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Episode 154: “Happy Together” by the Turtles

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Turtles - A New Album, Turtle Soup

The turtles were out of money, and they were being sued by Utley because he hadn't had the money he should have had. They signed with another big management company, this one co-owned by Bill Cosby in the belief that Cosby's star power might be able to get them some better bookings. The group at first refused to play for a president they rightly thought of as a monster, but their managers insisted. But it did start getting them well paid corporate gigs. Right up until when Kaylin became sick at his own hypocrisy at playing these events,. went into a drunken rant about how sick the audience made him, and then about how his bandmates were a bunch of sellouts

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