The Lovin Spoonful were Americas answer to the Beatles! The band, led by John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Zal Yanovsky, exploded onto the charts sending their first 7 singles soaring onto Billboards top-10 charts virtually overnight.
The Spoonful formed in New Yorks Greenwich Village in 1965 at the Night Owl Café and signed to Kama Sutra Records. They appeared on every major TV show of the era: The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullabaloo and Shindig! Their first single, Do You Believe in Magic, flew to the top of the charts and was followed by an unprecedented string of hits including: Daydream, Younger Girl, Summer in the City, You Didnt Have to Be So Nice, Darling Be Home Soon, Jug band Music, Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind, Lovin You, Didnt Want to Have to Do it, Rain on the Roof, Six Oclock, Nashville Cats, Coconut Grove, and Shes Still a Mystery (to Me).
The band was so influential that such music legends as Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson cited them as forces of inspiration as did so many others. John Lennon call them tunesmiths!
Today the Lovin Spoonful tours with founding member, Steve Boone, and Jeff Alan Ross, Bill Cinque, Rob Bonfiglio and Mike Auturi. Together they faithfully celebrate the rich, good-time catalog of hits that made them one of the worlds most beloved groups of the 60s. The Lovin Spoonful was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.