| The Turtles | |
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| Also known as | The Tyrtles, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genre(s) | Psychedelic rock Pop rock |
| Years active | 1965–1970, 1984-Present |
| Associated acts | Flo & Eddie The Mothers of Invention |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Howard Kaylan Mark Volman | |
| Former members | |
| Don Murray Joel Larson John Barbata Chip Douglas Jim Pons Al Nichol Jim Tucker Chuck Portz John Seiter | |
The Turtles were an American pop and folk rock band, which produced at least a dozen memorable, radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for 1967's "Happy Together" with Howard Kaylan on vocals. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs Flo & Eddie is the comedy/rock duo who are Howard Kaylan ("Eddie" and Mark Volman ("Flo" aka "Phlorescent Leech" The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Don Murray ( November 8, 1945 – March 22, 1996) was an American Drummer, best known for his work with The Turtles Joel Larson is a rock Drummer and percussionist from California John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in This article is about an actual person For the television character see My Three Sons and for the film character see The Cable Guy. Jim Pons (born 14 March 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a Bass guitarist and Singer for Jim Tucker, MD is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives,which presents an overview of more than John Seiter (Born August 17, 1944) is a popular musician He is best known for his work as a Drummer, but has also recorded as a Keyboardist The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. " Happy Together " is a 1967 song from The Turtles ' album of the same name. Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb
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History
The band, originally a surf-rock group called the Crossfires from the Planet Mars, was formed in 1965 in Westchester, California (a Los Angeles neighborhood) by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. Westchester is a neighborhood in western part of Los Angeles California. Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member With the help of DJ and club owner Reb Foster, the Crossfires signed to White Whale Records and, adhering to the prevailing musical trend, re-branded themselves as a folk rock group called "The Tyrtles", the intentional misspelling inspired by The Byrds. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience White Whale Records is probably best known as the Record label of The Turtles. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 However, the trendy spelling did not survive long. As with the Byrds, the Turtles achieved breakthrough success with a Bob Dylan cover. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released "It Ain't Me Babe" reached the Billboard Top Ten in the late summer of 1965 (see 1965 in music) and was the title track to the band’s first album. " It Ain't Me Babe " is the title of a 1964 song by Bob Dylan, first included on his album Another Side of Bob Dylan. See also Events January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million Their second single, "Let Me Be" (written by P.F. Sloan), cracked the top 30 in the autumn. PF Sloan (born Philip Gary Schlein 18 September 1945, in New York) is an American pop - rock Singer and Their third hit, "You Baby" (P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri), charted in the top 20 in early 1966. Steve Barri (born Steven Barry Lipkin in Brooklyn New York on February 23, 1942) is an American Songwriter and Record However, their second album You Baby never entered Billboard's Top LPs chart, and of several singles released in 1966 only two — the Rolling Stones-like "Grim Reaper of Love" and the adorable "Can I Get to Know You Better" — entered the Billboard Hot 100. You Baby is the second studio album by The Turtles. It was released in 1966 on the White Whale Records label See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard The album You Baby includes the frenetic pop-rock nugget "Outside Chance", written by Glenn Crocker and Warren Zevon. Warren William Zevon (January 24 1947 &ndash September 7 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician
At the start of 1967 a heavy touring schedule combined with a lack of recent chart success convinced drummer Don Murray and then bassist Chuck Portz to quit the group. Don Murray ( November 8, 1945 – March 22, 1996) was an American Drummer, best known for his work with The Turtles They were replaced by Joel Larson and then John Barbata on drums, and by Chip Douglas on bass. Joel Larson is a rock Drummer and percussionist from California John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in This article is about an actual person For the television character see My Three Sons and for the film character see The Cable Guy. It occurred to the band that for eight months they had been performing a certain song on stage that, while moderately popular with the fans, had yet to be recorded. The first of several key Turtles singles co-written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, "Happy Together" seemed almost a parody of itself, and had already been rejected by countless performers. Alan Gordon is a Songwriter best known for songs recorded by The Turtles, Petula Clark, Barbra Streisand, and Dr "Happy Together," both their biggest hit and their signature song, signaled a turning point for the Turtles and for Chip Douglas, who provided the arrangement. With its incessant and infectious guitar riff, addictive chorus and backing vocals, simple drum and organ parts, and even an oboe playing along during the second chorus, "Happy Together" is perhaps the quintessential example of fresh, feel-good 1960s American pop despite its somewhat ironic tone and the fact that its verses are in a minor key. The single replaced the Beatles' "Penny Lane" at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1967. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 " Penny Lane " is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt Their only number one, it remained at the top for three weeks. An album of the same name followed and peaked at number 25.
