#the cowsills

[misquotedmosquito]

#the cowsills #bill cowsill

[balladofsallyrose]

The Cowsills LPs with handwritten fan annotations

#the cowsills #these are too cute !!

[fancycolours]

THE COWSILLS. (Circa 1968.)

#The Cowsills #Bill Cowsill #Bob Cowsill #John Cowsill #Barry Cowsill #Barbara Cowsill #Susan Cowsill #1960s #1968

[oldshowbiz]

The Cowsill's Recipe for Diabetes

#the cowsills #recipe

[forever70s]

Susan Cowsill in 1971

#susan cowsill #singer #songwriter #1971 #the cowsills

[luzzarm]

My top songs 2023

Of course my beloved Dino had to be there ♡

Ignore the high contrast with Rammstein and the Spanish lmao

#spotify #spotify wrap 2023 #dean martin #baby obey me #1950 #dream a little dream #sleep warm #1959 #rammstein #weisses fleish #herzeleid #1995 #the cowsills #the rain the park and other things #1967 #amy winehouse #take the box #frank #2003

[stone-cold-groove]

If milk is good enough for the famous singing Cowsills, then it’s good enough for you, damn it!

#vintage advertising #milk #american dairy association #the cowsills #pop music #60s music #bubblegum rock #family bands #musical groups

[theleavesarehappening]

i love barry's little dances while he plays the bass

#the cowsills

[topoet]

Our Gang of Bubblegum

Spanky & Our Gang were a major American sunshine, late 60’s, pop band, who I loved at the time & still do. I have an mp3 collection that includes: Spanky and Our Gang (1967), Like To Get Know You (1968), Anything You Choose b/w Without Rhyme or Reason  (1969) & as a stand-alone Greatest Hits (1999). They were in direct competition with the Mamas & Papas, with their multilayered harmonies &…

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#1910 Fruitgum Company #bubblegum #hit parade #music #Ontario #radio #reviews #Spanky & Our Gang #The Cowsills #The Lemon Pipers #The Vogues #Top 10 #Toronto

[abracazabka]

ough thinking abt that time I saw The Who in concert and Roger sounded so good and everyone played beautifully and like wow. ough once in a life time opportunity! The fact that I've seen original members of Old with a capital O bands like The Who, The Cowsills, Queen, The Turtles, and more play live for me drives me wild. I'm so lucky i got to see that!! Wow!

#classic rock #music #the who #the turtles #queen #the cowsills #roger daltrey #concerts #dre rambles

[innervoiceart]

The Cowsills ~ The Rain, The Park & Other Things (1967)

#youtube #The Cowsills #The Rain #The Park & Other Things #1967 #retro music loves

[balladofsallyrose]

guinnevere by csn / Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) / Jean-François Jalabert, Galatée (detail) / BEAUTY by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro, Ophelia (1851-52), John Everett Millais / a song for jenny by humble pie / Joni Mitchell Led Zeppelin's California / Laetitia Casta wearing the iconic wedding dress made of roses during the Yves Saint Laurent fashion show, 1999 / L’Epistre d’Othea, 15th century (tree person painting) / going to california by led zeppelin / the rain, the park and other things by the cowsills / 'For the Roses' felt pen artwork of Judy Collins in the dressing room by Joni Mitchell / Judy Collins © artpepper.net / going to california by led zeppelin / Vogue Hong Kong 'Armour of Corture', March 2022 Model: Lauren Ernwein Photographer: Szilveszter Mako / Joni Mitchell, November 1970 © Joel Bernstein / Joni Mitchell, 1968 © Tom O'Neal / "East of the Sun and West of the Moon", by Kay Nielsen, 1914 / lady jane by the rolling stones / Mounia closing Yves Saint Laurent’s Spring/Summer 1982 Haute Couture show / Vogue Hong Kong 'Armor of Corture' March 2022 / Yves Saint Laurent on Dim Dam Dom (1968) / english rose by the jam / Yves Saint Laurent, Wedding Bikini, 1968 / Mary Magdalene, polychrome wood sculpture, Augsburg 1515-1520 musee du louvre / Lord of The Rings / Clive Arrowsmith Dress by Frank Usher (Queen 1970)

#yves saint laurent #joni mitchell #judy collins #csn #humble pie #led zeppelin #the cowsills #the rolling stones #the jam #this came out of nowhere !! sorry for the long post

[fancycolours]

THE COWSILLS. (Circa 1970.)

