The Turtles Let Me Be ( Shindig Nov 13, 1965)

The Turtles were one of the more enjoyable American pop groups of the 1960s, moving from folkrock inspired by the Byrds to a sparkling fusion of Zombiesinspired chamberpop and straightahead goodtime pop reminiscent of the Lovin Spoonful, the whole infused with beautiful vocal harmonies courtesy of dual frontmen Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. Though they hit number one in 1967 with the infectious Happy Together, the Turtles scored only 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. Born within two months of each other in 1947 (though on opposite coasts), Howard Kaylan (b. Howard Kaplan) and Mark Volman attended the same school, Westchester High in Los Angeles (Kaylan had moved from New York as a child). The two sang in the school s a cappella choir, where Volman soon heard about Kaylan