History Music / TheTurtles

** The Turtles' first two albums, ''It Ain't Me Babe'' and ''You, Baby'', were the first major producing efforts of Bones Howe, who had already gained some recognition in the music industry for engineering several hits by artists such as Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Music/JanAndDean, Johnny Rivers, and Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Howe would later reap greater success producing for The Association and The Fifth Dimension. (Technically, on ''It Ain't Me Babe'', Howe was credited for "studio direction'', with the actual producer credits going to Ted Feigin and Lee Lasseff, the label heads of White Whale Records, The Turtles' record label. Howe would finally get full producer credit on ''You, Baby'', again sharing producer credits with Feigin and Lasseff.)

** The Turtles' first two albums, ''It Ain't Me Babe'' and ''You, Baby'', were the first major producing efforts of Bones Howe, who had already gained some recognition in the music industry for engineering several hits by artists such as Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Music/JanAndDean, Johnny Rivers, and Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Howe would later reap greater success producing for The Association and The Fifth Dimension.

** Inverted with "Eve of Destruction". While Barry [=McGuire=]'s version was a bigger hit and is much better known now, the Turtles actually recorded and released the song first. (Its composer, P.F. Sloan, penned several other songs for them, including the hits "You Baby" and "Let Me Be", the former with longtime writing partner Steve Barri. Amusingly, "You Baby" is itself a cover. It was originally first recorded as an unreleased track by The Vogues, before Music/TheMamasAndThePapas and The Grass Roots recorded it as an album track on their respective debut albums, the former using the original instrumental track and recording a new vocal track over The Vogues.)

** Inverted with "Eve of Destruction". While Barry [=McGuire=]'s version was a bigger hit and is much better known now, the Turtles actually recorded and released the song first. (Its composer, P.F. Sloan, penned several other songs for them, including the hits "You Baby" and "Let Me Be", the former with longtime writing partner Steve Barri. Amusingly, "You Baby" is itself a cover. It was originally first recorded as an unreleased track by The Vogues, before Music/TheMamasAndThePapas recorded it as an album track on their debut album, using the original instrumental track and recording a new vocal track over The Vogues.)
* BrokenPedestal: Jim Tucker left the group after they had an unpleasant encounter with Music/JohnLennon, who he idolized, at a London nightclub in 1967.

** Inverted with "Eve of Destruction". While Barry [=McGuire=]'s version was a bigger hit and is much better known now, the Turtles actually recorded and released the song first. (Its composer, P.F. Sloan, penned several other songs for them, including the hits "You Baby" and "Let Me Be".)

* RecordProducer: Bassist Chip Douglas left in 1967 to become one of these for Music/TheMonkees, although he'd return to produce ''The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands''.

* SuddenNameChange: After building a following in Southern California as The Crossfires, when they signed a record contract their manager told them to become The Turtles, since it was close to Music/TheBeatles and would make people think they were British instead of American, which didn't hurt back in 1965.

* John Seiner - drums (1969–70)

* RevolvingDoorBand: Kaylan and Volman were there from beginning to end, but there was a lot of turnover among the other musicians.

* 1968 - ''The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands''

* GroupieBrigade: In his autobiography Howard Kaylan makes clear that even though he and Volman didn't possess teen idol looks, they still attracted plenty of groupies in the band's heyday.

* GenreShift: They started out as a GarageRock[=/=]SurfRock band called the Crossfires, before going into the folk rock/pop direction that made them famous.

* CoverVersion:

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* FatAndSkinny: Kaylan and Volman (especially after they became Flo and Eddie).

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The Turtles are a folk-rock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles that formed in 1965 and originally ran through 1970. They were headed by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (later known as Flo & Eddie) and are best known for their hit songs including "Happy Together", "She'd Rather Be With Me", "Elenore", "You Showed Me", and a {{Cover|Version}} of Music/BobDylan's "It Ain't Me Babe".

The Turtles are a folk-rock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles that formed in 1965 and originally ran through 1970. They were headed by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (later known as Flo & Eddie) and are best known for the hit songs "Happy Together", "She'd Rather Be With Me", "Elenore", "You Showed Me", and a {{Cover|Version}} of Music/BobDylan's "It Ain't Me Babe".

* RecordProducer: Bassist Chip Douglas left in 1967 to become one of these for Music/TheMonkees, although he'd return to produce ''The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands'' for his old bandmates.

* TurtlePower: It's in the band's name. Their last studio album was titled ''Turtle Soup.''

* 1970 - ''Wooden Head''

* SillyLoveSongs: "You Showed Me," "She'd Rather Be With Me". "Happy Together" brings the trope into conscious self-parody.

** Inverted with "Eve of Destruction". While Barry [=McGuire=]'s recording was a bigger hit and is much better known now, the Turtles' version was actually recorded and released first. (Its composer, P.F. Sloan, penned several other songs for them, including the hits "You Baby" and "Let Me Be".)

** Inverted with "Eve of Destruction". While Barry [=McGuire=]'s recording was a bigger hit and much better known, the Turtles' version was actually recorded and released first. (Its composer, P.F. Sloan, penned several other songs for them, including the hits "You Baby" and "Let Me Be".)

The Turtles are a folk-rock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles that formed in 1965 and originally ran through 1970. They were headed by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (later known as Flo & Eddie) and are best known for the songs "Happy Together," "You Showed Me," "Elenore" and a {{Cover|Version}} of Music/BobDylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe."

** They famously CoveredUp Music/BobDylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe" for their first hit.