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The Lovin' Spoonful served as a support act during the tour for the American girl group the Supremes, and the two groups traveled together on the same bus. [2] [3] The Spoonful generally enjoyed the experience but found the schedule physically exhausting, and Sebastian additionally missed his girlfriend, Loretta "Lorey" Kaye. [4]
A sound-alike version in the style of the Lovin' Spoonful's version was used in the 1966 British Antonioni film Blowup. No artist is credited on the soundtrack CD. [21] Bud Shank on his 1967 album A Spoonful of Jazz; Dick Rosmini recorded it for his 1969 album A Genuine Rosmini; The Good Brothers included it on their 1980 album Best of the Good ...
The song was the Spoonful's second-consecutive single to enter the top ten in the United States, peaking at number ten. It was later included on the band's second album, Daydream, released in March 1966. Boone's initial inspiration for the song was a remark he made on a date with Nurit Wilde. He began the piece as a basic melodic figure on the ...
The Lovin' Spoonful is an American folk-rock band formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1964.The band were among the most popular groups in the United States for a short period in the mid-1960s and their music and image influenced many of the contemporary rock acts of their era.
Billboard described the song as a "medium-paced rock ballad given that 'extra special' Lovin' Spoonful treatment" and should be a "smash" on the Billboard Hot 100. [6] The critic Richard Goldstein, one of the earliest champions of the Spoonful, [7] criticized the song as the band's first disappointing single. [8]
The Lovin' Spoonful recorded most of Daydream in four days at Bell Sound Studios in New York City, from December 13 to 16, 1965. [3] Some songs had been recorded in November, including the non-album single "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice". [4] [5] Sessions also took place at Columbia Studios in New York City and RCA in Hollywood, Los Angeles. [5]
The Spoonful's management was mindful of the success of groups with multiple vocalists, like the Beatles and the Byrds, and they encouraged the band to trade lead vocal responsibilities; [38] on Do You Believe in Magic, Sebastian sang lead on most songs, but the drummer Joe Butler also sang twice ("You Baby" and "The Other Side of This Life ...
He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964. In 1967 he left the Lovin' Spoonful and was replaced by Jerry Yester. Yanovsky released a solo album in 1968 titled Alive and Well in Argentina. In 1971 he retired from music and became a restaurateur, opening his own restaurant in ...