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Jul 11, 2023 · 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 Wilson, inspiring him to write the Beach Boys classic, God Only Knows.
Zalman Yanovsky (December 19, 1944 – December 13, 2002) was a Canadian folk-rock musician and restaurateur. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky and teacher Nechama Yanovsky (née Gemeril), who died in 1958. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John ...
- Ruby. Yes one of the best songs of all time... Heard this back when I was a kid and fell in love with it... And I still listen to it... There's just something magical about this song...
- I Predict a Riot. If this song had never have been made, there would definitely have been a riot! Think this is an ace song and gets everyone up dancing and singing (or shouting, laugh out loud).
- Everyday I Love You Less and Less. This song is called 'Every Day I Love You Less And Less' but for some reason every time I hear it I love it more and more!
- Never Miss a Beat. This song is awesome, so represents the the life of an average teenager. It's awesome, can't get it out of my head... If more baptists wrote like this the world of music would be a better place.
- Eric Kamau
- Ruby. Number one on our top 10 songs from the Kaiser Chiefs is the impressive hit “Ruby.” The song is featured on the band’s sophomore studio album Yours Truly, Angry Mob.
- I Predict a Riot. We get to enjoy the Kaiser Chiefs’ power pop-indie rock musical directions with the second pick on our list, “I Predict a Riot.” The song is yet another impressive pick featured on the band’s album Employment.
- Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Ranking third on our top 10 songs from the Kaiser Chiefs is the fast-paced hit “Everyday I Love You Less and Less.”
- Never Miss a Beat. “Never Miss a Beat” remains one of the most sought-after singles issued by the Kaiser Chiefs. The song serves as the lead single to the band’s third full-length studio album Off with Their Heads.
- Early Life
- Early Career
- The Lovin’ Spoonful
- Breakup of The Band
- Career After The Lovin’ Spoonful
- Noted Restauranteur
- Honours
Zal Yanovsky was the child of Eastern European immigrants. His Ukrainian father, Avrom Yanovsky, was a political cartoonist for the Communist Party of Canada’s Canadian Tribune newspaper. Zal’s mother, Nechama Yanovsky (née Gemeril), was Polish and worked as a teacher. She was also regarded as one of Toronto’s foremost experts in Yiddish. (See Jewi...
After meeting Denny Doherty, Yanovsky was invited to join the folk trio he played in, The Halifax Three. They changed their name to The Halifax Three Plus One. The group released a pair of albums with Epic Records and toured as part of the “Original Hootenanny USA” with The Journeyman before breaking up in late 1963. Yanovsky then had a brief stint...
When The Mugwumps broke up in 1965, Elliot and Doherty formed The Mamas and the Papas. Yanovsky stayed in New York City and hooked up with a trio of Greenwich Village musicians: singer, songwriter and harmonica player John Sebastian; bassist Steve Boone and drummer Joe Butler. The folk-rock and bluesband the Lovin’ Spoonful (named after a line in t...
In 1966, Yanovsky and bassist Steve Boone were arrested in San Francisco for marijuana possession. As part of a deal to avoid prosecution and deportation, Yanovsky named his supplier. This resulted in a lot of negative press and a fierce backlash from the counterculture, who now saw Yanovsky as a snitch. At the same time, Yanovsky grew increasingly...
In 1968, Yanovsky released a solo record of psychedelic folk-rock, Alive and Well in Argentina, which went nowhere. In 1969, Yanovsky co-produced Tim Buckley’s Happy Sad. For a brief period in 1970, he joined Kris Kristofferson’s band as lead guitarist for a European tour that included a performance at the famed counterculture Isle of Wight Festiva...
Hounded by the counterculture and disenchanted with the music business, Yanovsky returned to Canada and eventually switched careers. In 1979, with his second wife, Rose Richardson, Yanovsky opened a restaurant in a restored 19th-century limestone livery stable in Kingston, Ontario, called Chez Piggy. In 1991, Yanovksy and Richardson published The C...
Inductee, Canadian Music Hall of Fame(1996)Inductee (The Lovin’ Spoonful), Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2000)Inductee (The Lovin’ Spoonful), Vocal Group Hall of Fame (2006)Jul 7, 2022 · Despite their seven Top 10 hits — including 1966’s chart-topping hot pavement anthem “Summer in the City” — and their (belated) induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Lovin’...
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Dec 12, 2020 · The fun started when “Do You Believe in Magic” hit the charts—just seven months after the group had formed—and fame for Yanovsky, the onetime resident of Toronto’s Club Automatic Laundry, was sealed.
