The Turtles, Happy Together, 1967 and Elenore, 1968.

[@NancyMargetko]

My husband and I married in 1967. This was our song. We were married for 53 years when he died. I miss him very much.

[@ttc.o4007]

You were truly blessed. ❤

[@gianbandie2035]

❤

[@elainer.4005]

Nancy, read your comment aloud to my husband - broke down & cried over your story. Sounds like it was true love ! ❤️

[@Robin-ri5ci]

❤ I'm So Sorry for Your loss, I know what it's like to lose a Spouse at age 47.❤❤ I Hope You are doing Well inspite of Your huge loss, I know Music 🎵🎶🎵🎶 Helps Me through the sadness. God Bless You.

[@thatdamncurtainrod]

It's lovely that, when you hear this song, that you think about your love - so happy together and forever ❤

[@usmc9127]

I was an 18 year old Marine in Vietnam at the time. Those songs made me homesick. I’m 75 now. Glad I lived to enjoy it today 🇺🇸

[@williamjohnswainston858]

I just wanted to say thank you for your service to your country i salute you sir the 60s wete the greatest times and music😊

[@Robin-ri5ci]

Thank You for Your Service in the Marines ❤

[@edwardlivengood4468]

I have my bad day's wondered why i was there innacint kid

[@normatible9795]

Thank you for your service

[@Janet-dt1el]

Thank you for your service.❤

[@MellowWind]

One of the great bands. All the music from the 60s holds up so well.

[@ThomasOSullivan-ut7hw]

I'm 68 years old and still love the Turtles.

[@mikesorantino]

this was our song.RIP Laurie never forget ya 1970 -2023

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

But, do you know and love Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior? "for by God's Grace we are save through FAITH, not by WORKS, It is the FREE GIFT of God so that no one can boast of their salvation."

[@escritoredgara.hernandez5935]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv 🤣🤣

[@jun24juanhuerta14]

I am 71 yrs. young & still enjoy Eleanor, my favorite Turtle song.

[@davidblankenship2720]

Elenore

[@samiraziz7840]

@@davidblankenship2720- Same Thing

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

I sang it at a party recently because there was a young lady (20s) named Eleanor whose birthday it was. She claimed to have never heard the song before and was charmed.

[@stevekoehler8935]

Same here!!!!

[@geminiecricket4798]

71 and feel like I am 14 when I hear this !

[@miri9885]

I cant believe The Turtles are not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, they deserve to be without question.

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

I'm in the r&r hall of fame. Voice of turtles.

[@tangibleandroid818]

Without question? I mean they had their minute no doubt there in the late 60s but minimally to get into the Hall of Fame you need to be performing for 25 years. And not to slag them off totally or anything but they're essentially Beatle knockoffs that a had couple hit records. So maybe a couple questions

[@joelanderos23]

@@tangibleandroid818 the r&r hof is a farce. the doobie brothers aren't even in there.

[@angelaackerman8934]

@@tangibleandroid818 Actually the two main singers are in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame from their time being in the Mothers of Invention . They went by Flo and Eddy at that time because they were not permitted to use their real names. They eventually went to court to fight that. Also to be in the Rock Hall you had to have had your first hit 25 years ago. The rules never said you had to play non stop for 25 years. They had many hits; not a couple. Up until the virus struck they did a Happy Together tour with 60’s and 70’s artists. They’ve been doing it for around 20-25 yrs. I think it’s Mark Vollman that also went back to college and got his masters in music and taught music for a while. There is a documentary about them you should watch.

[@andrewfrankovic6821]

@@angelaackerman8934 Now give that guy a good slap or two, etc.

[@lavalp]

The lead singer has a marvelous voice.

[@michaelrose3101]

Howard Kaylan

[@paulmason6474]

The guy with the glasses reminds me of Eric Morcambe😂😂😂😂😂

[@FlipDahlenburg]

@@paulmason6474 Funny!

[@afterlate8866]

Yes. His voice is very musical and his singing is effortless.

