Public record

The Turtles

Rock | Los Angeles, CA | since 1965

classic rock
folk rock
musical parody
oldies
pop
pop rock
Pop-Rock
psychedelic pop

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

1969

On record since

Releases

Show history

1969 · 1

Jan 11, 1969Nicholson Pavilion· Ellensburgheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Lineup

Rick “Squid” Guidotti — guitar
Joe Stefko — membranophone

Former

Don Murray
Chuck Portz
Jim Tucker
Howard Kaylan
Al Nichol
Mark Volman
Joel Larson
Chip Douglas
John Barbata
Jim Pons
John Seiter

Releases

HT
Have To Be Myself / Too Young To Be The One
2019
TA
The Albums Collection
2017
HT
Happy Together (The Best Of The Turtles)
2017
TT
The Turtles '66
2017
HT
Happy Together
2016
TC
The Complete Original Album Collection
2016
SR
She'd Rather Be With Me / Story Of Rock And Roll
2016
PT
Playlist: The Very Best Of The Turtles
2016
AT
All The Singles
2016
4R
45 RPM Vinyl Singles Collection
2014
3Y
30 Years of Rock N Roll: Happy Together
1995 · compilation
LM
Let Me Be
1995 · album
CH
Classic Hits
1993 · compilation
EL
Elenore
1993 · album
YB
You Baby / Let Me Be
1993 · compilation
TB
The Best of the Turtles
1992 · compilation
HT
Happy Together: The Very Best of the Turtles
1991 · compilation
TT
The Turtles Greatest Hits
1991 · compilation
TW
Turtle Wax: The Best of the Turtles, Volume 2
1988 · compilation
SS
Shell Shock
1987 · compilation
CR
Chalon Road
1986 · album
TT
The Turtles Collection - 20 Golden Hits
1986 · album
2G
20 Greatest Hits
1984 · compilation
TH
The History Of Flo & Eddie And The Turtles
1983 · compilation
ST
Save the Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits
1982 · compilation
"T
"Happy Together Again!"
1974 · compilation
WH
Wooden Head
1970 · album
TS
Turtle Soup
1969 · album
TT
The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
1968 · album
GH
Golden Hits
1967 · compilation
HT
Happy Together
1967 · album
YB
You Baby
1966 · album
IA
It Ain't Me Babe
1965 · album
AA
All Access
album
YB
You Baby Can I Get to Know You Better
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 50+ plays, 2012-03-23–2026-08-18 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Morning Show' (John Richards) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (DJ Jewel) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Astral Plane' (DJ Jewel) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Larry Mizell, Jr.) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Early' (Eva Walker) — KEXP

Artist background

The Turtles formed in 1965 — MusicBrainz
The Turtles is based in Los Angeles — MusicBrainz
The Turtles disbanded in 1971 — MusicBrainz
Rick “Squid” Guidotti: guitar — MusicBrainz
Joe Stefko: membranophone — MusicBrainz
Don Murray: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Chuck Portz: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Jim Tucker: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Howard Kaylan: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Al Nichol: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Mark Volman: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Joel Larson: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Chip Douglas: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
John Barbata: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
Jim Pons: member (former member) — MusicBrainz
The Turtles has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1965–1995 — MusicBrainz
The Turtles is from Los Angeles , California, U.S. — Wikipedia
The Turtles plays Pop rock [ 1 ] — Wikipedia
The Turtles plays folk rock [ 2 ] — Wikipedia
The Turtles plays sunshine pop [ 3 ] — Wikipedia
The Turtles plays psychedelic pop [ 4 ] — Wikipedia
The Turtles has 1553999 listeners on Last.fm — The Turtles on Last.fm
The Turtles has released 10 recordings between 2014 and 2019 — The Turtles on Discogs
The Turtles has 10 followers on Genius — The Turtles on Genius
Twitter/X handle (per Genius): @floandeddie — The Turtles on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Rock band — The Turtles — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turtles — The Turtles on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 349 — The Turtles — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01f4jy — The Turtles — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Los Angeles, USA — The Turtles on TheAudioDB
Formed 1965 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Dissolved 1970 (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Origin: Los Angeles (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: pop rock, folk rock, sunshine pop, psychedelic pop — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Chip Douglas, John Barbata, John Seiter, Jim Pons, Jim Tucker, Chuck Portz, Don Murray, Al Nichol — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: White Whale — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turtles — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Nicholson Pavilion · Ellensburg	1

By year: 1969 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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