One of the integral bands in US during the 1960's, challenging the British Invasion for top spots on the pop charts. The Lovin' Spoonful were of the most successful bands of the decade releasing an onslaught of hits that included 'Do You Believe in Magic?,' 'You Didn't Have to Be So Nice,' 'Summer in the City,' 'Daydream,' 'Rain on the Roof,' and 'Nashville Cats.'
The band was considered to be in the folk-rock genre, but really resided into more of a pop-rock style with their influences. Their songs were fun, quirky, and lighthearted in nature, and honest and sincere when they wanted them to be. The Lovin' Spoonful were really a singles band as they tended to lack the depth of other contemporaries such as The Byrds. Their music would continue to peak the charts until 1968 when John Sebastian would leave the group to go solo. This came off the release of Everything Playing and the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola's second film You're A Big Boy Now proving to be the last real successes for The Lovin' Spoonful.
Sebastian went on to have some moderate success as a singer/songwriter. Bassist Steve Boone along with Joe Butler, and Jerry Yester would reform and tour collectively as The Lovin' Spoonful. Live at the Hotel Seville, the first new Lovin' Spoonful album in three decades, was released in 1999.
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