The Turtles were one of the more enjoyable American pop groups of the 1960s, moving from folk-rock
inspired by the Byrds to a sparkling fusion of Zombies-inspired chamber-pop and straight-ahead
good-time pop, the whole infused with beautiful vocal harmonies courtesy of dual frontmen Howard
Kaylan and Mark Volman. They hit number one in 1967 with the infectious "Happy Together," the Turtles
scored three more Top Ten hits and broke up by the end of the '60s. Kaylan and Volman later joined
Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention during the early '70s and also recorded themselves as Flo & Eddie,
but were on the oldies circuit with a revamped Turtles by the mid-'80s.
|
