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The Cowsills, who received
a gold record for their first release,
"The Rain, The Park and
Other Things," have been
awarded their second gold
platter for their single, "Hair,"
which thus far has racked up
over $1 million in sales, according
to Leonard Stogel, President
of Gregg Yale, Inc., production
arm of Stogel's office
to which the Cowsills are
signed.
Gregg Yale, Inc., the firm
which produced the Cowsills'
initial albums for distribution
through MGM Records, last
month released the group's
first "live" album for the same
label, "The Cowsills in Concert,"
which was recorded at
the University of Illinois.
Father Bud Cowsill, who
manages his family -group,
called Record World last week
to note that Bill and Bob Cow -
sill rearranged and recorded
"Hair" "because we all believed
in the song and the entire
score when we first heard it.
Because of the success of the
record, Bill and Bob are going
to personally produce for Gregg
Yale all of the Cowsill singles
from now on."
(See Section I for late developments
on the Cowsills.)
Cowsill indicated that his
family was thinking about recording
other songs from "Hair"
in the future.
Stogel's personal management
firm recently set personal
appearances for the Cowsills
at Memorial Hall, Dayton
(May 2), University of Mississippi
(May 3), San Carlos Circle
Theater (May 8-10), U. S.
Naval Academy (May 30)
Wichita's Century Hall (June
13), University of New Mexico
(June 14) and Steel Pier,
Atlantic City (July 17-23).
Fair dates for the group
have been slated for Cedar
Rapids, Iowa (July 5), Du -
quoin, III. (Aug. 24), Spencer,
Iowa (Sept. 8) and York, Pa.
(Sept. 9).
New England Dates
The Stogel offices have also
set a series of dates for the
Cowsills throughout the New
England states during the first
week in June, which is being
sponsored by the American
Dairy Association, as well as
July engagements at the North
Shore Music Circus, Beverly,
Mass., the South Shore Music
Circus, Cohasset, Mass., and
the Cape Cod Melody Tent,
Hyannis, Mass.
Following tapings this month
for the Joey Bishop show and
the Johnny Cash show, Stogel's
offices have firmed special onstage
appearances for the Cow -
sills with the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra (June 24) and
with Phyllis Diller at Pike's
Peak Turf Club, Pueblo, Col.
(June 27-29).
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Louis Polk, President of MGM Inc., presents the Record Industry Association's
gold record award to MGM's recording group the Cowsills
signifying one million records sold of their recording of "Hair." Looking
on are (left to right) Lenny Scheer, Director of Marketing, Benjamin
Melniker, Executive Vice President of MGM, Inc., Tom White, Director
of Business Affairs for MGM Records, the Cowsill family and Sy Lesser,
President of MGM Records.
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