groovy

=Groovy =

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is a colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s, springing out of African American culture. It is roughly synonymous with words such as " cool ", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context. =====

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The word originated in the jazz culture of the 1920s, in which it referred to the groove of a piece of music and the response felt by its listeners. It is a reference to the physical groove of a [|record] in which the pick-up needle runs. It first appeared in print in //Really the Blues//, the 1946 autobiography of the jazz saxophonist, Mezz Mezzrow .The term in its original usage had largely vanished from everyday use by 1980 =====

Starting in the mid-1960s, variations of the word "Groovy" were used in the titles of several popular songs, including:

 * ===== " A Groovy Kind of Love  ," a song written in 1964 by  Toni Wine  and  Carole Bayer Sager , and first popularized a year later by  The Mindbenders   =====
 * ===== "We've Got a Groovey Thing Goin'", the flip side of the 1965 hit single " The Sounds of Silence  " by Simon & Garfunkel =====
 * ===== " The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)  ", a 1966 song by Simon & Garfunkel =====
 * ===== "Somebody Groovy," a song from the 1966 debut album // If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears  // by [|The Mamas & the Papas]  =====
 * ===== " Groovin'  ,'" a 1967 song by  the Young Rascals   =====
 * ===== " Groovy Grubworm  //, a 1969 song by Harlow Wilcox// =====
 * ===== " Groovy Situation  ", a 1970 hit song by Gene Chandler =====
 * ===== "Groovy Movies," a song by The Kinks released in 1973 =====
 * ===== " Groovy Times  ," a 1979 song by The Clash =====

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The term was also part of the title of a TV program called // [|Groovy Show] //, which ran from 1967–1970. There was also an American TV cartoon show called // Groovie Goolies  //, which ran from 1970–1972. =====

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It later made its way into the titles of albums, such as // Groovy Decay  //, a 1982 album by Robyn Hitchcock, and //  Groovy, Laidback and Nasty  //, a 1990 album by Cabaret Voltaire. Examples of bands names include Groovy Aardvark  from Canada, the  The Groovy Little Numbers  from Scotland, and  Groovy Rednecks  from the USA. =====