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  1. So...after 50 years of thinking that it sounds like "Oona Babba Leeja," I finally had to find out what the hell John Sebastian is singing in the Welcome Back Kotter theme song. Turns out, it's this...

    "Who'd have thought they'd lead ya?
    (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya?)
    Back here where we need ya?
    (Back here where we need ya?)"

    Makes sense, I guess. You're welcome.

    #TV #television #genx #music #popculture #welcomebackkotter #classicrock #1970s #johnsebastian #lovinspoonful

  2. On Aug 6, 1970: Festival for Peace concert is held at Shea Stadium, New York City, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing; performers include #JanisJoplin, #PaulSimon, #CreedenceClearwaterRevival, Steppenwolf, #MilesDavis, Johnny Winter, #HerbieHancock, #DionneWarwick, #JohnSebastian, The Rascals, and the Broadway cast of "Hair".

  3. "Summer in the City" is a song by the Canadian-American #folkrock band #theLovinSpoonful. Written by #JohnSebastian, Mark Sebastian and #SteveBoone, the song was released as a non-album single in July 1966 and was included on the album #HumsOfTheLovinSpoonful later that year. The single was the Lovin' Spoonful's fifth to break the top ten in the United States, and the only one by the group to reach number one. A departure from the band's lighter sound.
    youtube.com/watch?v=zs8ZNa73OS4

  4. 55 years ago today, 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert in McCrea, Louisiana; performers included #ChuckBerry; Stephen Stills; WAR; #JohnSebastian; and Delaney and Bonnie.

  5. "Do You Believe in Magic" is a song by the Canadian-American #folkrock band #theLovinSpoonful. Written by #JohnSebastian, it was issued as the band's debut single in July 1965. The single peaked at number nine on the #Billboard #Hot100. It later served as the title track of the band's debut album, issued that November. In 1978, #ShaunCassidy reached the Top 40 with his cover version.
    youtube.com/watch?v=JnbfuAcCqpY

  6. John Sebastian's "Welcome Back" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 8, 1976.

    #Music, #JohnSebastian, #70s, #70sMusic, #1970s, #1970sMusic

  7. On Mar 17, 1944: #JohnSebastian, American singer (Loving Spoonful - "Summer In The City"; solo - "Welcome Back"), born in New York City.
    #HappyBirthday #82 ➳ 🦋⃝🐼➳

  8. "Daydream" is a song by the Canadian-American #folkrock band #theLovinSpoonful. Written by #JohnSebastian, it was issued as a single in February 1966 and was the title track of the band's second album, #Daydream, released the following month. The song was the Spoonful's third consecutive single to enter the top ten in the United States, and it was their best performing to that point, reaching number two. The single's European release coincided with a British.
    youtube.com/watch?v=9YpJ9qT4waQ

  9. @50years_music
    A couple of those selections were on the B side of their hit singles, but I luvz every one of 'em. Special salute to the brains of the bunch, #JohnSebastian. ❤
  10. "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" is a song by the Canadian-American #folkrock band #theLovinSpoonful. Written by #JohnSebastian, it first appeared on the band's debut album #DoYouBelieveInMagic in October 1965 before being issued as a single in April 1966. The song was the Spoonful's fourth consecutive single to enter the top ten in the United States, reaching number two, and #Billboard ranked it number 48 on #itsYearendChart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=GH3bgLY0TnQ

  11. #HashtagGames
    #OverHeatASongOrPoem

    Hot time, summer in the city
    The back of my neck's gettin' dirt and gritty
    ....
    doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
    People walkin' round like they're half dead
    Walkin' on a sidewalk hotter than a matchhead...

    #JohnSebastian #LovinSpoonful
    youtu.be/zs8ZNa73OS4?si=dOPYbX…

  12. #HashTagGames
    #BuyNowPayLaterASong

    🎵 Then I gave money to Joe
    'Cause Bill said he knows he'll pay me back in time
    And Bill's gettin'paid to know
    If anyone's lyin'

    Then Bill said to give it to Hank
    'Cause Hank owns a bank and he can make it grow
    Now ain't those amazing folks
    That Bill is lucky to know

    Somehow my finances will grow
    With the interest I show
    In the interest it gives me
    And now a piece of paper from me
    Won't seem half as flimsy🎵

    #LovinSpoonful #JohnSebastian

    youtu.be/d8PvK-taC_A?si=DJHU6p

  13. Celebration at Big Sur (1969)

    Blurb: "...a film of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival in Big Sur, California, featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and others."

    #CrosbyStillsNashYoung
    #CSNY
    #JoanBaez
    #JoniMitchell
    #JohnSebastian
    #StephenStills
    #BigSur
    #EsalenInstitute
    #music
    #folk

    youtu.be/gPdrkJWotcU

  14. CW: Endangered Species

    Dave Mason is out on tour. He had been in Traffic. Left in 1969. That wasn’t exactly a long run. Mason had been an original member of the band. It formed in 1967.

    He has subsequently had a solo career. Such as it is.

    He wrote songs including “Feelin’ Alright,” “Hole in My Shoe,” “Only You Know and I Know,” and “Sad and Deep as You.” If yo...

    Read more: gloriousnoise.com/2023/endange

    #DaveMason #JimMorrison #JohnSebastian #LovinSpoonful #SteveWinwood #TheDoors #Traffic #music #blog

  15. #StephenStills’ debut solo album was released on 16 November 1970. An astonishing range of guest musicians included #JimiHendrix, #EricClapton, #RingoStarr, #BookerTJones, #CassElliott, #RitaCoolidge, #DavidCrosby, #GrahamNash, #DallasTaylor and #JohnSebastian.

    This is an older drawing so I’m not terribly happy with it and apparently I was a stranger to right angles, but hey ho, love the one you’re with, I guess. #OnThisDayInMusic #FediArt #MastoArt