“A Spoonful of Sugar” is a delightful, lighthearted song that helped to solidify Mary Poppins as a fan-favorite film. There’s no doubt that Julie Andrews’ irresistible interpretation of the song ...

“You can practically smell the city in the Lovin' Spoonful's No. 1 hit from summer 1966,” Ultimate Classic Rock writes about ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a kid, Jeffrey Sherman told his father, songwriter Robert Sherman, about his experience getting a polio vaccine. It sparked Robert to craft the... His Vaccine Story Inspired His Father To Write A ...

A familiar song from everyone's childhood has an interesting backstory, which carries particular resonance as the COVID-19 vaccine was administered for the first time in late 2020. On Dec. 1, 2020, ...

John Sebastian and Val Yanofsky, who became the artistic twin poles of The Lovin’ Spoonful, earned their musical stripes within the folk scene in Greenwich Village in New York City. The time was the ...

The Lovin' Spoonful today: (front row) Joe Butler, Steve Boone; (back row) Murray Weinstock, Mike Arturi and Phil Smith. Credit: Photo by Leon Volskis, courtesy of Steve Boone It was the evening of ...

This intimidating blues master was born in Mississippi but is known as one of the greatest Chicago blues artists ever. Like many other legendary blues songs, “Spoonful” was written by Willie Dixon in ...