The Partridge Family of tv fame was based on the Cowsills.

From 1969, this was The Cowsills most successful single. From the Broadway Show, Hair, they left out the religious themed lyrics from the original song. It reached Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100's, kept out of Number 1 by another song from Hair, Aquarius/ Let the Sunshine In by The Fifth Dimension. Great memory. Great reaction and choice Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

This vocal arrangement gives Bohemian Rhapsody a run for its money.

In 2004 Billy Cowsill was living in Calgary Alberta Canada and playing with his band The Co-Dependants. He was friends with my wife’s sister and her husband. I arranged to have his band play a dance party I organized. He was a fantastic musician and miles away artistically and emotionally from the Cowsills (that’s another whole story). The party was unforgettable and Billy was over the top good. He died a few years after that, too early. Really an unheralded talent from the 60’s.

Harri, give "Love, American Style". This song was used for a TV theme, but it's a great song in itself.

Great family band! They inspired the make-believe "Partridge Family" TV show with David Cassidy. This is from the musical "Hair" but they had to switch out some of they lyrics for radio play. When they later performed this as adults, they included all of the original lyrics.

Great family band. I'm going to see them live in 10 days on the Happy Together Tour.

They were also ALL very good musicians. Check out some of their other Live TV performances from the late ‘60s.

Back in the day us Kool Kidz dismissed the 'Sills as "bubblegum", squeaky clean, not drugged out degenerates like our heroes. Our loss. I re-discovered them recently - so talented. Bill had a great voice and John the drummer ended up with the Beach Boys in one of their later incarnations. Their music was so listenable and they got a lot of AM airplay. Hair and Indian Lake are often playing on my internal jukebox. After their peak they wanted to live off their trust fund but apparently their father/manager had burned through it. It took a lot of chutzpah to start a rock group with Mom on board. They were the "family band" template for the Brady Bunch. Thanks for doing this. The Cowsills brought light to a dark world and they still do. God bless 'em

My god what an anthem that was back then . Give me a head with hair !

This was the song we listened to on the radio. I loved it and had never heard of any musical called Hair.

Gimme head with hair, long beautiful hair! That is a great delivery that stands out from the test kf the song.

They left out my favorite lyrics: "My hair like Jesus wore it; alleluia I adore it. Alleluia Mary loved her son. Why don't my mother love me. Hair"!

Takes me back a few decades. What a fun song. A wonderful and fun performance.

I’m an old hippie, flower child! We changed history with our music, protests and ideas. It was the greatest time to be alive!

This version of Hair is right on. I saw Hair twice in Chicago in 1970. It one of my favorite musicals.

I’ve never seen this before. Nice find. Thanks, Harri.

HA! I remember this! I sang along and didn't even have to think about the words, they were just there. What a great sound they had. I remember walking through the city and seeing HAIR advertised for it's first show in Sydney. Great times. Thanks Harri for the nostalgia 😆💚💛❤

One of the coolest songs ever written.

"Carl Reiner was pulling together a television special called "Wonderful World of Pizazz," which celebrated the hippie styling of the day, and wanted The Cowsills to appear on the show performing “Hair," which might explain the exclusion of some parts of the song (this was for network TV after all) " My hair like Jesus wore it Hallelujah I adore it Hallelujah Mary loved her son Why don't my mother love me?

They played live 3 days ago if want to see them live watch them live on 1967 on ed Sullivan rain the park and live is great and they do reach out and Indian lake

Cowsills are really talented with some great songs! If you ever see an advertisement in your area for the “Happy Together Tour” The Cowsills are always in it. And let me tell you, it’s a great show! There are about 6 groups from the 60’s and they perform their well known hits. All the groups use the same background musicians and they are very talented! Of course the Turtles are in it! If you have a chance to go, you would love it! Thanks Harri… great reaction!

I'm very familiar with this song and the musical, but I seriously never knew it was sung by a group of siblings. That was fun to see.

Check out the Cowsills medley from Ed Sullivan it showcases the family's musical skills love these guys!

I have a secret crush on Susan Cowsill that i don't bother keeping secret. Don't tell anyone.

This is my anthem! I'm 68 and have shoulder length hair! FYI, in the day this song came about, long hair on men was a disgrace! The Beatles were heavily criticized for having 'long' hair if you can believe that! What's even funnier is that none of them had long hair. The were so square they were cubical! The Cowsills were the inspiration for the TV show The Partridge Family... it was modeled after them. Nowadays only Susan Cowsill (the youngest girl) and two of her surviving brothers tour and do shows. Mom was a member of the band too... she's the first woman you saw in the video. You should react to their other huge hit, "Rain, the Park, and Everything" known to most people as "I love the Flower Girl". There's a story behind the name too!

