The Lovin 'Spoonful

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The Lovin 'Spoonful
The Lovinʼ Spoonful, 1965
The Lovinʼ Spoonful, 1965
General information
Genre (s) Rock , blues , jazz , country music
founding 1965, 1980, 2000
resolution 1969
Website www.lovinspoonful.com
Founding members
Vocals, guitar, harmonica
John Benson Sebastian
guitar
Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky († 2002)
Electric bass
John Stephen Boone
Drums
John Campbell Butler
Current occupation
singing
John Campbell Butler
guitar
Jerry Yester (since 1967)
Electric bass
John Stephen Boone
Drums
Mike Arturi
guitar
Phil Smith

The Lovin 'Spoonful is an American rock band formed in New York in January 1965 .

Band history

John Sebastian is the son of a famous harmonica player and began his musical career with Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty in a band called The Mugwumps . After the latter left the band to found The Mamas and the Papas , Sebastian formed the group The Lovin 'Spoonful together with Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky.

The band's name comes from the song Coffee Blues by Mississippi John Hurt and can drug use or ejaculation rewrite.

The group quickly got a record deal . As a result, the debut album Do You Believe in Magic? , whose title song became the first single hit. A whole series of pop singles followed by 1968, most of which occupied the top chart positions and sold millions of copies.

On August 13, 1966, the rock number Summer in the City, which was somewhat harder than her other songs, made it to number 1 on the American charts . It remained the band's only number one hit.

The group was also very successful with film scores, including for What's Up, Tiger Lily? by Woody Allen (1967) or You're a Big Boy Now (1968).

In 1967 Yanovsky left the band due to personal difficulties and was replaced by Jerry Yester, whose brother Jim Yester played for The Association . A year later, when John Sebastian also left to start a solo career, The Lovin 'Spoonful broke up after the release of the album Revolution '69 .

In 1980 all of the original group members met and played songs for the soundtrack of the film One Trick Pony by and with Paul Simon . It remained a one-time affair, however. In 2000 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .

The Lovin 'Spoonful knew how to fuse all American styles of music from blues to jazz to country music into appealing rock . A number of hits emerged, including Do You Believe in Magic , Summer in the City and Daydream . The band was originally supposed to play in the television series that became popular under the name The Monkees .

Zal Yanovsky passed away in 2002. For personal reasons, John Sebastian no longer appears with Lovin 'Spoonful. Boone, Butler and Yester continue to tour with changing accompanying musicians under the old band name, with Butler as the singer.

In 2012 the song Do You Believe in Magic? on "Meet the Pyro", a trailer for the game Team Fortress 2 from Valve used.

Jerry Yester was expelled from the group in 2017 after being arrested on child pornography allegations.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US
1965 Do You Believe in Magic - US32 (35 weeks)
US
First published: November 1965
1966 Daydream UK8 (11 weeks)
UK
US10 (31 weeks)
US
First published: March 1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily? - US126 (9 weeks)
US
First release: September 1966
Soundtrack: What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Hums of the Lovin 'Spoonful - US14 (26 weeks)
US
First published: November 1966
1967 The Best of the Lovin 'Spoonful - US3
gold
gold

(52 weeks)US
First release: March 1967
Best of album
You're a Big Boy Now - US160 (5 weeks)
US
First published: April 1967
1968 Everything Playing - US118 (7 weeks)
US
First published: December 1967
The Best of the Lovin 'Spoonful, Vol. 2 - US156 (5 weeks)
US
First release: March 1968
best-of album
1976 The Best ... Lovin 'Spoonful - US183 (3 weeks)
US
First release: April 1976
best of album

More albums

  • 1966: What's Shakin '
  • 1968: Revelation: Revolution '69 (featuring Joe Butler)
  • 1968: 24 Karat Hits: A Double Dozen of All Time Best Sellers by The Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 1997: Summer in the City
  • 1999: Live at the Hotel Seville

