THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL
The Lovin’ Spoonful are an American rock band, inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and best known for a number of hit songs in the 1960’s including “Summer in the City”, “Do You Believe In Magic”, “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?”, and “Daydream”, among others. (More from Wikipedia)
The band, now redubbed the Magicians, added Allan “Jake” Jacobs (guitar and vocals) and John Townley (guitar and bass) when Mike Appel and Everett Jacobs left the band. The band became better known when they replaced the Lovin’ Spoonful as the house band at the Night Owl nightclub in the Village. At one point, Felix Pappalardi – later of the hard rock band Mountain – was interested in joining up as the bass guitarist, but it didn’t work out. They even managed to score an appearance on a local CBS television show called Eye on New York – quite a coup considering that they did not have a hit song or an album.
(December 2011)
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The Mamas and the Papas are another band featuring both men and women that had enduring popularity throughout the British Invasion years. The complicated story of their formation and the other musicians who moved in and out of their circles – which included John Sebastian and Zal Yanofsky of the Lovin’ Spoonful – is related in their song “Creeque Alley”. Considerably more drama would follow during and after the Mamas and the Papas had their hit-making run.
(November 2013)