[@billyangus]

Howard is retired now and Ron Dante (of The Detergents, The Cuff Links, and The Archies) is filling in as lead vocalist with Mark Volman and the current lineup of The Turtles on their annual "Happy Together" Tour.

[@johnferlauto-zf7lk]

Totally hall of fame caliber! One of my favorite songs of all time. Great memories from my youth!

[@bonzotalonzo9072]

These 2 feel good tunes still have same effect on me all these years later. Makes me think back on simplicity & modesty & wish me again watching this in front of the tube in my jammies for very first time in 60's.....

[@gbereterbide6440]

Exactly!

[@richardhoner7842]

I can't stand anything they did. Just awful.

[@BlueSky-eb7ru]

To watch The Turtles all these years later in color is great ....

[@Sigtryggr1949]

My wife and I have adopted "Happy Together" as our special song, we were lucky enough to be teenagers back in the 60's, seems only like yesterday, we've been HAPPY TOGETHER for fifty years.

[@christianhenriquez9711]

Congratulations.... Greetings from Chile

[@dennysmith7862]

Reminds me of a lovely boy who was so cute... But was 5 MONTHS younger than me!!! 😂😂😂 Was a huge deal breaker, or so I thought... 😂😂😂 Could we, both 15 Yrs old at the time, have been SO innocent?!!! Sweetness personified... Robert Riley... This always recalls that time...

[@MariaHernandez-cb8jr]

Congratulations to both of you. Beautiful memories

[@kimberlyparkhurst4925]

I was born in 67 and grew up listening to them still love them

[@juliemullen365]

Me too ❤

[@mikemiller659]

I was 12 years old in 7th grade Loving the Turtles music !

[@sergioeduardo4888]

So underrated band, great voice and harmonies

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

why does someone always say that about their favorite band on youtube. It's just your opinion. It matters only to you and not the rest of the world. No one care what you think about who is rated how.

[@francescoabenavoli2716]

Ma perché te la prendi tanto?

[@mikemiller659]

Under NO circumstances were they (under rated) they WERE HUGE

[@Mikevdog]

They were rated where they were rated. Who is rating them anyway?

[@msr1116]

The Turtles were similar to other groups of that era---they had a sizeable audience for awhile until their fan base's tastes shifted and records sales diminished. The groups eventually disbanded until those same fans became nostalgic for the music of their youth. Reunion tours began and became profitable enough to remain popular to this day.

[@kazitude1]

Growing up in the 60's was great!!🥲

[@beebob7772]

Eleanor! Is actually a LIVE performance! They were a truly great band!

[@lindabergman3127]

Yep n it’s fantastic ❤l

[@rosarioreside3327]

Yes it is !😊Thanks 👍

[@mothermcready4417]

No one needed Autotune!

[@michaelcollums4197]

If I remember correctly the drummer John Barbata when on to play with CSN&Y and Jefferson Airplane & Starship. Great drummer.

[@Jenifex1951]

Loved John Barbata......❤❤❤❤

[@Santi66]

The second theme is played live. Great performance. GREAT DRUMMER!!

[@michaelrose3101]

Johnny Barbata

[@Santi66]

@@michaelrose3101 Thank you so much!

[@michaelrose3101]

@@Santi66 My pleasure.

[@kibitznec700]

That is John Barbata the original drummer for Jefferson Starship.

[@heywilbur]

Barbata also played wth CSNY... and on tons of albums.

[@TD402dd]

This is one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The ghostly sound in the song elicit deep feelings in the listener - Happy Together.

[@paulkane7771]

"Ghostly"?? What are you talking about?

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Which is all just your opinion. So it means nothing to everyone else.

[@LannieLord]

He meant "Haunting". @@paulkane7771

[@pachy444]

Bucket loads of echo

[@robertljiljanic4451]

Great comment

[@keithnaylor1981]

That was incredible. On Eleanor the highlights are the amazing drumming and the voice of the guy with glasses and hair! Happy Together, Eleanor, She’d Rather Be With Me - three pieces of pure gold from the 60s.

[@bobs5596]

the guy? he has a name. Mark Volman

[@dianelandau2337]

Oldies but goodies time

[@andrewmorton2430]

Howard and Mark (Flo & Eddie) brought real backing vocals magic to the classic T.Rex sound.

