Coven
Cover to Coven's 1969 album Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls.
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Years active	1969–2006
Genres	pop/rock
Labels	Mercury, Warner Bros. Records, MGM, Buddah
Members	Jinx Dawson Oz Osborne Steve Ross

Coven is a pop/rock band, composed of vocalist Jinx Dawson, bassist Oz Osborne (not to be confused with Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath) and drummer Steve Ross. They had a top 10 hit on Warner Brothers Records with a cover of Original Caste's "One Tin Soldier"(Coven's version ultimately became the biggest selling war protest song of all time), which was also used as the theme song to the 1971 movie Billy Jack. Image File history File links Coven-Witchcraft_Destroys_Minds. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... Warner Bros. ... MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio in 1946. ... While working at Kama Sutra Records, Art Kass was unhappy with the distribution deal with MGM Records and started Buddah Records around 1967. ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH ... Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, The Osbournes. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... One Tin Soldier is a ‘60s era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. ... Billy Jack is the second, and highest grossing, in a series of motion pictures centering on a fictional character of the same name, played by Tom Laughlin. ...

Jinx Dawson was a native of Indianapolis, Indiana who began studying opera and the occult in the late 1960s. She, Ross, and Osborne formed Coven in Chicago in the late 1960s. ^[1]. They were signed to Mercury Records, where they put out their first album, Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls in 1969. The music on the album was for the most part standard pop psychedelia; what made it distinctive was the heavy emphasis on diabolical subject matter, including songs such as "The White Witch of Rose Hall" (based on the story of Annie Palmer), "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", and "Dignitaries of Hell". The album concluded with a 13 minute track of chanting and Satanic prayers called "Satanic Mass".^[2] Nickname: Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Government  - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area  - City  372 sq mi (963. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to knowledge of the hidden.[1] In the medical sense it is used commonly to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. ... Satan frozen at the center of Cocytus, the ninth circle of Hell in Dantes Inferno. ... The White Witch, Annie Palmer, was born in Haiti. ... Mary Magdalene in prayer. ...

This content was considered highly unusual for the time. Unwanted publicity came to the band in the form of a sensationalistic Esquire magazine article entitled ""Evil Lurks in California," which linked counterculture interest in the occult to Charles Manson and the Tate-La Bianca murders. As a result of this unwanted publicity, Mercury withdrew the album from circulation.^[3] George Lois cover design for Esquire (May 1969) Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Good luck returned to Jinx Dawson when Tom Laughlin asked her to record the "One Tin Soldier" song, originally written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter and recorded by the Canadian pop group Original Caste, for his Billy Jack movie. This song charted three times, first in 1971 (#26), a new version in 1973 (#79), and a re-entry of the original version in 1974 (#73) on the Billboard Magazine's Hot 100, and was a top 10 hit in Cashbox. The song was named #1 Most Requested Song in 1972 by American Radio Broadcasters. Coven released a self-titled album in 1972 which featured "One Tin Soldier" along with "Nightengale" penned by Jinx Dawson which charted as a hot pic on Billboard & Cashbox; a third album, Blood on the Snow, was put out on Buddah Records in 1974. One of the 1st music videos ever made directly for an album title song was produced by Jinx and the Coven with Disney Studios.^[4]. In 1990 Coven appeared in the film "Heaven Can Help" with Jinx in a starring role. She wrote all the music and along with original drummer Steve Ross, new members were added to the Coven which appeared in the film. Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack Tom Laughlin (born August 10, 1931) is an American actor and director. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... Cash Box magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industry. ... While working at Kama Sutra Records, Art Kass was unhappy with the distribution deal with MGM Records and started Buddah Records around 1967. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Jinx Dawson continued to pursue a career in acting with a minor, uncredited role in the movie Cool World^[5]. She returned to music after several years as caregiver for her terminally ill father. She is set to film a PBS Special called The All time Biggest Movie Title Songs and she will soon release a live CD from Coven's infamous Goth days. ^[6]. Cool World is a 1992 live-action/animated film. ...

Extrenal Links

• "Official Coven™Jinx Dawson™ Site 3 1968-2007 ©"
• "Jinx & The Coven™1968-2007 Site2 ©"
• "~THE GOTH QUEEN™ ~ 100% OFFICIAL COVEN™ SITE No.1 ©"

References

1. ^ Occult Rock Library: Coven
2. ^ WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Kiss the Goat
3. ^ Relevance: Then and Now
4. ^ Mr. Blues Train: Metal
5. ^ IMDB
6. ^ Jinx Dawson, chapter of Little Stars