1967 Michigan Music Poster History Vol. 3
by Splatt Gallery
Splatt Gallery - 2026
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Record company ad for The Cowsills with a tour itinery that included a show in Detroit on October 2, 1967. We know, from a column by CKLW DJ Tom Shannon, that the venue was The Roostertail.
The group's breakthrough hit, "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" was co-written by Artie Kornfeld, who later co-produced the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969.
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On the Young Adult - TOP TEN, we find the total abomination that Bob Crewe had made of Mitch Ryder with his unlistenable version of the shmalzy pop standard "What Now My Love" and Tom Shannon gushes about "one of the finest, most dynamic acts to have ever hit the Motor City... they are called "THE COWSILLS". (Ed note: What Tom says is "Just returned from the Roostertail where I witnessed one of the finest, most dynamic acts to have ever hit the Motor City..they are called "THE COWSILLS". If you're like me you want to find out how they arrived at that name. Would you believe they were born with it? The entire family from Mama and Papa to the five kids are all super-stars and should be the biggest thing since the Beatles. Their new record "The Rain, The Park and Other Things" will be a big one.
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Undeniably, Robin Seymour had a super enthusiasm for the music he presented to the Motor City, to the point where he had no filter for some of the worst dreck. Then again, we've seen that all of Detroit radio went ga-ga over The Cowsills, so this dubious "greatest line-up ever" does lean heavily to the local acts, which Seymour should be credited for tirelessly promoting in an already long career in Detroit that stretched back all the way to "The Lone Ranger" radio show.
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