[@Paddymayne4738]

Posted a comment on other videos regarding this song and the memories it brings back every time I listen to it 56 years after it hit the airways. 80 years old now they flood into my mind like I was in Montreal yesterday and Toronto day and on the phone talking to a lovely young girl that I said good bye to in Montreal Station saying I’d be back in Montreal to visit her in a few weeks. This was the song that resonated with the moment that cold February 1967. The phone calls drifted from days into weeks and then became the past as we went out seperate ways, like ships in the night, starting with a bright light then fading into darkness never to meet again. The memory of the time never faded and the song keeps the time reminiscing in my mind like on other. I can honestly say that it occurs with no other period in my life. I see Miss Montreal clear as day at the Station wear a fur hat on her head and and down the lovely cheeks closed at the chin. Yes I do reminisce about what if I had returned to Montreal the next week or even a Month later. Then again I wouldn’t have this lovely memory of the time. Yes, I did visit my brother in Montreal some 3 years later, with the girl that I married (and still married) in Toronto 18 Months later in I968, so a catch up with an old flame highly unlikely in Ville Lasalle Montreal. Living on the other side of the world today it provides for a lovely memory on my part. As for the lovey girl in the fur hat, now that’s the real mystery, is she sitting in bed at 78 years of age listening to the Turtles and reminiscing about 1966? Well, hello, hello and pleasant dreams to everyone with such a fond Memories flicker through the ages of our minds.

[@Paddymayne4738]

Update. Trying to find my friend Bobby Peel who took me to the party where I met the young girl. Lotto odds in finding him and even lesser odds in finding the girl, who is of course a Grandmother today. It would be fabulous in some ways to do so and perhaps better for the memories and picture in my mind to remain as status quo.

[@karenbee4014]

These great songs take me back to my childhood!

[@gbereterbide6440]

Love this trip back in time. Thank you!

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

"Elenore" is a great tune, so memorable. I love the intro.

[@misfortuneteller2814]

Listen to the similarity of the intro Elenore song with Eleanor Rigby of The Beatles

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

I get it. Makes sense. My daughter and I got into a heated discussion re: who is better, the Beatles or the Stones. I told her that without the Beatles most of modern music would not exist. Even my songs (check them out on KZbin) wouldn't exist as the Beatles were my greatest influences. The Turtles obviously feel the same way.

[@Wilfredoviquez]

What a sound, it's a classic from the 60s, I was 8 years old when it was broadcast on the radio, a complete success.

[@markmerrell4655]

Timeless Classics! 🎶

[@cc9z]

we will never again hear new music as great as this.

[@johnk2495]

yes

[@walleyeman50]

Not hardly

[@PeanutSpring3]

Lies. There is plenty of great new music

[@cc9z]

@@PeanutSpring3 you may of heard it and i never so could you name one new band

[@PeanutSpring3]

@@cc9z I will name some solo artists and bands from the 2000s to now: Amy Winehouse Caity Gyorgy Car Seat Headrest Drake Bell Dr. Dog Joanna Newsom John Mayer Leon Bridges Mac Demarco She & Him Superorganism Tally Hall The Young Veins Twiddle And that is just from then on, not taking into account small independent artists, all the great rap music (Which isn't always what's popular), punk music, jazz composers, or classical composers. Great music isn't served on a silver platter like it was in the 60s. Now you need to actually look around for it. Which isn't hard with the advent of streaming and KZbin. Look up local bands, find niche artists with cult followings. It is pretty easy.

[@tylermcay6676]

Such an underrated band

[@vinman07]

One of the greatest melodies of all time

[@lindabergman3127]

Agreed ❤❤❤love it

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

IN your opinion. And that counts for nothings in eternity and the end of the world. 🙄

[@barneyronnie]

​@@JohnSmith-uy7svYou will be deleted by the benignly indifferent cosmos ...😮

[@simonyeung7391]

I listened to their songs on the radio while doing my homework now I listen to the same song on KZbin in June 2024 oh my God how time flies

[@RUTHRoesch]

me too I have it on FB and love Elenore on FB too.

