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The group's NEW digital-only Christmas EP "A CHRISTMAS OFFERING FROM THE COWSILLS" - which features two original songs, \u201cChristmastime (Song For Marissa)\u201d and \u201cSome Good Years,\u201d plus a new, acapella version of the holiday favorite, \u201cWinter Wonderland." The EP follows last year's release of "Rhythm Of The World" - their first album release in 30 years!View the promo trailer for "A Christmas Offering From The Cowsills" \u2060HERE\u2060.Formed in 1965, The Cowsills would become a worldwide phenomenon when \u201cThe Rain., The Park And Other Things\u201d spent two weeks at #2 in 1967 (blocked from the top of the charts by The Monkees\u2019 \u201cDaydream Believer\u201d). The Top 10 \u201cIndian Lake\u201d followed in 1968, and \u201cHair\u201d matched their two weeks at #2 benchmark in 1969. The family band became the inspiration for The Partridge Family, and even recorded the theme song for the hit TV show, "Love, American Style". In the early \u201890s, the family regrouped to record a Christmas single \u201cChristmastime (Song for Marissa).\u201d The melody for \u201cChristmastime (Song for Marissa)\u201d, was written in the late \u201870s and sat for years without lyrics as an instrumental. Once it was recognized as Christmas music the lyrics were added in 1986 and a brand new Christmas carol was born. Joined by friends and admirers including The Bangles\u2019 Vicki Peterson and Michael Steele, and Peter Holsapple of The dB\u2019s, \u201cChristmastime (Song for Marissa)\u201d was finally recorded in the summer of 1992. Along with \u201cSome Good Years,\u201d these two songs were actually released as a collector\u2019s 45 RPM single edition on Rockville Records in 1993. These tracks return three decades later on "A Christmas Offering From The Cowsills," joined by an all-new, acapella version of the holiday classic \u201cWinter Wonderland.\u201d These tracks illuminate why The Cowsills have remained in our collective ears all these years later.

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