As Sly and the family Stone sang… “It’s a Family Affair.” So who are the bands that are related, as brothers, sisters for entire families?
It’s hard to count out Gary Indiana’s Jackson 5, the Osmund’s, Bee Gees, Cowsills, the DeFranco Family, the Staple Singers (Cleotha, Pervis, and Mavis), the Dixie Cups, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, the Five Stairsteps out of Chicago (James, Dennis, Jen, Alohe, Jean and Clarence), the Beach Boys (boys Brian, Carl, Dennis, and father Murray Wilson, and cousin Mike) and the Tavares Brothers (they changed their name to simply Tavares) and finally Gladys Knight and the Pips (Gladys, Merald, and Brenda Knight from Atlanta).
Brothers in music included Johnny and Edgar Winter, the Brothers Johnson (George and Louis E. Johnson), the Everly Brothers, and the Isley Brothers. The sisters included the Ronettes, Sister Sledge, The Pointer Sisters, Lennon Sisters, Dixie Cups, and Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson)
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