Cowsill began her musical career with the Cowsills in 1967; she is the youngest member of the Cowsills and the only daughter of parents Bud and Barbara Cowsill. She made her debut on We Can Fly, the Cowsills\' second MGM Records album, released in early 1968. Her debut solo vocal was a song called Ask the Children, featured in the Cowsills\' third MGM album, Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools. Her contribution to the Cowsills\' backing vocals made her, upon her ninth birthday, the youngest person to be directly involved in a top ten hit record when "Indian Lake" made the Top 10 in the early summer of 1968.\n', '

In 1969 she contributed to the vocals in what would become the Cowsills\' biggest hit, Hair. She became known for her performance of the line, "and spaghetti\'d" which she sang with a squeakiness in her voice that she still uses when she performs the song live.\n', '

Susan was initially relegated to playing the tambourine, but by the time she left the group in 1971 (shortly after the release of their London Records album On My Side) she had learned to play other instruments; in an episode of the short-lived Barbara McNair Show she was seen playing bass guitar.\n', '

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