The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin Spoonful were America's answer to the Beatles! The band, led by primary songwriter, John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Zal Yanovsky, exploded onto the charts sending their first 7 singles soaring onto Billboard's tip-10 charts virtually overnight. The Spoonful formed in New York's 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!