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That popular family recording group, "The Cowsills" will play a benefit for St. Jon Bosco School Halloween afternoon, next Sunday, at Our Lady of the Lake College. The performance, to raise money for a dining hall at St. Jon Bosco, will be at 3 p.m. in Thiry Auditorium on the OLL campus. Tickets are $2.
The singing family consists of Mother Barbara and five of her seven children. They are Bob, 21; Paul, 19; Barry, 16; John, 14; and Susan, 11. "The Cowsills" as a singing group began in the early 1960's when two of the boys began playing guitar for local groups in their hometown, Newport, R.I. More and more of the brothers joined in, and in 1967 when a female voice was needed, the group turned to their mother.
A demonstration record, "The Rain, The Park and Other Things," was cut, "The Cowsills" were put under contract with MGM records, and the record became their first million-seller. Susan Cowsill joined the group, before the production of "Indian Lake," which topped the million mark.
Their biggest hit, "Hair" sold more than two million copies. In between these singles, six top-selling albums were recorded, and "The Cowsills" became familiar to viewers of numerous television shows.
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