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    • Jan 19, 1943
    Drummer Joe Butler is born on Long Island. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 23, 1943
    Guitarist Steve Boone is born in North Carolina. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 17, 1944
    Singer/songwriter John Sebastian is born in New York City. He becomes a member of The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 19, 1944
    Zal Yanovsky is born in Toronto, Ontario. He co-founds the rock group The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 16, 1965
    Glen Campbell performs Roger Miller's "Kansas City Star" on "Shindig!" The ABC show also welcomes The Lovin' Spoonful and Peter & Gordon
    Nov 1, 1965
    The Lovin' Spoonful covers the Little Jimmy Dickens novelty "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" on NBC's "Hullabaloo"
    Nov 19, 1965
    Roger Miller sings "England Swings," "Engine Engine #9" and "King Of The Road" while taping "The Big T.N.T. Show," a TV special that airs in January. Also featured: The Byrds, Phil Spector, Petula Clark, The Ronettes and The Lovin' Spoonful
    Oct 12, 1968
    John Sebastian leaves The Lovin' Spoonful for a solo career. Two years earlier, the pop band earned a hit with "Nashville Cats," deemed one of the 500 all-time greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 2, 1970
    Joe Butler, drummer for The Lovin' Spoonful, has a daughter, Yancy Butler, in New York's Greenwich Village. The group's "Nashville Cats" is ranked among the greatest country singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Mar 29, 1985
    Neil Simon's "The Slugger's Wife" debuts in movie theaters. Music is provided by Freddy Fender, Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Springsteen, Don Felder, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, The Lovin' Spoonful and future BlackHawk vocalist Van Stephenson
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