Impressed by Chip Douglas's studio arrangements, Monkee Michael Nesmith approached him after a Turtles show at the Whisky a Go Go and invited him to become the Monkees' new producer, as that band wanted to break out of their "manufactured" studio mold. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. Robert Michael Nesmith (b December 30, 1942) in Harris County Texas, is an American musician songwriter Actor, producer For a fire at the similarly named nightclub in Brisbane, Australia, see Whiskey Au Go Go fire. Douglas accepted, left the Turtles and was replaced by bassist/singer Jim Pons. Jim Pons (born 14 March 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a Bass guitarist and Singer for 1967 proved to be the Turtles' most successful year in the charts. "She'd Rather Be With Me" reached number 3 on the US charts in late spring and actually out-charted "Happy Together" overseas. Two successive top-15 gems followed: the singularly lush and pretty ballad "You Know What I Mean" and the playfully psychedelic and gleefully adolescent "She's My Girl". Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. Both 45s signaled a certain shift in the band’s style. A gramophone Golden Hits was released later that year, charting in the top 10. (The album covers for Golden Hits and its follow up Golden Hits Vol 2 were designed by Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean fame and his company, Kittyhawk Graphics. Jan and Dean were a Rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s consisting of William Jan Berry ( April 3, )
1968 started without a bang. The first two singles, "Sound Asleep" and "The Story of Rock and Roll", stalled somewhere in the middle of the top 100. The band's fortunes changed when now hugely successful Monkees producer Chip Douglas returned to work with them in the studio. Late in 1968 the Turtles released a concept album called The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands, in which the group pretended to be eleven different bands (with names like 'The Bigg Brothers', 'Nature's Children', 'The US Teens featuring Raoul', and 'The Fabulous Dawgs'), each with a song in a different genre. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is the fifth studio album released by The Turtles. The album yielded two distinctive singles: "Elenore" and "You Showed Me" (both peaking at number six). The blissful-sounding "Elenore" is likely the only Top Ten single to contain the words et cetera in its lyrics, and allegedly was the band's tongue-in-cheek response to White Whale's demands for more songs like "Happy Together". Et cetera (in English contexts pronounced) is a Latin expression that means "and other things" or "and so forth" (Howard Kaylan confirmed this account in a live interview on XM Radio's 60s channel on March 3, 2007. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ) The breathy-trippy 1969 hit "You Showed Me" was written by Byrds members Gene Clark and Roger (then Jim) McGuinn in 1964. Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark (born Tipton Missouri, November 17, 1944 - May 24, 1991) was an American James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn, previously as Jim McGuinn, and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, Television appearances in 1968 include a February 26 visit to The Mike Douglas Show, to which they returned in April 1969. The Mike Douglas Show was an American daytime Television Talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that ran from 1961 to 1982
Kaylan and Volman resisted White Whale's efforts to turn the Turtles into something more like an assembly-line-style pop act -- the label apparently encouraged Kaylan and Volman to fire the rest of the band, tour with hired musicians, and make records by adding their vocals to backing tracks recorded by Memphis session players. Such pressure did convince the band to record a single called "Who Would Ever Think That I Would Ever Marry Margaret" (which they totally disowned after its release). But the duo's adherence to their own vision ultimately resulted in the 1969 release Turtle Soup, a critically well-received LP produced by Ray Davies of The Kinks. Turtle soup is a Soup made from the flesh of the Turtle, often the Green turtle or especially in the United States, the snapping turtle Ray Davies CBE (born Raymond Douglas Davies, 21 June 1944, Fortis Green, London) is an English rock The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band Inspired by the revered 1968 concept album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, this was Davies’s only ever production work for another band. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is a pop-rock album released by the British music group The Kinks on 22 November Kaylan and Volman insisted the whole band share in the writing and singing. Notable tracks include the ethereal and introspective "Somewhere Friday Nite" and the rather failed single "Love in the City". In spite of Turtle Soup's positive reception from the music press, its commercial success was marginal and the band soon began disintegrating.