#The Cowsills #Susan Cowsill #Barry Cowsill #Bob Cowsill #John Cowsill #Paul Cowsill #1970s #1970

[tiffanydaleo]

Bubblegum Pop

A new mixed media piece, and a blast from the past!

I don’t know why this 11″ x 14″ mixed media reminds me of a young girl’s room, from era of the 60s with a record player, she is playing the current pop star hit while dancing around her room. Do you remember those days? Bubblegum pop was what they called the kind of pop music that kids liked back then, bands like The Turtles, The Monkees, The Archies, and The Cowsills. You know the songs, and we…

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#2022 #60s Music #abstract art #abstract expressionism #abstract painting #art for sale #Bubblegum #Doodle #Mixed Media #Music Video #Nostalgia #Pop Music #San Diego Artist #The Cowsills #Tiffany Arp Daleo #Women Artist

[misquotedmosquito]

#the cowsills

[louisepalanker]

The Partridge Family Learning Curve

I have a clear memory of sitting at our kitchen table in Williamsville, NY in maybe 1969 and reading a blurb in the entertainment section of the Courier Express which said that The Cowsills were getting their own sitcom! My Cowsills! On TV every week!! 

Patiently, I waited. Nothing. No further word. Until, at long last, The Partridge Family appeared, Friday nights at 8:30, following The Brady Bunch on ABC. To my eyes and heart they seemed a cheap Cowsills knockoff. In all of Hollywood they could not find child actors who could mime drums and Tamborine in time? Even dragged, kicking and screaming by the Miami Sound Machine, the rhythm was not going to get Chris and Tracy. (Although, Chris 2, Brian Forster was refreshingly beat savvy.)

I was appalled and chagrined but of course I watched. Shirley Jones? Delightful. You can’t look away. Danny Bonaduce is the finest child star, comic actor we have ever seen and David Cassidy is an actual musician. Clearly, he could play and sing. He did not make it to my bedroom wall. I was a Cowsills loyalist but there was enough goodness packed into the Partridge package for me to relax and enjoy the show.

I heard the hit records on the radio. I Think I Love You. Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted. I’ll Meet You Halfway. Catchy. Fun. I watched the musical performances loaded into every episode. Nice but so many distractions. Is Danny strumming his base? I hear a drum fill, but this kid’s hands are on the ride cymbal. And Tracy’s fancy arm choreography does not distract from her rhythm oblivion. My indignation was serving as a musial muffler.

Most of the songs were heard once, through a TV speaker, by one generation of people. The Partridge Family catalogue is not widely celebrated or played on oldies stations. But it is wonderful. Rich melodies. Stacked harmonies. Textured arrangements. Sure, the vocalists do not sound like kids, which as a kid, bugged me. But now, it’s just fantastic music.

So, besides David Cassidy and Shirley Jones, who created these recordings? The songs were written by Tony Romeo (Who had written Indian Lake for The Cowsills), Wes Ferrell, (also a Cowsills producer) Gerry Goffin, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Carole Bayer Sager and the list of the period’s greatest songwriters continues. The backing tracks are by The Wrecking Crew.

Singers John and Tom Bahler, Ron Hicklin and Jackie Ward describe themselves as hired guns. The vocal equivalent of The Wrecking Crew. The music was arranged by Mike Melvoin and the sound they created was just outstanding. 

It’s all available to us now. You can do your own Partridge Family dive and find gems like my current obsession, I’m On My Way Back Home, which according to Spotify, is written by Lorenz Hart. Reading that credit on your iPad late at night will keep you up. Thought bubbles include: OK, so Lorenz Hart dies in 1943 and this does not remotely resemble his touch or tone so maybe it’s reimagined…? Relax. By dawn’s early light I discovered it’s written by Bobby Hart. 

OK, now that makes actual sense. The song is a mini-masterpiece of pounding joy and elegance. The bridge has a bridge! Honestly. It’s so good.

The Partridge Family catalogue of music is right here on the internet for all of us to re-experience and this is just the type of exploration that Fritz Coleman and I love to do on our podcast Media Path. In fact, if you know anyone who had anything to do with The Partridge Family music, we would love to feature them on our show. 

That would really make us get happy!

#the partridge family #the cowsills #60s music #70s tv