Editing The Lovin' Spoonful (section)

==== "Summer in the City" ====

{{listen|type=music|filename="Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful 1966.mp3|title=The end of the first bridge of "Summer in the City" |description= The Lovin' Spoonful's only number one record, "[[Summer in the City (song)|Summer in the City]]" features a harder rock style than the band's previous output.<ref name="AllMusic SitC" />}}

After having recorded two albums in the second-half of 1965, the Spoonful was stretched for new material in March{{nbsp}}1966 when they began sessions for a new single.<ref name="Summer in the City UNCUT">{{cite magazine |last=Richards |first=Sam |editor1-last=Bonner |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Making of{{nbsp}}... Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful |date=September 2021 |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|UNCUT]] |number=292 |pages=92–94 |url=https://archive.org/details/uncut-september-2021/page/92/}}</ref> While searching for inspiration, Sebastian recalled a song composed and informally recorded by his fourteen-year-old brother, Mark.<ref name="Summer in the City UNCUT" /><ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |last1=Besonen |first1=Julie |title=How 'Summer in the City' Became the Soundtrack for Every City Summer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/nyregion/summer-in-the-city-lovin-spoonful-soundtrack-for-city-summer.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601194710/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/nyregion/summer-in-the-city-lovin-spoonful-soundtrack-for-city-summer.html |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sebastian reworked the lyrics and melody of his younger brother's composition into "[[Summer in the City (song)|Summer in the City]]", and he also incorporated contributions from Boone and the session musician [[Artie Schroeck]].{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=141}} Kama Sutra did not issue "Summer in the City" immediately but instead repurposed "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" for release as a single.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=139, 141}}{{refn|group=nb|[[Quality Records]] released "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" as a single in December{{nbsp}}1965 in select Canadian cities to test its potential performance in the American market.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Chris Montez – Top Seller for Quality Records|date=May 23, 1966|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|page=7}}</ref><ref name="Music Capitals">{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Music Capitals of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 15, 1966|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> It initially reached number ten in Canada in February{{nbsp}}1966,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=9265&|title=RPM 100 (February 21, 1966) |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref> reaching number six that July after it was issued across the country.<ref name=Canada>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2819&|title=RPM 100 (July 11, 1966) |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>}} Issued in April,{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=556}} "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in June,<ref name="Billboard chart history" /> making it the band's fourth top ten single in America and their second top two record in a row.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=139}}{{refn|group=nb|[[Quality Records]] issued "Jug Band Music" as a single exclusively in Canada,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=International News Reports: Canada|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 21, 1966|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41|via=[[Google Books]]|quote="After breaking the Lovin' Spoonful's 'Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind' in Canada prior to its release in the U.S.{{nbsp}}... Quality Records has another Canadian exclusive from Kama Sutra with the Lovin' Spoonful's 'Jug Band Music,'{{nbsp}}..."}}</ref> where it reached number two in June{{nbsp}}1966.<ref name="RPM Canada">{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2920&|title=RPM 100 (June 27, 1966) |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref> "Bald Headed Lena" reached number one on Sweden's ''[[Tio i Topp]]'' chart that July.{{sfn|Hallberg|Henningsson|2012|p=450}}}} That same month, ''Do You Believe in Magic'' re-entered the Top LPs chart,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard ''Top LP's''|date=June 11, 1966|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=42}}</ref> peaking in August at number 32 after spending 16 more weeks on the chart.<ref name="Billboard chart history" />

