The Family Dogg were a British

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, noted for their

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. They are best known for their debut album, '' A Way of Life'', and the subsequent single of the same name.

Career

The idea was born when the Anglo-American singers of the Spanish groups, Los Flaps and Diamond Boys,

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and Steve Rowland met for the first time at a concert in

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in 1964. In 1966, The Family Dogg was formed in England with the participation of the singers

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and Pam Zooey Quinn. The debut album, '' A Way of Life'' was released in 1969, and the title track scored a number 6 hit in the

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. Jimmy Page,

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and

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were guest musicians on this album, along with Elton John. In 1970, the group was renamed 'Steve Rowland and The Family Dogg'. In April 1970, they had a Number 2 hit in the

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with the song "

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", previously recorded by the group

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in 1969. In 1972, Steve Rowland released a last Family Dogg album, ''The View from Rowland's Head'', with guest musicians

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on guitar and

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as singer. This album had two pressings, one in the UK and one in the US. Between the two, were included six cover songs that were written by Sixto Diaz Rodriguez. Five of them were previously recorded on Rodriguez's album, '' Cold Fact''. The sixth, "Advice To Smokey Robinson", was never recorded by Rodriguez. The Family Dogg also released the singles "Family Dog" / "The Storm" in 1967 (the latter is a song originally written by the Bee Gees in Australia) on the

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label, and "Silly Grin" / "Couldn't Help It", and "Brown Eyed Girl" / "Let It Rain" in 1968; on the Fontana label. Their final release in 1976 was a cover version of "Uptown Uptempo Woman". Christine Holmes (born Christine Authors) had earlier recorded seven solo singles between 1964 and 1971 which were released on the Mercury and

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labels, and had appeared as a presenter on the

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Career

Group members

Original line-up

Later members

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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