Elenore
Sign in to save"Elenore" is a 1968 song by the Turtles, originally included on The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands. Although written by Howard Kaylan, its writing was co-credited to all five members of the band: Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and John Barbata. The song was written as a satire of their biggest pop hit "Happy Together."
Key facts
- Song.name
- Elenore
- Song.cover
- Elenore - The Turtles.jpg
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- the Turtles
- Song.album
- The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
- Song.B side
- Surfer Dan
- Song.released
- September 1968
- Song.genre
- Pop rock
- Song.length
- 2:31
- Song.label
- White Whale
- Song.writer
- Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, John Barbata
- Song.producer
- Chip Douglas
- Song.prev_title
- The Story of Rock and Roll
- Song.prev_year
- 1968
- Song.next_title
- You Showed Me
- Song.next_year
- 1969
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"Elenore" is a 1968 song by the Turtles, originally included on The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands. Although written by Howard Kaylan, its writing was co-credited to all five members of the band: Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and John Barbata. The song was written as a satire of their biggest pop hit "Happy Together."
==Background== By 1968, the Turtles had had a number of successful pop records on the White Whale label, including Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe," "Happy Together," and "She'd Rather Be with Me," the latter two written by Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon. The band members wanted to diversify their musical output (in parallel with more innovative musical groups of the time) and to record their own material. However, their record company was reluctant to allow them to do so.
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