Wednesday, May 31, 2017

TOP 100 SONGS OF 1967 ― NUMBER 70

50 years ago this year these songs were released. I took the top 100 from Rolling Stone for 1967 and put them in the order in which I think they should have listed, since this was the decade of the music I grew up on. Enough of the formalities, here we go. Enjoy.

HAPPY TOGETHER ― THE TURTLES

GENRE ― Pop Rock



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"Happy Together" is a 1967 song from the Turtles' album of the same name. Released as a single in February 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the number one slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 It was the group's only chart-topper in the United States. "Happy Together" reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1967 and number 13 on Top 100 Singles of 1967 in Canada  The song was written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, former members of a band known as The Magicians. The song had been rejected a dozen times before it was offered to the Turtles, and the demo acetate was worn out.

The song is in the key of F-sharp minor, with the chorus in F-sharp major. The song ends on a Picardy third.

Personnel ― 

Howard Kaylan – lead vocals, keyboards 
Mark Volman – vocals
Al Nichol – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Jim Tucker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Chip Douglas – bass guitar, orchestra arrangement, backing vocals
John Barbata – drums, percussion 

From Wikipedia and Google (image)

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