Compilations

  • 1968: The Best of The Lovin 'Spoonful (2 LPs)
  • 1970: The Very Best of The Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 1970: John Sebastian Song Book Vol. 1
  • 1971: Once Upon a Time
  • 1971: Golden Spoonful: Daydream / Hums of the Lovin 'Spoonful (2 LPs)
  • 1972: Pop History Vol. 5 (feat. John Sebastian )
  • 1975: Golden Hour of the Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 1975: A Spoon Full of Hits
  • 1976: 22 Hits from the Incomparable (2 LPs)
  • 1976: The Best ...
  • 1977: The File Series (2 LPs)
  • 1978: Sus Mayores Éxitos (2 LPs)
  • 1978: Golden Super Hits of The Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 1979: ... So nice
  • 1979: The Great Years
  • 1980: Greatest Hits
  • 1981: The Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 1981: Portrait (2 LPs)
  • 1981: Summer in the City - The Best of The Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 1982: Distant Echoes
  • 1982: The Pick of ... Greatest Hits
  • 1983: Best in the West
  • 1984: The Best of The Lovin 'Spoonful Volume Two
  • 1986: Jug Band Music
  • 1988: The EP Collection
  • 1988: The Collection
  • 1988: Daydreaming with The Lovin 'Spoonful - 20 Greatest Hits
  • 1988: The Lovin 'Spoonful (Do You Believe in Magic? / Everything Playing) (2 LPs)
  • 1989: Summer in the City - 19 Great Songs
  • 1990: Anthology
  • 1991: A Spoonful of Soundtracks (What's Up Tiger Lily? / You're a Big Boy Now)
  • 1994: Daydreamer
  • 1996: Kama Sutra Box (4 CDs)
  • 1997: Collector's Edition Vol. 1
  • 2005: Singles A's & B's (2 CDs)
  • 2011: Do You Believe in Magic + Daydream (2 CDs)
  • 2011: You're a Big Boy Now + Everything Playing
  • 2011: What's Up Tiger Lily? + Hums of the Lovin 'Spoonful
  • 2011: Original Album Classics (5 CDs)

EPs

  • 1966: Jug Band Music
  • 1966: Day Blues
  • 1966: Summer in the City
  • 1967: Lovin 'You
  • 1975: The Big Four from The Lovin 'Spoonful (2 × 7inch single)
  • 1988: Summer in the City

Singles

year title
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments)
Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1965 Do You Believe in Magic
Do You Believe in Magic
- - US9 (13 weeks)
US
First published: August 1965
Author: John Sebastian; Producer: Erik Jacobsen
Grammy Hall of Fame , Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , number 216 of the Rolling Stone 500
You Didn't Have to Be so Nice
Daydream
- - US10 (12 weeks)
US
First published: November 1965
Authors: John Sebastian, Steve Boone
1966 Daydream
Daydream
DE30 (4 weeks)
DE
UK2 (13 weeks)
UK
US2 (12 weeks)
US
First published: February 1966
Author: John Sebastian
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
Do You Believe In Magic
- - US2 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 1966
Author: John Sebastian
Summer in the City
Hums Of The Lovin 'Spoonful
DE5 (12 weeks)
DE
UK8 (11 weeks)
UK
US1
gold
gold

(11 weeks)US
First published: June 1966
Authors: John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Mark Sebastian; Producer: Paul Leka
Grammy Hall of Fame, 393th place in the Rolling Stone 500
Rain on the Roof
Hums Of The Lovin 'Spoonful
- - US10 (10 weeks)
US
First published: September 1966
Author: John Sebastian
Nashville Cats
Hums Of The Lovin 'Spoonful
- UK26 (7 weeks)
UK
US8 (10 weeks)
US
First published: November 1966
Author: John Sebastian
1967 Full Measure
Hums Of The Lovin 'Spoonful
- - US87 (3 weeks)
US
First published: December 1966
Authors: John Sebastian, Steve Boone
Darling Be Home Soon
You're A Big Boy Now OST
- UK44 (2 weeks)
UK
US15 (8 weeks)
US
First published: January 1967
Author: John Sebastian
Film: Big Boy, now you're going to be a man!
Six O'Clock
Everything Playing
- - US18 (8 weeks)
US
First published: April 1967
Author: John Sebastian
She Is Still a Mystery
Everything Playing
- - US27 (6 weeks)
US
First published: October 1967
Author: John Sebastian
1968 Money
Everything Playing
- - US48 (6 weeks)
US
First published: December 1967
Author: John Sebastian
Never Going Back
Revelation: Revolution '69
- - US73 (5 weeks)
US
First published: July 1968
Authors: John Stewart , John Sebastian
1969 Me About You
Revelation: Revolution '69
- - US91 (2 weeks)
US
First published: January 1969
Author: John Sebastian

More singles

  • 1965: Younger Girl
  • 1966: Didn't Want to Have to Do It
  • 1966: Jug Band Music
  • 1966: Goodtime Music
  • 1966: Baldheaded Lena
  • 1966: What's Up, Tiger Lily?
  • 1967: Something in the Night
  • 1968: (Til I) Run with You
  • 2011: Alley Oop

literature

  • Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3. revised Ed., New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press 1989, p. 422 f. ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .
  • US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

swell

  1. ^ Plates and facts
  2. Eric vd Luft: Die at the Right Time !: A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties . Contrary Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-933237-39-8 ( google.de [accessed on August 2, 2020]).
  3. Debra Devi: The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu . True Nature Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-62407-185-0 ( google.de [accessed August 2, 2020]).
  4. For more information on the title see: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits , 3rd revised. and expanded ed., New York City, New York: Billboard Publications 1992, p. 205.
  5. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lovin 'Spoonful in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
  6. a b Chart sources: DE Singles UK Singles UK Albums US
  7. a b Gold / Platinum awards: RIAA database (USA)
  8. ^ The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll , Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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