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 ...

Retired rock star Zal Yanovsky knew a thing or two about putting on a show. The former Lovin' Spoonful guitarist also knew a thing or two about making latkes, as he showed CBC viewers during an ...

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’ Spoonful are all ...

Former Lovin' Spoonful guitarist Zal Yanovsky died of a heart attack Friday at his farm home outside Kingston, Ontario. He was 57. After busking in Toronto during his teens, Yanovsky's first break… By ...

Former Lovin’ Spoonful guitarist Zal Yanovsky, who traded in the wild rock star life for a quiet existence as a restaurant owner in Canada, died of a heart attack Dec. 13 at his home in Kingston, ...

KINGSTON, ONTARIO - Zal Yanovsky, a guitar player with the Lovin’ Spoonful, a 1960s group known for hits such as Do You Believe in Magic and Summer in the City, has died at age 57, his family said. Mr ...

Back in 1965, when I was 16, my friends and I considered ourselves way too cool for top-40 AM radio, which didn’t play enough folk, blues, R&B or early rock ‘n’ roll. Then I heard a new song that ...

TORONTO - Former Lovin' Spoonful guitarist Zal Yanovsky, who traded in the wild rock star life for a quiet existence as a restaurant owner in Canada, has died, the Toronto Star reported Sunday. The ...

When they invent a time machine, there isn’t a music fan alive who won’t book a trip to see his or her faves at some magical early stop in their careers. Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, the Beatles ...

Zal Yanovsky, 57, a guitar player with the 1960s group the Lovin’ Spoonful, died of a heart attack Friday in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Yanovsky founded the band with singer-guitarist John Sebastian.

Zal Yanovsky, who has died six days before his 58th birthday, was the guitarist and most extrovert member of The Lovin' Spoonful, which enjoyed hits in the late 1960s with Daydream and Summer in the ...