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John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. He made an impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 [1] and scored a U.S. No. 1 hit in 1976 with " Welcome Back ."
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- Welcome Back. We close out our top 10 John Sebastian songs list with the songwriter’s most famous song of his career. Some would argue that many of his Lovin’ Spoonful hits were more popular, but as far as mass cultural success and pop culture status, it’s hard to surpass the popularly of the song “Welcome Back.”
- I Don’t Want Nobody Else. As we begin to wind down this top 10 John Sebastian solo songs list we turn to the album The Four Of Us. The album was released in 1971.
- The Room Nobody Lives In. One more time in this list we go back to John Sebastian’s debut album entitled John B. Sebastian. The song “The Room Nobody Lives In,” is one of those songs that just sounded ahead of its time.
- Give Us A Break. The John Sebastian song “Give Us A Break,” reminds us of the classic song “People Get Ready,” that Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart had a hit with.
In a 2021 phone chat, Sebastian, born March 17, 1944, spoke with Best Classic Bands about the making of Explore the Spoonful Songbook as well as the background of several of the tunes on the album, and key events in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted Lovin’ Spoonful’s career.
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Mar 17, 2024 · by Matt Friedlander 2 months ago. Here’s wishing John Sebastian, original frontman of the popular 1960s folk-rock act The Lovin’ Spoonful, a very Happy Birthday. Sebastian turned the big 8-0 ...
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Jan 22, 2022 · Interview with John Sebastian (2022) Lovin' Spoonful leader and cofounder John Sebastian talks with Jeff Burger about his new album, "John Sebastian and Arlen Roth Explore the Spoonful...
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Jan 24, 2022 · An Interview with Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian. The Lovin’ Spoonful cofounder, who composed some of the greatest hit singles of the 1960s, talks about his childhood, his songwriting, the Woodstock festival, his new album, and more. Bright spots permeated AM radio in the late 1960s, but none shone brighter than the songs of John ...
Feb 28, 2020 · Feb 28, 2020 2:38pm PT. John Sebastian Looks Back as Lovin’ Spoonful Semi-Reforms: ‘We Weren’t Matinee Idols’. As the Spoonful's surviving members play together for the first time in 20 years...