![]() “It helped put a couple of daughters through college and paid for some other things in life. Honestly I never get tired of playing that song for appreciative fans.” It’s provided a nice financial dividend for Volman as well. Like many of the songs during that time period, it’s a feel-good song. Over the past five decades ‘Happy Together’ has been in countless movies and TV shows. Over the next four years the band would have a string of radio friendly hits including ‘You Baby’, ‘She’d Rather Be with Me’, ‘You Know What I Mean’, ‘Elenore’, and ‘She’s My Girl’, with ‘Happy Together’ remaining their signature song.Īccording to Volman ‘Happy Together’ has had a life of its own. The current complement of groups returns to the Charleston Music Hall on Wednesday June 8th.īarely out of high school vocalist and guitarist Mark Volman and The Turtles scored instant success cracking the Top 10 with a cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’. Together the six groups have over 30 recognizable songs that blasted out of Top 40 radio stations back in the day. The tour includes multi-talented singer Ron Dante of The Archies fame. Over the past several years the lineup has been the same with The Turtles alongside Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, The Association, The Vogues, The Buckinghams, and The Cowsills. For over three decades among some of the more popular acts on the ‘Happy Together’ tour have been Mitch Ryder, Gary Lewis (The Playboys), Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & the Raiders), Mark Farner, and Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees. Not only is the song ‘Happy Together’ a chart-topping single from 1967, it’s also the name of a successful long running tour featuring The Turtles and various other acts from the late 1960’s and early 70’s. Mark Volman & Susan Cowsill Enjoy Bringing Feel Good Music to Appreciative Fans
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