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.❤

[@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

[@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.

[@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 !

[@ThomasOSullivan-ut7hw]

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

[@mikesorantino]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@UhtredRagnarsson1949]

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

[@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.

[@alicemoncada6853]

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

[@CarryePerkins-py1yc]

1951 rules!

[@markheddleson2068]

Rest in peace John Barbata, drummer.

[@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!

[@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 !

[@carlatamanczyk3891]

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

[@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.

[@andrewmorton2430]

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

[@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

[@markmerrell4655]

Timeless Classics! 🎶

[@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

[@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.

[@tylermcay6676]

Such an underrated band

[@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.

[@rjasontwenty1099]

a great voice the singer has...wow

[@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.

[@josephseremak87]

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

[@kazitude1]

Growing up in the 60's was great!!🥲

[@mellow5123]

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

[@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.

[@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 ...😮

[@chrisgilmore4591]

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

[@ccnoble1415]

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

[@RubithValenzuela]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 me da melancolía escuchar este tremendo temazo, que recuerdos!!!😢😢😢😢😢

[@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 !

[@johnferlauto-zf7lk]

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

[@vickinoeske1154]

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

[@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.

[@roxanneweichinger9318]

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

[@joeyxc4]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@gbereterbide6440]

Love this trip back in time. Thank you!

[@BlueSky-eb7ru]

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

[@leonstone4738]

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.

[@leonstone4738]

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.

[@marvinthiessen3454]

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

[@reesesm3730]

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

[@karenbee4014]

These great songs take me back to my childhood!

[@SteveRaab100]

Great Song...no matter what Era, some songs will last forever 😊

[@Borella309]

Classic pop/rock songs - but THE DRUMMER!!!! Gold!

[@mattmotchkavitz6485]

Have seen the Turtles in the past, at KOOL Koncerts in Denver. Always a great, funny show. Glad I graduated from hs in 68.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

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

[@indiesindie1984]

The most excellent vocalists in RocknRoll history! Brilliant 👏!

[@Gypsisoul1111]

Great sounding songs!

[@lonwolf8245]

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

[@pmccachren]

50 years ago? Amazing. Such tremendous music.

[@joseluiscorteslopez9184]

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

[@aniea5664]

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

[@pinetree909]

"...one of the FAST(est) moving groups, The TURTLES!!" Lol! Love that sound ❤

[@RockWithYu]

One of the greatest love songs of all time.

[@jeanettesmith765]

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

[@gplunk]

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

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Howard Kaylan had one of the great voices of the 60s! He wrote Eleanor B as a joke and an angry poke at their record company who kept mercilessly hammering them for another Happy Together song. So he wrote Eleanor as a complete opposite of Happy Together. I love the line You're my pride and joy, etcetera. lol!

[@Cissy2cute]

Listening to the Turtles always makes me happy!

[@gusmendoza951]

Best music era....the 60s...best sounds came out then, starting with Tha Beatles....

[@nicky0016dd]

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

[@darlinecason1860]

Loved this group in the 60's ..now 84 n still love their style❤

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

Great Band and love the songs

[@m.leblanc1800]

Bolero with lyrics! Truly an amazing song since I heard it in '67,

[@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!

[@HeatherMoor]

I LOVE this hat!❤ And song too, of course.

[@billyangus]

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

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

man THE TURTLES` sound is incredible live!!!!!

[@fredfr2475]

RIP Johnny Barbata

[@user-pz1tuBiliBons]

Спасибо Черепахи! Вы снова возвратили меня в детство....

[@outtathyme5679]

Flo and Eddy of course went on to fame with Zappa's Mothers of Invention as well as singing background vocals for many of T Rex's hits

[@billyhollister8768]

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

[@digitd4663]

Loved Happy Together played over and over again at the Methodist Youth Club but never realised they were quirky!

[@user-fu2oy6dp4j]

I loved this song as a kid, and still do!! Blessings

[@lhj1957]

One of my all-time favorites

[@cpark441]

Having Fun Listning too, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Chip Douglus,Jim Tucker, John Barata!!! Good Job The Turtles!!!

[@ernstlettenbichler3605]

Mercie,,,happy Greetings from Bavaria !!! Pura Vida Namaste Diiijjjuuucheeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@rexmundi3108]

When I was a kid this song seemed like it was crying out my love for my crush. I didn't know the lead singer looked like Jack The Ripper or Mr. Hyde. That hat and cane....bbbrrr

[@wwalsh7311]

MASTERFUL harmonies! That's how it's done, kids!

[@samuraicowboyx]

Howard's voice really changed between the two songs.

[@richwiz2]

This is the year I saw them at Hampton Beach Casino, NH, my first rock concert, ever; I was 17. They’re missing their sexy go-go dancer, here; she worked hard for the money.

[@MarieH589]

Brilliant voice, brilliant drummer. ❤

[@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.

[@eelc5351]

Born in México City in 1986....I love this song, I love this gorup, I love Las tortugas.

[@dylanakent]

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

[@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"!!!

[@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

[@unmea69l8er]

Elenore sung live, nice one!

[@user-cf8ps5gf6v]

be one song for sure at my wedding

[@irmanavarrete6412]

YO TENÍA 10 añitos Y YA LOS ESCUCHABA X.LA RADIO KE LINDOS RECUERDOS «FELICES X SIEMPRE»🤔

[@caroljnorton8099]

Love the harmony!!❤

[@DonKelleyMusic]

All amazing musicians..... just incredible... and DAMN I LOVE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO MARK!!

[@mattstone5789]

For someone born in 1966, I found all this great music in the late 70s. Always had a soft spot for these guys & their great songs. Timeless classics.

[@josedejesussandovalmurga1466]

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

[@cretan982]

Great harmonies. They were also the backing singers on a lot of the early TRex hits.

[@johnjones3714]

Thank you for your comment there because I think they are the unsung heroes of T Rex