These kids did this original arrangement themselves for a comedy variety show they were invited to perform on. All the music you hear performed and sang was performed and pre recorded by them with no one’s help except a day in a studio. These were child musical prodigies. The oldest one at the time I think was 19 or 20. The fact this song with basically no one’s help hit number 2. Too bad their careers were not managed well. But some of them still are active musicians. The youngest boy is the drummer fo4 The Beach Boys when they tour to this day. Thanks for posting

It was a radio hit from the beginning. It was from the Musical Hair.

The Cowsills was one of my favorite groups. Please do The Rain, the Park, and Other Things. Indian Lake and I Love the Flower Girl.

They also did the theme song for "Love American style."

The length of ones hair truly was an identifier as to what way you stood on politics, the war and almost everything else back then. I remember it well. My parents HATED long hair...especially my Dad. "Damn hippie freaks!" 🙂

Always enjoyed this recording.

I got sent home from high school once because my hair was too long. We were so cute, thinking humanity was about to change...☮✌

The Cowsills were my first real concert at 9 years old. Yes it's from the musical Hair. Brother Barry died in Hurricane Katrina & Brother John is the current drummer for The Beach Boys. It was kept out of the number 1 spot by The 5th Dimension "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine

Barry Cowsill, 5th of the 7 children, drowned as a result of flooding caused by Katrina. There is a documentary about their family, which is very sad. More songs by them are "THE RAIN, THE PARK & OTHER THINGS", " LOVE THE FLOWER GIRL", & "INDIAN LAKE".

You do know the song hair and come together by The Beatles are describing what a hippie is from the 60s

Wow I forgot about this ! Nice to hear it again.🤩

I believe I saw Hair at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, was fun and had the LP, so these lyrics came right back to me 😃

Long hair was coming in style in 1969!! So it was an homage to the " growing trend " of the day..plus the musical was popular.

First 45 single I bought, I was about 12 yrs. old, and I loved this tune,lol. Thanks Harri, for the memories.

From the movie song it was version when they played this song they had one biggest that year great music susan cowsell was the youngest women singer of all time

You should see the late 1970s movie based on the musical Hair.

I was 5 or so and did a Baton routine to this song❤❤❤

Fun! Then, and now. ✌

I had the 45rpm single to this song and wore it out!

The old TV show The Partridge Family was based on this great family band. So many of their songs are a flash back to the late 60's and early 70's which makes it so fun to listen to them now. And like so many young boys at the time had a crush on Susan. They were at the top of the bubble gum rock until their father caught Bill getting high and fired him from the band. We have lost a few since then. Berry was killed during hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Luckily the surviving members, including Susan, are still performing and doing great. Others have already other great songs of them, so I won't repeat them. Hang loose, Harri.

Hair by the Cowsills They were asked to do it for a comedy special on TV by Carl Reiner.. They also wrote the theme for the TV show - Love American Style - Do the one from the show and not one live versions. The best version of their 1st hit is - Cowsills "The Rain, The Park, Other Things" From 2013 CD "The Billy Cowsill Benefit" - which was recorded in 2005 before Hurricane Katrina hit and one of their bothers in the video went missing . The one with the hat on the right. They got word months later when they were going to Billies funeral that the body of their missing brother was found.

From my home state of Rhode Island😎

You are right !!

Oddly, back then there wasn't much thought about shampoos in America... TV commercials plugged Alberto V 05. Mom sometimes would splurge and get great big tubs with squirt tops of Redken salon quality shampoo. To my moms horror we used it as bubble bath so mom removed it from the bath room and made us use bar soap. I remember when the green Prell shampoo came out... They dropped pearls into the clear bottles in the commercial to show how slowly they would sink to the bottom through the green goo product. Mom used to set her hair in curlers using flat left-over Beer or more often her Dippity-Do gel. I was mini me to Dad so as men we leaned towards the Wet-Look hair style with our "DA" hair cuts with the "Wave" in the front" so we used a combo of Vtalis mens Hair Tonic and tube, Brylcreem massaged in our hair, then using your back pants pocket "Unbreakable Hair Comb" you got the... Look my hairs still wet from my recent bath style! The 1950's Supperman hair do.