The Turtles wound down their career with a B-sides and rarities album, Wooden Head (1969), and a second compilation album, More Golden Hits (1970). A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Wooden Head is the final album by The Turtles. The album is a compilation of B-sides and rarities mostly recorded in their early years and in some cases left unfinished With the demise of The Turtles, White Whale Records was left with few, if any, commercially viable bands, and ceased operation. White Whale Records is probably best known as the Record label of The Turtles.
Post Turtles
Kaylan and Volman (accompanied by Pons) joined the Mothers of Invention as "The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie", since the use of the Turtles name (and even their own names in billings) was prohibited by their contract with White Whale. The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 Frank Zappa claimed that his association with Kaylan and Volman was inspired by a DJ's comment that he could make the Mothers as big as the Turtles. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director "If you want to be as big as the Turtles, have a few Turtles in your band," Zappa reportedly claimed. The collaboration with Zappa lasted until a jealous fan attacked and seriously injured Zappa when the Mothers were performing at the Rainbow Theatre in December, 1971.
Kaylan and Volman also sang back up vocals on several recordings by T.Rex beginning in 1970, including their world-wide hit "Get it On (Bang A Gong)" and albums Electric Warrior and The Slider. TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Electric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock group TRex, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential Glam rock releases The Slider is a Glam rock album by T Rex, released in 1972 It was the first album released on Bolan's new founded EMI / T
Flo & Eddie, as they soon became known, recorded albums with the Mothers and later released a series of records on their own. Flo & Eddie is the comedy/rock duo who are Howard Kaylan ("Eddie" and Mark Volman ("Flo" aka "Phlorescent Leech" They also recorded soundtrack music for children's shows like the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake, and began hosting their own radio show on KROQ in Los Angeles and WXRK in New York City. The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. Strawberry Shortcake is a licensed character owned by American Greetings, originally used in Greeting cards and expanded to include Dolls KROQ-FM is a commercial Radio station located in Los Angeles California, broadcasting on 106 Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West WXRK (923 MHz known on-air as " 92-3 K-Rock " is a Radio station in New York City. The City of New York Flo & Eddie also are credited with backing vocals on Bruce Springsteen's single, Hungry Heart, from The River.
In 1983, Howard Kaylan appeared in the rock-n-roll comedy film Get Crazy, starring Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Stern. Get Crazy is a 1983 film directed by Allan Arkush and starring Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, and Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943 is an English Actor. Daniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American Actor of Film and Television. Kaylan played the part of 'Captain Cloud' a spiritual guru type of character, leader of a caravan of time lost gypsy-like hippies.
When White Whale's master recordings were sold at auction, the winning bidders of the Turtles masters were Kaylan and Volman, making them the owners of their own recorded work. A master recording is an original Recording, from which copies may be made ( The duo promptly licensed the tracks to Sire Records in 1975, who issued the compilation "Happy Together Again" . Sire Records Company is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros ) In 1984 (see 1984 in music), they legally regained the use of the Turtles name, and began touring as The Turtles. See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it . . Featuring Flo and Eddie. Instead of trying to reunite with their earlier bandmates, they began featuring all-star sidemen who had played with different groups. All-star (also allstar or all star) is a term with meanings in both the worlds of Sports and
Also in 1984, they released a new greatest hits CD on Rhino Records, 20 Greatest Hits, and in 1988, released another, Turtle Wax: The Best of The Turtles, Vol. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty Record label and production company owned by Warner Music Group. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) 2, which featured the best of their "album tracks" and previously-neglected single B-sides. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s
In 1987, 'Kaylan & Volman' appeared in a new music video of their song "Happy Together" promoting the romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, starring John Malkovich. Making Mr Right ( 1987) is a science fiction / Comedy film, directed by Susan Seidelman and starring John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Emmy Award -winning two-time Academy Award -nominated American Actor
The 1989 debut album by hip-hop combo De La Soul featured an uncredited sample from the Turtles (specifically, the intro to "You Showed Me"), in the song "Transmitting Live from Mars". Hip hop is a Subculture, which is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and Afrika Bambaattaa De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution Kaylan and Volman sued, winning a large settlement, setting a legal precedent, and causing the music industry to begin carefully crediting (and paying royalties for) sampled works on future rap and other recordings. As they explained, "We don't hate sampling; we like sampling. If we don't get credit, we sue, and all that stuff (a share of the royalties, plus punitive damages) comes back to us!"
