# The Family Dogg

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British vocal group

The Family Dogg Background information Origin England Genres Rock, pop Years active 1966–1976[1] Past members Albert Hammond Steve Rowland Mike Hazlewood Christine Holmes Doreen De Veuve Pam "Zooey" Quinn Kevin Lamb Ireen Sheer Sue Lynn Sherri Lynn Pat Arnold

**The Family Dogg** were a British [vocal group](/source/Vocal_group), noted for their [harmony vocals](/source/Harmony_vocals). They are best known for their debut album, *[A Way of Life](/source/A_Way_of_Life_(The_Family_Dogg_album))*, 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, [Albert Hammond](/source/Albert_Hammond) and [Steve Rowland](/source/Steve_Rowland_(record_producer)) met for the first time at a concert in [Madrid](/source/Madrid) in 1964.[1] In 1966, the Family Dogg was formed in England with the participation of the singers [Mike Hazlewood](/source/Mike_Hazlewood) and Pam Zooey Quinn.[2] The debut album, *[A Way of Life](/source/A_Way_of_Life_(The_Family_Dogg_album))* was released in 1969, and the title track scored a number 6 hit in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).[3] [Jimmy Page](/source/Jimmy_Page), [John Bonham](/source/John_Bonham) and [John Paul Jones](/source/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)) of [Led Zeppelin](/source/Led_Zeppelin) were guest musicians on this album, along with [Elton John](/source/Elton_John).[1]

In 1970, the group was renamed 'Steve Rowland and the Family Dogg'.[1] During April–June 1970, they had a number 1 hit in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) with the song "[Sympathy](/source/Sympathy_(Rare_Bird_song))", previously recorded by the group [Rare Bird](/source/Rare_Bird) in 1969.[1][4] In 1972, Steve Rowland released a last Family Dogg album, *The View from Rowland's Head*, with guest musicians [Chris Spedding](/source/Chris_Spedding) on guitar and [Ireen Sheer](/source/Ireen_Sheer) 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](/source/Sixto_Diaz_Rodriguez).[1] Five of them were previously recorded on Rodriguez's album, *[Cold Fact](/source/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](/source/Bee_Gees) in Australia) on the [MGM](/source/MGM_Records) label, and "Silly Grin" / "Couldn't Help It", and "Brown Eyed Girl" / "Let It Rain" in 1968;[5] on the [Fontana](/source/Fontana_Records) label.

Their final release in 1976 was a cover version of "Uptown Uptempo Woman".[1]

Christine Holmes (AKA Christine Authors, her husband J. J. Barrie's real surname) had earlier recorded seven solo singles between 1964 and 1971 which were released on the [Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records) and [Polydor](/source/Polydor_Records) labels, and had appeared as a presenter on the [BBC](/source/BBC) children's show *[Crackerjack](/source/Crackerjack_(TV_series))* in 1966–69. On 31 December 1974, she appeared on UK television singing on the *[Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club](/source/Wheeltappers_and_Shunters_Social_Club)*, introduced by [Bernard Manning](/source/Bernard_Manning). Her stage name at that time was Kristine Sparkle, under which she recorded five singles and an album (*Image*) for the [Decca](/source/Decca_Records) label. She went on to co-write and record "[Devil Woman](/source/Devil_Woman_(Cliff_Richard_song))" with [Terry Britten](/source/Terry_Britten), which became a 1976 top 10 hit for [Cliff Richard](/source/Cliff_Richard), and released a further seven singles and an album (*I'm a Song*), under the name Kristine, on the [United Artists](/source/United_Artists_Records) and husband [J. J. Barrie](/source/J._J._Barrie)'s Power Exchange labels.

## Group members

### Original line-up

- [Steve Rowland](/source/Steve_Rowland_(record_producer)) – vocals, guitar, drums

- [Albert Hammond](/source/Albert_Hammond) – vocals, guitar

- [Mike Hazlewood](/source/Mike_Hazlewood) – vocals, guitar

- Pam "Zooey" Quinn – vocals (1966 – August 1969)

- Jane Harries – vocals (1966 – October 1967)

### Later members

- Sue Avory – vocals (November 1967 – 1968)

- Doreen De Veuve – vocals (1968 – June 1969)

- Christine Holmes – vocals (June 1969 – 1970)

- [Ireen Sheer](/source/Ireen_Sheer) – vocals (September 1969 – 1971)

- Sue Lynn – vocals (1971–1972)

- Sherri Lynn [Brenda Pidduck] – vocals (1970)

- Pat Arnold – vocals (session work)

## Discography

### Albums

- 1969: *[A Way of Life](/source/A_Way_of_Life_(The_Family_Dogg_album))*[2]

- 1972: *The View from Rowland's Head*[6]

- 1983: *Greatest Hits*

- 1990: *A View From Rowland's Head*

- 2000: *Sympathy*

- 2014: *A Way of Life Anthology 1967–1976*

### Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions BE (FLA) [7] BE (WA) [8] GER [9] IRE [10] NL [11] UK [12] 1967 "The Storm" — — — — — — 1968 "Silly Grin" — — — — — — "Brown Eyed Girl" — — — — — — 1969 "A Way of Life" — — 38 6 8 6 "Arizona" — — — — Tip — 1970 "Sympathy" (as Steve Rowland and the Family Dogg) 10 4 — — 1 — "When Tomorrow Comes Tomorrow" — — — — — — "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Netherlands-only release) — — — — — — 1971 "Coat of Many Colours" — — — — — — 1972 "Sweet America" — — — — — — "Rikers Island" (as Steve Rowland and the Family Dogg; US-only release) — — — — — — 1976 "Uptown, Uptempo Woman" — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-AMG_1-6) Mark Deming. ["The Family Dogg | Biography"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-family-dogg-mn0001174080/biography). AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Larkin60_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Larkin60_2-1) [Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer)), ed. (1997). *[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)* (First ed.). [Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books). p. 190. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7535-0149-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7535-0149-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_3-0)** Roberts, David (2006). *British Hit Singles & Albums* (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-904994-10-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-904994-10-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Dutch Charts"](https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?todo=notfound). *Dutchcharts.nl*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Family Dogg – Brown Eyed Girl / Let It Rain – Hansa – Germany – 14 129 AT"](http://www.45cat.com/record/14129at). 45cat. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The Family Dogg | Discography"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-family-dogg-mn0001174080/discography). AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS"](https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=family%20dogg&cat=s). *Ultratop.be*. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS"](https://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=family%20dogg&cat=s). *Ultratop.be*. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts"](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche). *Offiziellecharts.de*. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-nl_11-0)** ["Discographie Japan"](http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Japan) (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["FAMILY DOGG | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13674/family-dogg/). *Officialcharts.com*. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

## External links

- [The Family Dogg](http://alexgitlin.com/fd.html)

- [The Family Dogg](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Family+Dogg) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

- [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFamilyDogg)

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