The Lovin' Spoonful

American band founded in 1965
Organization musical_group Q1053608
The Lovin' Spoonful
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The Lovin' Spoonful

Summary

The Lovin' Spoonful is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,508 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Lovin' Spoonful is the creator of Milton Glaser[3].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful received the Grammy Hall of Fame[4].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful received the Grammy Hall of Fame[5].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[6].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's instance of is recorded as musical group[7].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's genre is rock music[8].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's genre is folk rock[9].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's genre is pop music[10].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's genre is pop rock[11].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's record label is recorded as Kama Sutra[12].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's discography is recorded as The Lovin' Spoonful discography[13].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's Commons category is recorded as The Lovin' Spoonful[14].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Jan Carl[16].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises John Sebastian[17].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Zal Yanovsky[18].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Joe Butler[19].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Steve Boone[20].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Jerry Yester[21].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Mike Arturi[22].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful comprises Phil Smith[23].
  • January 1, 1965 marks the founding of The Lovin' Spoonful[24].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's location of formation is recorded as New York City[25].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's official website is recorded as http://www.lovinspoonful.com[26].
  • The Lovin' Spoonful's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Lovin' Spoonful[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1964[30]

  • Genre(s): folk pop, folk rock, pop rock, psychedelic pop, rock, sunshine pop[31]

  • Community tags: film soundtrack, folk pop, folk rock, pop rock, psychedelic pop, rock, sunshine pop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: abc08d4f-4e3c-4b5a-b1e8-d324cd6a2f92[33]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1965 marks the founding of The Lovin' Spoonful[24]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[25].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Hall of Fame[4], an award[34], founded in 1973[35] and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[6], a music museum[36], in United States[37], founded in 1983[38].

Why It Matters

The Lovin' Spoonful ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,508 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did The Lovin' Spoonful receive?

Honors received include Grammy Hall of Fame[4], Grammy Hall of Fame[5], and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . spirit-of-rock.com. spirit-of-rock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . karaoke-version.com. karaoke-version.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . musicbloodline.info. musicbloodline.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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