Two sun-kissed songs square off against each other in the first round of Ultimate Classic Rock's quest to find the Greatest Summer Song. You can vote for either the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the mid-Sixties, the Lovin' Spoonful were one the most innovative and well-regarded bands around. Yanovsky's whimsical, wild, ...

Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider were the co-creators of The Monkees. The band has long been compared to The Beatles. During a 2012 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rafelson discussed how the ...

Knowing which way the musical winds are blowing is an underrated part of success in the industry. Getting caught at the start of your career playing music that comes off as dated or passé can be ...

If you can’t beat them, join them. That was the unspoken musical philosophy of the Lovin’ Spoonful, the tuneful American rock band that from 1965 to 1967 responded to the Beatles and the British ...

Motown was a significant influence on a number of classic rock bands. For example, two Supremes songs inspired The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Daydream.” Notably, it was difficult to put the latter song ...

This article originally appeared in issue three of Crawdaddy Magazine in March 1966. “That good-time music…now it‘s back on the radio!” sang John Sebastian last summer. He was ahead of his time. But ...