The Cowsills

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1993

First Recording: 1967

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

The Cowsills
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
The Rain, the Park, and Other Things (1967)
Hair (1969)

The Cowsills @ Wikipedia

Will The Cowsills be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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The Cowsills were the inspiration for the fake Partridge Family band. Another pop music group us kids grew up with. I saw her sitting in the rain, raindrops falling on her...

Posted by Myrna Mandjikov on Wednesday, 07/8/2015 @ 17:32pm


You know, they did inspire the Partridge Family...

Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 02/15/2016 @ 22:13pm


The Cowsills were singing professionally way before 1967. Have you ever listened to the harmonies & arrangements? They have been overlooked many years & it's time to give them the recognition that they so deserve! Bob, Paul, John, and Susan Cowsill are all still performing regularly all over the USA. We had to say goodbye to Bill, Barry, Richard & Barbara. The Partridge Family was not a real band, but that TV show was written because of The Cowsills. It was about their lives. They wrote, arranged,, played their own instruments, and sang beautiful harmonies. The Rain the Park & Other Things was a gigantic hit followed by Indian Lake and Hair!! So many more. It's time they all got their turn in the Rock & Roll HofF!! Thank you.

Posted by Elizabeth Hart on Sunday, 01/9/2022 @ 23:58pm


I just got off a cruise ship for the fifth annual FlowerPower Cruise.
There were many BIG name bands on board and I must say that I enjoyed The Cowsills the most!!!
I wasn't a fan "back in the day" since I was more of a "Rock & Roller" …Doors, Cream, Stones etc.
The Cowsills now rock with enthusiasm & their drummer is one of the best I've seen in a long timer. The response of a large group of Circa 60's attendees cheered the most for their performances.
They deserve to be in the R&R HOF!

Posted by Ron on Wednesday, 04/6/2022 @ 19:32pm


They have been making music for 5 decades, although not as a group. They have such a rich history in music that is not well known. They still have the band, The Cowsills, and go on tour.

Posted by Gail on Friday, 04/15/2022 @ 18:40pm


The Cowsills should be in the Hall of Fame as musicians, singers & songwriters! Bob, Paul, John, & Susan are still performing, John with the Beach Boys! Sadly, Bill, Barry & Barbara are gone from the group & Richard (Bob's twin is also gone, however they should be posthumously honored as well! They were true artists in a time of commercialism! They just wanted to make music! And they did! Very well! Their music included the sweet, the sad, & the psychedelic, even country & ballads! Each member plays multiple instruments! Oh man! The harmonies are out of this world!! For harmonies alone they should have been inducted years ago!! Please! Overlook The Cowsills no more!!

Posted by Frieda Thompson on Sunday, 07/2/2023 @ 10:29am


The fact that Paul Shaffer. No slouch in the Rock and Roll Pantheon, called them a legend on a recent Cowsill Podcast, is living proof of the Cowsills Rock and Roll Hall of Fame worthiness.

Posted by Joanne on Wednesday, 09/6/2023 @ 09:05am


Cowsills just got inducted into the New England Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and will be honored in February 2024. Previously the Cowsills were also inducted into the Rhode Island Hall of Fame.

Posted by Joanne Frazier on Tuesday, 01/16/2024 @ 07:52am


EARLY INFLUENCERS

I feel that not only are the Cowsills a very talented, greatly entertaining and long lasting musical group they are early influencers. Not only were they the inspiration for The Partridge Family but they were the first family rock and roll band. They were before the Jackson Five, the Osmonds, Hanson, the Jonas Brothers and on and on. Please induct the Cowsills into the Rock Hall of Fame as early influencers. They most definitely deserve to be there.

Posted by Pamela Jobst on Thursday, 02/1/2024 @ 18:55pm


EARLY INFLUENCERS

I feel that not only are the Cowsills a very talented, greatly entertaining and long lasting musical group they are early influencers. Not only were they the inspiration for The Partridge Family but they were the first family rock and roll band. They were before the Jackson Five, the Osmonds, Hanson, the Jonas Brothers and on and on. Please induct the Cowsills into the Rock Hall of Fame as early influencers. They most definitely deserve to be there.

Posted by Pamela Jobst on Thursday, 02/1/2024 @ 18:55pm


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