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'60s rock singer Cowsill dies at 56
February 2, 1985
Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri

Barbara C. Cowsill, one of the members of the 1960s soft-rock band the Cowsills, has died in Tempe, Ariz., after a long illness. She was 56.

Cowsill teamed up with her daughter and five of her sons to form the singing group while the family was living in Middletown, R.I.

Between 1967-70, the Cowsills recorded several hit songs including “The Rain, the Park and Other Things,” “Indian Lake,” “We Can Fly,” plus the title song for the rock musical “Hair.”

The group, which earned three gold records, also performed on several late-night talk shows and had their own television special in 1968

Cowsill moved to Arizona from California three years ago.

Services were held Sunday.




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