Howard Kaylan’s new book, Shell Shocked: My Life with The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc., reads as a rarity amongst rock autobiographies: a startlingly honest memoir that’s unflinching in ...

Mark Volman, the singer and co-founder of the Sixties pop-rock group the Turtles, best known for their 1967 hit “Happy Together,” died Friday, Sept. 5. He was 78. For much of his career, Volman worked ...

The performance rights organization BMI has named the Turtles’ “Happy Together” one of the Top 50 Songs of the 20th century. Oh … that guy. Now you’ve placed Howard Kaylan – that hushed, confessional ...

Back in a day when there were Animals and Beatles invading the radio airwaves, a southern California band called the Turtles skyrocketed to fame with a 1965 seductive pop music hit, “Happy Together.” ...

Today, when the 65-year-old Howard Kaylan looks back on the ’60s, it’s still hard to imagine the kind of commercial and chart success he had with the Turtles, and how by age 22, it was all over. “They ...

Is a joke still a joke if no one knows it? Let's say that joke came in the form of a song, one written by The Turtles, with ludicrously sweet lyrics that no one in their right mind could take ...

Volman was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia back in 2020, though it's unclear what role, if any, the disease played in his ...

Thanks to the 1960s' rock band The Turtles, Sirius XM (SIRI) could soon be forced to pay royalties on music it's been using for free after being on the losing side of a federal judge's ruling. The ...

Mark Volman, the singer and guitarist who co-founded The Turtles and sang on their 1967 hippie anthem “Happy Together,” has died. He was 78. The Californian singer was also known as one half of the ...

Mark Volman, who's a founding member of the '60s rock band The Turtles, has died. He was 78. Volman died on Sept. 5 after a "brief, unexpected illness" in Nashville Tenn., his rep confirmed in a ...