[@Bgiverny]

Turtles were pure magic ! Heard this through my high school and college years ! 60's and 70's were best music ever written. played, sung and danced to !

[@carlatamanczyk3891]

50s, 60s, some 70s music was our golden age for music. Gone down hill since.

[@carmenhanna7867]

Yeah, now they have mediocre music with mediocre singers. Gaga, Swift, chakira, ordinary singers and musicians.

[@vickinoeske1154]

Happy Together has been one of my favorite songs since I was 10 years old.❤😊🐢🎶

[@lonwolf8245]

HAPPY TOGETHER is in my Top 10 favorite songs of all time!

[@DaveZaleski]

be one song for sure at my wedding

[@ThomasLordFairfax]

In the 1960s, I saw The Turtles with Frank Zappa at Beloit College. You could get high from the smoke coming off our reefers, but you didn’t have to, because of everyone passed around whatever they had. Each generation believes that it invents puberty and adolescence. They forget that their elders were once adolescences too. I am 75 years old. I do a lot of work with people who are in their 20s and 30s. But even those who are in their 40s and 50s still seem young to me. To avoid binaries, which are indeed odious, I use the Pareto Principle: 20% of the people are talented, 20% of the people are challenged, and 60% of the people are waiting for the 20% talented to tell them what to do. With this perspective you can see some politicians as being talented and odious at the same time. Which politicians do you find to be talented and what talents do they have that you admire?

[@AncianitaRockerita]

My name is Sara. I was only 10 years old in 1967 and I heard this song for the first time until 1972, since then it has been one of my favorite songs, now I am 67.

[@randallalan4221]

Sara...I can certainly relate cause I'm 67 and remember hearing this song when it came out on AM radio :>)

[@rjasontwenty1099]

a great voice the singer has...wow

[@gplunk]

What a great couple of tunes; and what a wonderful time to be young and alive!

[@stb52]

da war ich 15 Jahre und hab die 60er in vollen Zügen miterleben dürfen! nun, in der Jahren 2000, dürfte die "Entzeitstimmung" der Musik angekommen sein!

[@K98876]

He was like a Perry Como style singer a really great voice but he was a hippie and so cool. These songs still give me goosebumps even after all these years

[@JesusAlvarez-r1c]

Me encantan éstas canciones, hicieron mi juventud muy placentera escuchandolas tengo 72 años 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤😂😂😂😂

[@josephseremak87]

I'm 84, and this starts all the memories all over again.

[@beccadoingstuff]

I love Happy Together, I never get tired of it! This is the first time I’ve ever heard Elenore, and I love it!!

[@davidblankenship2720]

Elenore! Correct

[@caterinascarcella]

Could listen to them on auto rind forever

[@andyhoops.6156]

Absolutely timeless.

[@pmccachren]

50 years ago? Amazing. Such tremendous music.

[@alicemoncada6853]

I was born 1951. In Budapest, Hungary. This song is part of my early memories. I still like it.

[@CarryePerkins-py1yc]

1951 rules!

[@wolfgangjungheim7502]

Jau, mit 77 ist für mich dieses Lied immer noch eines der schönsten; weiter so ... öh, DAS geht wohl nicht mehr. Schön dass wir solche Lieder immer noch hören können.

[@marvinthiessen3454]

Monster hit back in 1967, I was only a sophomore in high school at the time.

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

Great Band and love the songs

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Imagine being back in the 1960s again. So happy together in better times.

[@motnosniv]

so good, I don't think I've ever seen Mark without a smile on his face.

[@markheddleson2068]

Rest in peace John Barbata, drummer.

[@annaguitto1124]

felici insieme avevo 2 anni ❤❤❤❤

[@richardgrasso4099]

One of the Very Best Days of My Life was when my roommate Joe Wissert played us this recording for the 1st time! We were the 1st to hear it, along with "She's My Girl" , and "She'd Rather Be With Me", also "Do You Know What I Mean"! It was a 4 song dub, 2 recordings on each side right out of the Express Delivery Package! We lived at 55th and 6th Ave back then right across from the Capitol Records Bldg. where I would wind up as the A&R Man there, 1970/71 Where I signed The Raspberries! (See Ken Sharp's new book on them! I also co-wrote "Sweet Cherry Wine" with Tommy James right before that! What times they were! Much Love, Richie Grasso

[@durv13]

the duet between the singer and tambourine guy is awesome .

