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The Turtles
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Billboard, page 33, 4 March 1967
Background information
Also known as The Tyrtles, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Years active 1965–1970, 1983–present
Associated acts Flo & Eddie, The Mothers of Invention
Members Howard Kaylan
Mark Volman
Past members Don Murray
Joel Larson
John Barbata
Chip Douglas
Jim Pons
Al Nichol
Chuck Portz
John Seiter

The Turtles were a 1960s pop group from Los Angeles, California. Their best known song is "Happy Together". Chip Douglas was a band member, who left to produce the Monkees, then returned as the Turtles producer. After the Turtles broke up in the 1970s, the group's two frontmen, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, sang with Frank Zappa as Flo and Eddie.

Albums

  • 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)
  • Chalon Road (1986)
  • Shell Shock (1986)

See also

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