In June{{nbsp}}1966, while in Los{{nbsp}}Angeles to play at the [[Golden Bear (nightclub)|Golden Bear]] nightclub and support the Beach Boys at the [[Hollywood Bowl]],<ref>{{cite news |title=The Golden Bear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/138878053/ |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1966 |page=19 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |quote=Two nites {{sic}} only June 22 & 23: The Lovin' Spoonful{{nbsp}}... [at] the Golden Bear{{nbsp}}...}}</ref>{{sfn|Hjort|2008|pp=99–100}} the Spoonful held a party to debut their newest single.<ref name="Taylor 6/18/66">{{cite magazine|last=Taylor|first=Derek|author-link=Derek Taylor|title=Hollywood Calling!: Look out for new Spoonful sound|magazine=[[Disc and Music Echo]]|date=June 18, 1966|page=14}}</ref> "Summer in the City" was released on July{{nbsp}}4.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=141}}{{sfn|Barone|2022|p=249}} One month later,{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=283}} it overtook [[the Troggs]]' "[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]"{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=144}} and became the band's first and only number one single in the U.S.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2012|p=75}} It held the position for three weeks, becoming what the author [[Jon Savage]] terms the "American song of the summer".{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=283}} The song also topped ''Cash Box'' and ''[[Record World]]''{{'s}} charts,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cash Box Top 100 – Week of August 20, 1966|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|date=August 20, 1966|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Record World 100 Top Pops – Week of August 20, 1966|magazine=[[Record World]]|date=August 20, 1966|page=19}}</ref> and it was number one in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2825&|title=RPM 100 (August 22, 1966) |work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=July 17, 2013 |via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref> The musicologist [[Ian MacDonald]] characterizes the song as a "cutting-edge pop [record]" and one of many "futuristic singles" to appear in 1966, representative of a time period when recorded songs began to employ sounds and effects difficult or impossible to recreate during a live performance; when the Spoonful played the song in concert, Sebastian was unable to both sing and play the piano part simultaneously, and Butler instead performed lead vocal duties.{{sfn|MacDonald|2007|pp=202n3, 214n1}} After "Daydream" reached number two in the U.K.,<ref name="UK charts" /> expectations were similarly high for "Summer in the City", but it failed to enter the top five of the British charts;{{sfn|Williams|2002|p=69}} it instead peaked at number eight on the [[UK Singles Chart|''Record Retailer'' chart]].<ref name="UK charts" /> Coincident with the single's release, the band reiterated their plans for a second tour of Britain and continental Europe, to be held over two weeks in September and October with the English singer [[Dusty Springfield]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Lovin' Spoonful sign for October tour|date=July 2, 1966|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Dusty, Spoon Tour|date=July 16, 1966|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|page=6|quote=Dusty Springfield and the Lovin' Spoonful are to tour Britain for two weeks at the end of September [1966].{{nbsp}}... The tour will probably open at the Finsbury Park Empire on September 27 and will play major concert dates.}}</ref><ref name="Spoonful-Springfield tour">{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=International Section: Great Britain|date=September 24, 1966|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|page=60|quote=[The] Spanish group Los Bravos [are] replacing the Spoonful on Dusty Springfield's autumn British tour{{nbsp}}...}}</ref> Only weeks before it began, the band withdrew from the tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title='Shame about the Spoonful'|magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]|date=October 8, 1966|page=8}}</ref><ref name="Spoonful-Springfield tour "/><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Vaudevilles Replace Bravos|date=October 8, 1966|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=4|quote=The New Vaudeville Band have replaced Los Bravos on the Dusty Springfield–Alan Price Set tour.{{nbsp}}... Before the tour began, the Lovin' Spoonful said they would not appear and Los Bravos were signed to take their place.}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Paul Williams wrote that the Spoonful opted to delay their appearance after "Summer in the City" failed to enter the top five in the U.K.{{sfn|Williams|2002|p=69}} Asked for comment by ''[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]'' magazine, the talent manager [[Tito Burns]] said that negotiations for the Spoonful's appearance broke down over "a terrible misunderstanding".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Big US Groups to Tour Here: Spoonful due in May|magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]|date=November 19, 1966|page=5}}</ref> Dan Moriarty, the band's publicist,{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=79, 115}} told ''Disc'' that the band had to delay the tour after sessions for their album ''Hums'' were delayed.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Lovin' Spoonful – why we didn't come to Britain |magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]|date=September 17, 1966|page=7}}</ref>}} As they announced their withdrawal, the band announced plans to return to Britain in April{{nbsp}}1967 for a three-week tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Spoonful Tour Here in April |magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]|date=September 17, 1966|page=4}}</ref>

In July{{nbsp}}1966,{{sfn|Unterberger|2003|pp=265–266}} the Spoonful played to a crowd of 65,000 at that year's [[Newport Folk Festival]] in [[Rhode Island]].{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=126}} [[Electric Dylan controversy|Bob Dylan had generated controversy]] at the previous year's festival when he performed a set of electric rock,{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=126}}{{sfn|Unterberger|2003|p=266}} but at the 1966 festival, the Spoonful and several other electric bands appeared, including [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Chuck Berry]] and [[the Blues Project]].{{sfn|Wald|2015|p=298}} The Spoonful was well received and received no pushback over their appearance.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=126}}{{sfn|Unterberger|2003|p=266}} In an article recounting the festival for ''[[The New York Times]]'', the critic [[Robert Shelton (critic)|Robert Shelton]] suggested that the band's warm reception "reflected the growing acceptance of folk-rock and other amalgamations of contemporary folk songs with electric instruments".{{sfn|Unterberger|2003|p=266}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shelton |first1=Robert |author1-link=Robert Shelton (critic) |title=A Fare-Thee-Well for Newport Sing: 6th Folk Festival Ends, But All Did Not Go Smoothly |url=https://nyti.ms/47suqlM |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 25, 1966 |page=L23 |language=en |via=[[TimesMachine]]}}</ref>