[@Gypsisoul1111]

Great sounding songs!

[@davidgreenwood5209]

Love the old 60's and 70's songs. takes me back to 4th grade elementary school. The 1967 songs were the ones that i recalled most fondly.

[@RockWithYu]

One of the greatest love songs of all time.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Eleanor!

[@lhj1957]

One of my all-time favorites

[@jeanettesmith765]

This video brings back so many memories of my teen years and my big crush on Howard Kaylan.

[@darwinsfish]

Such a joyous song. Can’t help smiling.

[@ccnoble1415]

When the sung together it was on another level , those guys were great 👏👏

[@prideofdurham4776]

Shirts ties suits and talent.Four things todays crap dont have.

[@indiesindie1984]

The most excellent vocalists in RocknRoll history! Brilliant 👏!

[@roxanneweichinger9318]

🎶🎶🎶💐🪻🌸🌻”Happy Together” and “Elenore” are such beautiful bright cheerful melodies!☺️💐🪻🌸🌻🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢 🦋🌷☀️🎵🎵🎵

[@Screen-ey9dl]

I was 12 when this came out, I remember listening on my transistor radio, under my pillow to Radio Caroline, not sure if I should laugh or cry now

[@joseluiscorteslopez9184]

Que grandiosas y espectaculares canciones están de lujo muchas gracias amigo o amiga por compartir esa si era música saludos

[@josedejesussandovalmurga1466]

Cuanta creatividad la de estos chicos! Que magnifico sonido tan armonioso! Son inolvidables!

[@nicky0016dd]

Loved it then, love them now! Love the drummers style. The Turtles always had fun performing. Great group!

[@LuxeFilmography]

Good to see they practiced social distancing even back then.

[@dkzlslx7690]

Noticing they already had wireless technology for guitars and invisible microphones on the first song of clip

[@angelaackerman8934]

Most shows would not let bands actually play .

[@MasterJediDude]

Time travelers... All of them, including Jonah Hill. 🤣

[@SuperJohnhughes]

@@angelaackerman8934 lip sync.

[@angelaackerman8934]

@@SuperJohnhughes Yes I know. Tv shows wanted it that way. Because if they played live it would not sound exactly like the studio recording. You hardly ever saw a real live band but that doesn’t mean they can’t play. You did what they told you to do if you wanted to get exposure.

[@totocuellar1109]

I'm your father

[@kenton6098]

In 2010 Mexicana Airlines, one of the world's oldest, bit the dust and all their pilots and flight attendants were put out of work, including my Mexican girlfriend (I was living in Cuernavaca). The loss of income made life very difficult for them. For most, that was the only skill they had, finding comparable work was nearly impossible, it was really tough and a lot of sacrifices had to be made. In 2015 Aeromexico made a deal with Delta, bought 40 airplanes and began hiring people from Mexicana. Everyone had to recertify. I helped Lupita study and she was in the second class to graduate. Everyone's families attended. To finally have work again was a huge relief and you never saw so many people crying with happiness! Even I cried a little! And for these events Aeromexico adopted a theme song. It was in English. One guess what it was!

[@aniea5664]

My boyfriend's favorite song in high school. Mine too! One of the best songs ever in my book!❤

[@christinamitchell7356]

This song was written as a goof. Etc. love it

[@handsupbud]

Brings back great memories of being 12 and just learning to play guitar. I'm 69 and have been a professional musician for 50 years now.

[@francoisbonilla8825]

Turtles is a great Rock'N Roll' group of sixties.....******, 50 Years ago, i listen thèse 2 two best songs on thé radio (happy together and Elenor), but i don't knew thé group made thèse Hits...*****, Now, i Know.....!!! Thanks so much

[@sgerar37]

Up to this moment I had only watched videos where they played back over the LP recording, it is very refreshing hearing them live with Eleanore, they played realy good live!

