Songwriter Alan Gordon , who was responsible for numerous hits for the Turtles, Three Dog Night, Barbra Streisand and many others, passed away on November 22 in Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 64. He had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago and had been undergoing treatment. Gordon and frequent writing partner Garry Bonner , first met in the mid-60's when Bonner was hired for lead voc...
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Think I'll Run Away
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I hadnt thought of this cool group in years until I was reminded of them a little bit ago This song really takes me back to my grade school years, whoops just gave my age away OH well LOL
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"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"(1968)), in the song "Transmitting Live from Mars". 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 r...
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....The Turtles were too talented for their own good. Primarily thought of as a singles band, and they had some great ones, their albums were often as good throughout. They were Easily capable of a wide variety of sounds & styles & many say this may have been part of the problem. Someone like Inrumford or dermahrk oughtta do a long piece on the Turtles, they derserve it.But this song didn't de...
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Yesterday the mrs an'I decided to hike around some of the cross-country ski trails around here. They are carved out for the forrests around here by the state through the backwoods. There are cisterns scattered about which are usually filled with water and serve to provide back-up water supplies should there ever be forrest fires. These little man made ponds and pondlets become dynamic little ec...
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Making that all important decision to join the wonderful world of the music business? Can’t decide whether to be a manager or an artist? Here’s a video to help make that decision!Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of ‘60s group The Turtles explain which side of the cheque (or check) it’s best to be on. What was the fuss all about? Well, The Turtles had nine Top 10 hits in three years. Someone w
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I think these guys were my first ever concert. They have a harmony and composition that still gets play time now, and still gets you singing along.
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| 1 Come Over |
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| 2 House on the Hill |
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| 3 She Always Leaves Me Laughing |
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| 4 How You Loved Me |
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| 5 Torn Between Temptations |
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