The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin' Spoonful was an American pop-rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. The band's name was inspired by a song of Mississippi John Hurt's about Maxwell House Coffee, called the "Coffee Blues".

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American - Pop - Rock - 1960s - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 2000 - Mississippi John Hurt - Maxwell House

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The band had its roots in a John Sebastian group called the Mugwumps, which split to form the Lovin' Spoonful and the Mamas and Papas. Sebastian was joined by Zal Yanovsky in the Spoonful. The band also featured popular drummer-vocalist Joseph Campbell Butler and bassist Steve Boone.

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John Sebastian - Mugwumps - Mamas and Papas - Zal Yanovsky - Joseph Campbell Butler

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The Lovin' Spoonful became part of the American response to the British Invasion and was noted for such folk-flavored hits as "Jug Band Music", "Do You Believe in Magic", "You Didn't Have to be So Nice", "Summer in the City", "Daydream", "Nashville Cats", "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind", "Six O'Clock", and "Younger Girl". The chart-topping band were originally to perform on the television show that became The Monkees, and also gained an added bit of publicity when Butler replaced Jim Rado in the role of Claude for a sold-out four-month run with the Broadway production of the rock musical Hair.

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British Invasion - Do You Believe in Magic - Summer in the City - Daydream - Television - The Monkees - Jim Rado - Hair

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