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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.
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 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 ...
"Rain on the Roof" (sometimes titled "You and Me and Rain on the Roof") is a song by the American folk-rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. Written by John Sebastian, the song was released as a single in October 1966 and was included on the album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful the following month.
"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" is a song by the American folk-rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. Written by John Sebastian and Steve Boone, it was issued on a non-album single in November 1965. The song was the Spoonful's second-consecutive single to enter the top ten in the United States, peaking at number ten.
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 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]
"Younger Girl" is a song written by John Sebastian and originally recorded by his band, the Lovin' Spoonful, for their 1965 debut album Do You Believe in Magic. [3] The tune and lyric are based upon "Prison Wall Blues" (1930) by Cannon's Jug Stompers .