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Faygo Kid

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4. Loved Zal Yanofsky, and I say that as a Detroiter

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 08:49 PM

Feb 2013

I grew up in Detroit during the era of Motown and the Beatles (the '60s - how lucky was I?), but also loved the Spoonful, especially Summer in the City - one of the greatest songs of all time, along with its peers, Dead End Street by Lou Rawls and Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly and the Family Stone.

Of course, no one beat this:

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Lighten up: Hullabaloo and the Lovin' Spoonful, anyone? [View all] Faygo Kid Feb 2013 OP

Knew them when they were just starting out HockeyMom Feb 2013 #1

Loved Zal Yanofsky, and I say that as a Detroiter Faygo Kid Feb 2013 #4

LOVE Motown!! I'll see your Temps and raise you Four Tops... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #7

Ahh, that's wonderful Siwsan Feb 2013 #2

I love wallowing in nostalgia:) llmart Feb 2013 #3

We took several Spoonful CDs on a roadtrip to California ... DreamGypsy Feb 2013 #5

That set was RANDOM. The boys are having WAY more fun than the girls. They're almost FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #6

how utterly delightful--thank you so much, all of you who posted videos here!! niyad Feb 2013 #8