The Lovin' Spoonful

Le Groupe se forme en 1955 à New York City. Leur nom 'cuillerée d'amour' fait non pas référence à la prise de drogue mais à la cuillère remplie d'eau et de sucre donnée aux enfants pour faire passer les médicaments. En fait, c'est un morceau de phrase d'une de leurs chansons favorites 'Coffee Blues', du bluesman John Hurt.

    De 1965 à 1970, le groupe figure régulièrement dans le Top 100 et atteint même à sept reprise la septième place: ''Do You Beleive In Magic', 'You Didn't Have To Be So Nice' en 1965 'Daydream', Did Yoy Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind', 'Summer In The City', 'Rain On The Roof', 'Nashville Cats' en 1966.

    La plupart des paroles de leurs chansons sont originales et surprenantes; leur caractère gentil et amical s'inscrit parfaitement dans l'époque du flower-power, pendant laquelle le groupe a obtenu ses plus grands succès.

    Le groupe se sépare en 1968 après le départ de Yanovsky. John SEBASTIAN fait un come-back solo deux ans plus tard à l'occasion du Festival de Woodstock. En 1974, il forme une seconde version des LOVIN' SPOONFUL.

    Les Lovin Spoonful jouaient au Night Owl, club de Greenwich Village à New York.

Discographie par années

1965

• 08.1965 Do You Believe In Magic/On The Road Again (Kama Sutra US 201)

• 11.1965 Do You Believe In Magic (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8050) Do You Believe In Magic (08.1965)/Blues In The Bottle/Sportin' Life/My Gal/You Baby/Fishin' Blues/Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind/Wild About My Lovin'/Other Side Of This Life/Younger Girl/On The Road Again (08.1965)/Night Owl Blues

• 11.1965 You Didn't Have To Be So Nice/My Gal (Kama Sutra US 205)

1966 

• 02.1966 Daydream/Night Owl Blues (11.1965) (Kama Sutra US 208)

• 03.1966 Daydream (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8051) Daydream (02.1966)/There She Is/It's Not Time Now/Warm Baby/Day Blues/Let The Boy Rock And Roll/Jug Band Music/Didn't Want To Have To Do It/You Didn't Have To be So Nice (11.1965)/Bald Headed Lena/Butchie's Tune/Big Noise From Speonk

• 04.1966 Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind (11.1965)/Didn't Want To Have To Do It (03.1966) (Kama Sutra US 209)
• 07.1966 Summer In The City/Fishin' Blues (11.1965) (Kama Sutra US 211)

• 08.1966 "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" soundtrack (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8053) Introduction/To Flick/Grey Prison Blues/Pow Revisited/Unconscious Minuet/Fishin' Blues (11.1965)/Cool Millions/Speaking Of Spoken/Looking To Spy/Phil's Love Theme/End Title

• 10.1966 Rain On The Roof/Pow (Kama Sutra US 216)

• 11.1966 Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8054) Lovin' You/ Bes' Friends/Voodoo In My Basement/Darlin' Companion/Henry Thomas/Full Measure/Rain On The Roof (10.1966)/Coconut Grove/Four Eyes/Summer In The City (07.1966)

• 12.1966 Nashville Cats/Full Measure (11.1966) (Kama Sutra US 219)

1967  

• 02.1967 Darling Be Home Soon/Darlin' Companion (11.1966) (Kama Sutra US 220)

• 03.1967 "You're A Big Boy Now" soundtrack (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8058) You're A Big Boy Now/Lonely: Amy's Theme/Wash Her Away/Kite Chase/Try And Happy/Peep Show Percussion/March/Girl Beautiful Girl/Darling Be Home Soon (02.1967)/Dixieland Big Boy/Letter To Barbara/Barbara's Theme/Miss Thing's Thang/Finale

• 04.1967 Six O'Clock/Finale (03.1967) (Kama Sutra US 225)
• 06.1967 You're A Big Boy Now (03.1967)/Lonely (Amy's Theme) (03.1967) (Kama Sutra US 231)
• 10.1967 She Is Still A Mystery/Only Pretty, What Pity (Kama Sutra US 239)

• 12.1967 Everything Playing (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8061) She Is Still A Mystery (10.1967)/Priscillia Millionaira/Boredom/Six O'Clock (04.1967)/Forever/Younger Generation/Money/Old Folks/Only Pretty, What A Pity (10.1967)/Try A Little Bit/Close Your Eyes

• 12.1967 Money/Close Your Eyes (Kama Sutra US 241)

1968  

• 05.1968 Never Going Back/Forever (12.1967) (Kama Sutra US 250)
• ??.1968 Till I Run With You/Revelation: Revolution '69 (Kama Sutra US 251)
• ??.1968 Me About You/Amazing Air (Kama Sutra US 255)

• 12.1968 Revelation: Revolution '69 (Kama Sutra US KLPS 8073) War Games/Only Yesterday/Amazing Air/Never Going Back (05.1968)/The Prophet/Till I Run With You/Jug Of Wine/Me About You/Words/Revelation: Revolution '69