In that same year, the romantic-comedy Happy Together based on the musical Cabaret premiered. Cabaret is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. It starred teen-heart throb Patrick Dempsey and Helen Slater. Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is a Golden Globe Award -nominated American actor who first became prominent in Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15 1963 is an American Film Actress and Singer-songwriter. The Turtles recording of "Happy Together" was featured in the film as well as the soundtrack album.
Music Club Records released a Turtles anthology in the UK in 1991, Happy Together: The Best of the Turtles. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Repertoire Records in Germany released their own compilation, titled Elenore, in 1993, as well as re-releasing the original Happy Together album. Repertoire Records is a German Record label from Hamburg, Germany specialising in reissues of classic pop and rock albums originally Rhino Records also presented Captured Live, a greatest-hits-live album of their 1992 tour, that year. Sundazed Records re-released all of The Turtles' original albums in 1994, and in 1999 Varèse Sarabande released Happy Together: The Best of White Whale Records, which included many of the Turtles' singles. Sundazed Records is a Record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Varèse Sarabande is a Record label which specializes in Film scores and original cast recordings.
Members
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Discography
Album
- Out of Control (as The Crossfires) (1963)
- It Ain't Me Babe (1965)
- You Baby (1966)
- Happy Together (1967)
- The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)
- Turtle Soup (1969)
- Wooden Head (1970)
See also
References
My Dinner With Jimi (Movie): This is an Experience of Howard Kaylan's meeting and dinner with Jimi Hendrix shortly after The Turtles were disheartened by The Beatles who scoffed at them. Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Jim Tucker, MD is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives,which presents an overview of more than Don Murray ( November 8, 1945 – March 22, 1996) was an American Drummer, best known for his work with The Turtles Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Jim Tucker, MD is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives,which presents an overview of more than Joel Larson is a rock Drummer and percussionist from California Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Jim Tucker, MD is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives,which presents an overview of more than This article is about an actual person For the television character see My Three Sons and for the film character see The Cable Guy. John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Jim Tucker, MD is the author of Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives,which presents an overview of more than Jim Pons (born 14 March 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a Bass guitarist and Singer for John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Jim Pons (born 14 March 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a Bass guitarist and Singer for John Barbata (born 1 April 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, US) is a noted Drummer active especially in Howard Kaylan (born Howard Kaplan, 22 June 1947[http //wwwimdb Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member Jim Pons (born 14 March 1943 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a Bass guitarist and Singer for John Seiter (Born August 17, 1944) is a popular musician He is best known for his work as a Drummer, but has also recorded as a Keyboardist Out of Control is an album of material by The Crossfires later known as The Turtles. It Ain't Me Babe is The Turtles second studio album It was released in October 1965 on White Whale Records. You Baby is the second studio album by The Turtles. It was released in 1966 on the White Whale Records label Happy Together is the fourth studio album by The Turtles. It was released in April 1967 on the White Whale Records label The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is the fifth studio album released by The Turtles. Turtle soup is a Soup made from the flesh of the Turtle, often the Green turtle or especially in the United States, the snapping turtle Wooden Head is the final album by The Turtles. The album is a compilation of B-sides and rarities mostly recorded in their early years and in some cases left unfinished The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt
External links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-Tnu9DBFA - "You Baby" - ABC's Where the Action Is - 1966
- The Turtles official website
- A band manager lesson from The Turtles
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