The Poppy Family was a late 1960s-early 1970s Canadian pop musical group based in Vancouver, British Columbia. A product of the "Hippie generation," they brought a cleaner cut image, capitalizing on the vocal talents and good looks of Susan Jacks. Some have described the group as Canada's equivalent of the Carpenters in that both groups featured a female vocalist and specialized in catchy but ultimately melancholy middle-of-the-road pop tunes (although, unlike the Carpenters, which were a brother-sister duo, the Poppy Family was fronted by a husband-wife team). They were likened to the Cowsills as well. Managed and produced by Susan's husband Terry Jacks (vocals/guitar), with Craig McCaw (guitar) and Satwan Singh (drums), the group recorded two albums, from which came their best known songs "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" (No. 1 in Canada and No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard charts) and the Top 30 tear-jerker "That's Where I Went Wrong" (both 1970). "Wh

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