"Summer in the City" was released in the summer of nineteen sixty-six and was one of the Lovin' Spoonful's greatest hits.

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(THE WHO - "SUMMERTIME BLUES") The Lovin' Spoonful was a band that did not love summers in the city because of the heat.

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(LOVIN' SPOONFUL - "SUMMER IN THE CITY") Even though it was hot, Sly and the Family Stone still found ways to have fun in the summertime.

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John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin' Spoonful, and Cass Elliott and Denny Doherty of The Mamas and the Papas all started off in the group.

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Sebastian and Yanovsky then teamed up with Joe Butler and Steve Boone to form The Lovin' Spoonful, and it wasn't long before they made an impact on the charts with such songs as Do You Believe in Magic, Daydream and Summer in the City.

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