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Zoe Yanovsky Zalman may have had a certain element of self-sabotage. On “The Ed Sullivan Show” he purposefully sang the wrong lyrics.
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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.
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.
Jul 7, 2022 · A lovin’ tribute to one of the unsung Jewish heroes of rock ‘n’ roll. For a time, Zal Yanovsky was an effective foil for John Sebastian, but it was not to last. The Lovin’ Spoonful pose on ...
The core of The Lovin' Spoonful were John Sebastian, who was born on March 17th, 1944 in New York, and Zalman Yanovsky, who was born on 19th December 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They first met as guests invited to Cass Elliot's house to watch the Beatles' U.S. TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964.
Zalman ‘Zal’ Yanovsky was a founder-member of The Lovin’ Spoonful, one of the best-loved, most fondly-recalled of North American pop bands of the mid-1960s. As their lead guitarist, he added deft musical colourations to their sound, being able to effortlessly jump styles.
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May 5, 2023 · 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 blues band the Lovin’ Spoonful (named after a line in the Mississippi John Hurt song “Coffee Blues”) was born.