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    • Jul 12, 1928
    Barbara Cowsill is born in Cranston, Rhode Island. She rounds up six of her children to form The Cowsills, a 1960s pop group that inspires the TV series "The Partridge Family." One of The Cowsills' songs, "Indian Lake," is remade by Freddy Weller for the country market
    Jan 9, 1948
    Pop singer Billy Cowsill, of The Cowsills, is born in Middletown, Rhode Island. The group, best known for its 1967 hit "The Rain, The Park & Other Things," scores a year later with "Indian Lake," which will be remade as a country hit by Freddy Weller
    Aug 26, 1949
    Pop performer Bob Cowsill is born. He becomes one of seven members in the family group The Cowsills, the prototype for TV's "The Partridge Family." The group scores a 1968 hit with "Indian Lake," remade for the country charts by Freddy Weller
    Nov 11, 1951
    Pop singer Paul Cowsill is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He becomes one of seven members of the family group The Cowsills, who gain a trio of pop hits in the 1960s. One of them, "Indian Lake," is remade as a country hit by Freddy Weller
    Sep 14, 1954
    Barry Cowsill, of the pop group The Cowsills, is born in Newport, Rhode Island. The group scores hits with "The Rain, The Park & Other Things," "Hair" and "Indian Lake," which is remade several years later as a country hit by Freddy Weller
    May 20, 1959
    Susan Cowsill is born in Newport, Rhode Island. The only daughter in the family pop group The Cowsills, she contributes to a trio of late-'60s hits, including "Indian Lake," which Freddy Weller revamps for country customers in the 1970s
    Dec 24, 1967
    Bobbie Gentry performs "Ode To Billie Joe" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Broadcast from New York, the CBS telecast also features The Muppets, The Cowsills, Arthur Godfrey and George Carlin
    Mar 27, 1968
    "The Kraft Music Hall" welcomes guests Eddy Arnold, Patti Page and The Cowsills to NBC's prime-time lineup. Arnold turns in his own hits "Make The World Go Away" and "Turn The World Around," while Page covers "Gentle On My Mind"
    Apr 25, 1968
    The Cowsills record the pop hit "Indian Lake" in New York City. Three years later, Freddy Weller remakes it for the country market
    Jan 29, 1969
    Eddy Arnold, Polly Bergen and The Cowsills appear on NBC's "The Kraft Music Hall"
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