Long as I can grow it, my hair! I go around singing this all the time--had I been my parents' ages, i'd be an old hippie. I only cut it when it starts to recoil and snarl. I'm 59, gray in my crown, but not a one in the rest. Stay beautiful with your HAIR, Harri!

Fun one, Harri! 😃

Check out some live versions of them to really appreciate their talent

❤ this song ❤

Such a great song.

Lots of terrific songs on their albums. Their power-pop album GLOBAL is magnificent. Seek it out. And they recently released another excellent album, RHYTHM OF THE WORLD. This song is so terrific because it's silly, juvenile, and it really ROCKS in places!

The song Hair was featured in the Broadway Play and Movie of the same name. In the movie it was sang and danced to by Treat Williams. I've only seen snippets of the play, but the original choreography was impressive. It was reproduced in the wilds of a park for the movie where they made use of the extra room for their dance scenes. Bob Fosse could not have done better.

The Cowsills were and are flat-out great! Surviving members Bob, Susan and Paul still play out and are still terrific. They have done way more than the three or four hits they're most known for. There's a great documentary out there about them that's definitely worth seeing. It strips away the cute image to show the abusive home life they endured. Susan Cowsill has done some tremendous work on her own and with a group called the Continental Drifters. They also have a podcast on KZfaq that's tons of fun.

Talented family for sure. There was another brother who was not in the group. I believe mostly because the dad had a problem with him. The dad was not a good person and the kids had a very difficult life out of public eye. Can you imagine all your siblings having this experience and you were left out by father.

Sibling harmony is a great thing.

This was really popular when I was in grade school.

The music of my life as a teenager! Never seen a video of their performances until now! I did see them live at The Texas State Fair" when I was in high school! This was such a fun song to sing along with! Thanks for sharing Harri!🤠🤠🤠

I love Hair! I have seen it 20 times, and I still cry at the end.

Saw them discuss this and said they just wanted to knock this out because they had to start their tour. Took a few months for this to be broadcast. They kind of forgot about it and then it just blew up.

Love that musical sountrack, so many hits from it; and this is a great cover by The Cowsills. Favorite from Hair is probably "Easy to be Hard" covered by Three Dog Night.

So many singles came out that musical by various artists. Good Morning Starshine, by Oliver, Easy to be Hard, 3Dog night. And more. Our younger teachers at high school would keep a copy of the sound track to prove they were still cool.. 😅

"Well, i hope they got a shampoo contract after that." 😂

In 2015, a sheriffs deputy dog came to my since sold property to give me a notice of small claims court by the city of San Jose. She was black and commented on how her hair matched my poodles hair witch was combed, but not cut at the time.

My favorite musical!!

Funny song, his hair but also his face in this video 😂

And spaghetti! Yep!

I’m from New Orleans & sadly Barry drowned during Hurricane Katrina 😢

Harri, you said you know Hair? Is that the play or the movie? The movie is amazing. RIP Treat Williams. And Cheryl Barnes' Easy To Be Hard will tug at your heartstrings.

The Cowsills are who the partridge family was styled after, I think

The Cowsills preceded both The Jackson 5 and The Osmonds.

whats crazy is you can enjoy this on many levels besides being just a fun song. the instrumentation and groove is amazing along with the political context.

YESSS ... Long Hair!!! 😂😂😂

A great group. After the group disbanded, they discovered their father who was their manager had squandered the money that they had made.

Glad you got to this one Harri. Unfortunately this video version is mono

I watched their documentary a few years ago, man they had a terrible life growing up, especially the little one, Susan. Made me very upset watching it.

No stage or pop version of the songs compares to the 1979 movie, especially the opening Aquarius sung by Ren Woods. I highly recommend this, the song doesn't start until 3 minutes in, though it's worth just playing from the film's start to the song's ending here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndGZYK-ftL7NZY0.html also the closing The Flesh Failures / Let the Sunshine In will bring you to tears, I guarantee: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m62RjbN3x9W4nmg.html

Unfortunately the Cowsill's household was hell...

The Cowsills were the only pop band to make corny cool with the counterculture of the late '60s

Any guy that had long hair then HATED this song. Irritating as hell. And the radio played it constantly.

Sadly the performance front presented by the performers hid the tense and abusive relationship involving the father. It was not a happy family.

TV variety shows back then went to great lengths to put on farcical backdrops, makeup, and in this case, an ape and wigs to exaggerate performances. Corny then, corny now. The Beatles were certainly victims of producers all over the world that put them in ridiculous costumes and scenarios.

Just getting weird now.