The Cowsills

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The Cowsills receive a gold record (1967)

The Cowsills were a popular American singing group in the 1960s, after which the series " The Partridge Family " was born.

Act

The large family clan of the Cowsills decided one day to make a career as a singing group. In the mid-1960s they got a record deal with a small record company and recorded the single "All I Really Wanna Be" . The song turned out to be a commercial flop, but it caught the attention of someone in charge of a major record company. And that's where the Cowsills got in in 1967. "The Rain, The Park And Other Things" was the name of their first fast pop number, which was a million seller and awarded a gold record .

Millions of success number 2 then followed in 1969 with a version of Hair from the musical of the same name. There was also a gold award for this. Then, in the early 1970s, the group began to fade. In America it still has the nickname "America's first family of music".

Some family members stayed in the music business. John Cowsill has been accompanying the Beach Boys as a touring musician for several years .

Members

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1967 The Cowsills US31 (17 weeks)
US
1968 We can fly US89 (14 weeks)
US
Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools US105 (12 weeks)
US
The Best of the Cowsills US127 (9 weeks)
US
1969 The Cowsills in Concert US16 (24 weeks)
US
1971 On my side US200 (1 week)
US

More albums

  • 1968: The Cowsills Plus The Lincoln Park Zoo
  • 1968: The Cowsills
  • 1970: II x II
  • 1971: all-time hits
  • 1998: Global
  • 2001: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of the Cowsills
  • 2006: Painting the Day: The Angelic Psychedelia of the Cowsills
  • 2008: Cocaine Drain

EPs

  • 1969: The Cowsills Collectors Record: Presented by American Dairy Association

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1967 The Rain, The Park And Other Things
The Cowsills 		US2
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
1968 We Can Fly
We Can Fly 		US21 (9 weeks)
US
In Need of a Friend
We Can Fly 		US54 (6 weeks)
US
Indian Lake
Captain Sad and His Ship Of Fools 		US10 (13 weeks)
US
Poor Baby
The Best Of The Cowsills 		US44 (6 weeks)
US
1969 Hair
The Cowsills in Concert 		US2
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
The Prophecy of Daniel and John the Divine
II X II 		US75 (4 weeks)
US
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
II X II 		US74 (7 weeks)
US

More singles

  • 1965: All I Really Want to Be Is Me
  • 1966: Most of All
  • 1966: Party Girl
  • 1967: A Most Peculiar Man
  • 1968: The Path of Love
  • 1968: The Impossible Years
  • 1970: II X II
  • 1971: On My Side
  • 1971: You (in My Mind)
  • 1972: Covered Wagon
  • 1993: Christmastime (Song for Marissa)

literature

  • Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book Of American Singing Groups. A History 1940-1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, pp. 350f.

swell

  1. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: US

Web links

Commons : The Cowsills  - collection of images, videos and audio files