The twangy grandeur of Zal Yanovsky’s big guitar riff on the Lovin’ Spoonful’s You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice made it a Top 10 hit in the winter of 1965-’66. The track also caught the ear of Brian ...

Back in 1965, when I was 16, my friends and I considered ourselves way too cool for top-40 AM radio, which didn’t play enough folk, blues, R&B or early rock ‘n’ roll. Then I heard a new song that ...

SONGWRITERS HAVE several options for the middle section of a song, or “bridge. ” They can hum. They can whistle. They can use wordless vocal harmonies. Endless varieties of orchestration have been ...

TORONTO - Former Lovin' Spoonful guitarist Zal Yanovsky, who traded in the wild rock star life for a quiet existence as a restaurant owner in Canada, has died, the Toronto Star reported Sunday. The ...

KINGSTON, ONTARIO - Zal Yanovsky, a guitar player with the Lovin’ Spoonful, a 1960s group known for hits such as Do You Believe in Magic and Summer in the City, has died at age 57, his family said. Mr ...

Zal Yanovsky, 57, whose distinctive guitar playing and ebullient personality helped make the Lovin” Spoonful one of the most popular rock groups of the late 1960s, died of a heart attack Friday at his ...

Zal Yanovsky, 57, a guitar player with the 1960s group the Lovin’ Spoonful, died of a heart attack Friday in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Yanovsky founded the band with singer-guitarist John Sebastian.

The first seven singles by The Lovin’ Spoonful are all great, really great, and all were hits. Top Ten in the band’s US home. International hits too. Arriving in a torrent over July 1965 to November ...

The first time bassist Steve Boone met a couple of guitarists named John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky, at a Greenwich Village music club in December 1964, they jammed on some Chuck Berry songs and ’50s ...

Zal Yanovsky, a guitar player with the Lovin' Spoonful, a 1960s group known for hits such as "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic" and "Summer in the City," has died at age 57, his family said.