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• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members the Lovin' Spoonful came to prominence once the frenzied response to the British Invasion of the mid- to late-1960s began to die down. Massive hit tunes like "Do You Believe In Magic?" and even the slightly harder-edged "Summer In the City" relied on folk rock foundations and a generally sunny disposition to usher in a movement towards poppier fare as the youth of America closed in on the "Summer of Love."

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: New York City
  2. Years active: 1965-1968, 1992-present
  3. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000
  4. Discography Wikipedia: The Lovin' Spoonful Discography
  5. Sometimes referred to as the American Beatles
  6. "Summer In the City" hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts, the band's only song to do so

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