[@ShirleyMostert]

Stunning 👏👏 I was a wannabe teenager who wanted to be old enough to go to London and be amongst the music 🎶

[@billyangus]

R.I.P. drummer Johny Barbata(1945-2024).

I was born in 67... Great year 😊

[@Salguine]

From all the clips I've seen, the guy with the glasses was equally skilled at not playing at least half a dozen instruments.

[@PuneetGautam]

😂😂😂true...But he made all those "videos" more interesting.

[@MissAshley-jq9gl]

mark lol

[@BomChickyBowWow]

I guess he’s the white 60s equivalent of a hype man.

[@angelaackerman8934]

He can actually play guitar, keyboards and tambourine. He and the lead singer Howard Kaylan are in the rock and roll hall of fame by being members of the Mothers of Invention. They were then known as Flo and Eddie. The record company they were in dispute with would not allow them to work using their own names. So the two Turtles/ Flo and Eddie took them to court and won. The judge said it was insane not to be able to use your own name. True story.

[@chicagoan81]

@@angelaackerman8934 yes, it was a 15 year court fight. Sounds horrible to go through that.

[@KaycieCarryl22654]

Flo and Eddie's version with Frank Zappa was epic! "Just like a big rock show..."!!!!

[@angelasosa6058]

Soy afortunada yo crecí con esa música 60.70 .80 década muy loca pero muy romántica también con mocedades trigo limpio ivan Pedro marin Miguel bose Miguél gallardo muchos mas décadas bellas y románticas

[@reesesm3730]

Great record. At 73, I'm still playing it. I was 17 back then senior in HS.

[@billyhollister8768]

Love mark volman's hair growth by the time they performed ELENORE IN 1968! What great songs. What a great band.

[@Dynamics1957]

Omg...love this it was played by my aunt all the time

[@seltaeb9691]

That Elenore live was every bit as good as Happy was mimed. My best 2 songs of the 60s & I was around in the 60s UK Beatles & all.

[@TheSuperbird43]

My family and my Aunt Rose went to Virginia to see my Aunt, my Uncle, and my cousins. All of us had a barbecue and my uncle had invited some of their closest friends over!!! It was the summertime which made it special. we all started to dance to the music my Aunt & Uncle were Playing. We started to listen to these songs and I started to tease my Aunt Rose. My mother took me, My Sisters, my girlfriend Debbie, and my Aunt Rose and started to DESTROY the dance floor!!!! My Aunt & Uncle's friends were SPEECHLESS!!! My cousins were hugging and kissing us as were my Aunt & Uncle!!! My Uncle said, " These kids are the REAL DEAL"!!! when they dance, NO ONE can match them in HEART & INTENSITY!!! especially my nephew!!! My mother then said, " My kids have been dancing since they were small"!! they just keep getting better & better"!! and they LOVE each other the more they do it!!!! My Aunt Rose then Said, " I can't wait to dance with these kids because of the LOVE and HEART they generate while they dance together"!!!

[@tylermcay6676]

What an amazing Drummer

[@carloscasabona]

Imposible dejar de mirar a Bach con pandereta, que acaba en el minuto 3 adueñándose completamente de la escena con una divertida vueltecita de 360 grados, eclipsando al solista. Al fin y al cabo, pop sesentero entrañable y adorable.

[@martinnogales2259]

Wonderful music

[@MarkMphonoman]

Was 17 when these songs came out. Brings back great memories.

[@Cissy2cute]

Listening to the Turtles always makes me happy!

[@dylanakent]

2 of most beautiful male voices to grace rock and roll.

[@chrisgilmore4591]

I am 65 and Eleanor is still one of my all-time favorites.

[@weveseenthelight5997]

Timeless classics!

[@renatonunes2550]

THIS BEAUTIFUL KIND OF MUSIC ENDED LONG AGO. Thanks to YOU TUBE we can go back in time and relive the days when there was real MUSIC in the air.

[@susanb2015]

Born in 67 one of the earliest songs I remember.