with Bob, Paul and Susan Cowsill and we do a Songfest.
My featured song in this episode is “Because She Said So”. Spotify link here.
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Bob, Paul, Susan and I discuss:
What it was like for them to be stars in the 60s
Playing cover songs
Their first big break on the Today Show
Johnny Nash hearing them on that show and signing them
Several flops
Adding their mother into the band
Artie Kornfeld
Their first hit with “The Rain…”
Songfest:
“The Rain, The Park, And Other Things”
“Hair”
“Indian Lake”
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