Turtles, The

The Turtles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965 and best known for their 1967 hit song "Happy Together". They charted several other top 40 hits, including "It Ain't Me Babe" (1965), "You Baby" (1966), "She'd Rather Be With Me" (1967), "Elenore" (1968) and "You Showed Me" (1969).

As the Turtles' commercial success waned by the end of the 1960s, they became plagued with management issues, lawsuits and conflicts with their label, White Whale Records, leading the group to break up in 1970. Founding members Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman later achieved long-lasting success as session musicians and reunited under the name Flo & Eddie, a comedy rock act. Since 1983, a reconstituted version of the band, the Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, are currently touring.

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1965, Died Ceased 1971

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1966

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca L 13982 2/16/1966 She'll come back Turtles, The Musical group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Turtles, The," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/348026.

Turtles, The. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/348026.

"Turtles, The." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/348026

External Sources

Wikipedia: The Turtles

Discogs: Turtles, The

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Turtles (Musical group) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94061413

Wikidata: The Turtles - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q627470

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/159600247

MusicBrainz: The Turtles - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/335b6182-0da8-4dc6-a5ec-fe13f0f87e4b

ISNI: 0000 0001 0676 1255 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000106761255

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/698318

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