Залман Яновский: Канадтық музыканттың өмірі мен шығармашылығы

Canadian musical artist (1944–2002)

Zalman Yanovsky (December 19, 1944 – December 13, 2002) was a Canadian folk rock musician. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky and teacher Nechama Yanovsky (née Gemeril), who died in 1958. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1996. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 as a member of the Lovin’ Spoonful. He was married to actress Jackie Burroughs, with whom he had one daughter, Zoe.

One of the early rock and roll performers to wear a cowboy hat, and fringed "Davy Crockett" style clothing, Zal helped set the trend followed by such 1960s performers as Sonny Bono, Johnny Rivers, and David Crosby. Mostly self taught, he began his musical career playing folk music coffee houses in Toronto. He lived on a kibbutz in Israel for a short time before returning to Canada. He teamed with fellow Canadian Denny Doherty in the Halifax Three. The two joined Cass Elliot in the Mugwumps, The Lovin' Spoonful had hits such as Do You Believe in Magic, Summer in the City, Daydream, Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?, Darling Be Home Soon, and You Didn't Have to Be So Nice. The group's only number one was Summer In The City (which stayed there for 3 weeks in August 1966). In 1966, he was arrested in the United States on a marijuana related charge. Sebastian had been (apparently) unaware of Yanovsky's presence, and was made aware by a message passed through the crowd, written on a toilet roll. He also appeared in the Off Broadway show National Lampoon's Lemmings at New York's Village Gate. Although not an original cast member, he contributed a musical number "Nirvana Banana", a Donovan parody.

After retiring from the music business, Yanovsky became a chef and restaurateur, He subsequently married Rose Richardson. His step mother was Anna Yanovsky (née Atanas), who died in 2022.

Yanovsky died on December 13, 2002, in Kingston, Ontario, from a heart attack, 57 years old. A funeral service was held in Kingston, Ontario on December 16, 2002.