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The Turtles

1960s pop band The Turtles originally started out as The Crossfires, a generic surf rock group playing small gigs on the West Coast. In an effort to broaden their audience appeal they reinvented themselves as a folk rock group featuring prominent vocal harmonies reflecting the style created by bands like The Byrds. The new formula worked well and the band's breakthrough came when they released a version of Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe' which reached the Billboard top ten. The band's follow-up singles failed to achieve the same commercial success until in 1967 when they releas...