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The Turtles performing "Happy Together" on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 14, 1967. The band performed on several TV shows due to the success of the song. "Happy Together" was released as a single in January 1967, backed with the Warren Zevon-penned "Like the Seasons".
Upon original release, Happy Together received primarily positive reviews in the American press. The staff writers for Billboard magazine wrote that the Turtles "should draw top sales interest with this LP" and noted the rockier "Makin' My Mind Up" and "Person Without a Care". [4]
Happy Together", the first of several key Turtles singles co-written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, had been rejected by countless performers. "Happy Together", both their biggest hit and their signature song, signaled a turning point for both the Turtles and for Chip Douglas, who provided the arrangement. [5]
Originating from an earlier surf band called the Crossfires, the Turtles first achieved success with a sound that fused folk music with rock and roll, [1] but would achieve greater success with pop music, [1] scoring their biggest and best-known hit in 1967 with the song "Happy Together". [2]
Modern West's set also included a performance of song “Chasing the Wind” as well as a cover of The Turtles’ 1967 classic “Happy Together.” ...
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"Elenore" is a 1968 song by the Turtles, originally included on The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands. Although written by Howard Kaylan, its writing was co-credited to all five members of the band: Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and John Barbata. The song was written as a satire of their biggest pop hit "Happy Together."
Allmusic critic Stewart Mason described "She'd Rather Be with Me" as a "big, brassy pop song" that was "probably the least ironically cheerful single the Turtles ever did." [ 3 ] Mason describes Howard Kaylan 's lead vocal as evoking "unfeigned giddiness" and comments on the "huge production " including a full orchestra and prominent cowbell .