Today's Forgotten Oldie...

"Nashville Cats" by the Lovin Spoonful climbed to number 8 on the Billboard hot 100 in late 1966, and was the seventh consecutive hit by the Spoonful to reach the top 10. Only one other group of the 60's accomplished that feat; Gary Lewis and the Playboys. The Lovin Spoonful was riding a wave of popularity when the song was on the radio, with a unique formula of turning blues and jug band songs into monster pop/rock hits. Their influence was amazing, the original Grateful Dead members saw the Spoonful in concert and traded their acoustic guitars for electric guitars and revamped their entire sound. Nashville Cats was influential that way, rerouting thousands of college students from Florida beaches to the hills of

Tennessee when spring break 1967 rolled around. How does a #8 song by a major U.S. band become a forgotten oldie? That's a good question!