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    • Jul 5, 1969
    The Man In Black is joined by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Minnie Pearl, Doug McClure, The Statler Brothers and The Cowsills on his ABC-TV program "The Johnny Cash Show." Cash's in-laws, The Carter Family, sing "Keep On The Sunny Side" with their host
    Nov 17, 1969
    Paul Anka performs the future Elvis Presley hit "My Way" during ABC's "The Music Scene." Also aboard: The Cowsills, with "Silver Threads And Golden Needles"; R.B. Greaves, with "Take A Letter Maria"; and B.B. King
    Dec 24, 1969
    The Cowsills cover Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" on the Christmas edition of the NBC series "The Kraft Music Hall"
    Nov 2, 1970
    MGM president Mike Curb announces in New York that he's dropping 18 acts that promote hard drugs, including Connie Francis and The Cowsills. It later becomes evident the acts were all losing money. Curb goes on to activate Curb Records
    Jan 31, 1985
    Pop singer Barbara Cowsill dies from emphysema in Arizona. Along with her six kids, she formed The Cowsills, whose 1968 hit "Indian Lake" was successfully remade for country consumption by Freddy Weller
    Dec 28, 2005
    The body of pop singer Barry Cowsill is retrieved from the Chartres Street Wharf in New Orleans, four months after he disappeared. A victim of Hurricane Katrina, he was a member of The Cowsills, whose "Indian Lake" was remade by Freddy Weller
    Feb 17, 2006
    Pop singer Billy Cowsill, of The Cowsills, dies of multiple ailments in Calgary, Alberta. The inspiration for "The Partridge Family," The Cowsills earned a pop hit in 1968 with "Indian Lake," covered in country music by Freddy Weller in 1971
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