Susan Cowsill
| Susan Cowsill | |
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Susan Cowsill performs in New Orleans, Louisiana, 23 April 2014.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Susan Claire Cowsill |
| Born |
May 20, 1959 Canton, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | Rock, pop, Americana |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, backing vocalist |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels | MGM, London, Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | The Cowsills, Continental Drifters, The Susan Cowsill Band |
| Website | susancowsill.com |
Susan Claire Cowsill (born May 20, 1959; Canton, Ohio) is a musician, vocalist and songwriter.
Cowsill began her musical career with The Cowsills in 1967; she is the youngest member of The Cowsills and the only daughter of parents Bud and Barbara Cowsill. She made her debut on We Can Fly, the Cowsills' second MGM Records album released in early 1968. Her debut solo vocal was a song called Ask The Children, featured in The Cowsills third MGM album, Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools. Her contribution to The Cowsills' backing vocals made her, upon her ninth birthday, the youngest person to be directly involved in a top ten hit record when Indian Lake made the Top 10 in the early summer of 1968.
In 1969 she contributed to the vocals in what would become The Cowsills' biggest hit, Hair. She became known for her performance of the line, "and spaghetti'd" which she sang with a squeakiness in her voice that she still uses when she performs the song live.
Susan was initially relegated to playing the tambourine, but by the time she left the group in 1971 (shortly after the release of their London Records album On My Side) she had learned to play other instruments; in an episode of the short-lived Barbara McNair Show she was seen playing bass guitar.
In 1978, she reunited with The Cowsills (without Bill and Barbara) to work on an album of new songs. The album, tentatively titled Cocaine Drain, was produced by Chuck Plotkin, but was not released until 2008. She again reunited with brothers Bob, Paul and John as The Cowsills in the 1990s, to work on another album of original songs. The album, Global, was released in 1998.
She and her two brothers are appearing as The Cowsills as part of the 2016 Happy Together tour, playing 58 dates.
She signed briefly with Warner Bros. Records in 1976, releasing two singles. Beginning in the early '80s she worked as a backing vocalist for varying artists including Dwight Twilley, The Smithereens, Carlene Carter, Mike Zito, and Hootie & the Blowfish. During this time her songwriting skills blossomed, and several of her songs have been covered by other artists.
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