Puckett has performed on more than 30 network television shows and prime time specials during his career, even adding a command performance for the President and Prince Charles at the White House. In 1968, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap sold more records than any other artist including the Beatles. Puckett’s unmistakable signature voice garnered six consecutive gold records and Top 10 Billboard hits such as “Young Girl” and “Woman Woman.” Gary Puckett & The Union Gap was one of the most successful musical groups of the sixties, boasting five Top 10 singles. “Performing with the Happy Together Tour is one of the highlights of my career!” he said. This year’s Happy Together Tour starts on Negron’s birthday and he’s looking forward to being a part of the festivities. Negron has kept the music that he helped make famous “alive” by continuing to perform throughout the decades. The band’s first gold record was “One,” which featured Chuck on lead vocals as did “Joy to the World” and many other of the band’s biggest hits including “Old Fashioned Love Song.” 1 songs including “Joy to the World,” “Black and White” and “Mama Told Me (Not to Come).” The group went on to become one of the most successful bands of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s with 21 Top 40 hits and three No. The band has sold over 60 million albums worldwide and continue to please audiences with their fun-filled performances.Ĭhuck Negron co-founded the hugely popular, multi-platinum band, Three Dog Night in 1967. Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan have remained plenty busy over the years with both The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie and their extracurricular music activities. The album, which showcased their incredible range of vocal talent, spawned the hits “Elenore” and “You Showed Me” (both peaking at No.
In 1968, far ahead of their time, they would release one of music’s first concept albums, “The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands,” where they pretended to be 11 different bands with different names, each providing a song in a different genre. 1 on the charts in 1967 (displacing the Beatles’ “Penny Lane”) and remains a staple on classic rock radio to this day.Īlthough their biggest hit and signature song, it’s just one of their nine Top 40 hits, which includes such popular songs as “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “Elenore,” “You Showed Me” and “It Ain’t Me Babe.” “We have wonderful acts and all you’ll hear is hits!”įrom such songs as “Happy Together,” “Joy to the World” and “Young Girl” to “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” and “This Diamond Ring,” fans will, once again, delight in hearing the songs sung by the original singers that they’ve heard on the radio for the past several decades. “I’m very excited to be on the Happy Together Tour again with my great friends from the ‘60s,” Gary said.
The relative newcomer to the Happy Together Tour is Gary Lewis & The Playboys, which shared the stage with The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, The Mamas & the Papas, The Grass Roots and The Buckinghams on the 1985 Happy Together Tour. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap return from last year, while Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders, returns from 20.Ĭhuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, joined The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie on 2009s Hippiefest Tour. The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie have headlined and hosted all the previous Happy Together Tours and will be doing the same for this year’s shows. In all, the five artists on this year’s tour have over 60 Top 40 hits to choose from, including six No.
“It’s 54 cities over nine weeks, and the groups on this year’s show bring with them hours of hit songs and memories certain to please every fan of the 1960s. “Happy Together Tour 2013 will be the biggest and most successful tour we have done in the past 7 years,” states Mark Volman (aka “Flo”) of The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie. This year’s Happy Together Tour – comprised of The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders and Gary Lewis & The Playboys – will arrive at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Friday, June 21 at 8 p.m. In the three years since The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie brought back some friends for the 25th Anniversary Tour in 2010, “Happy Together” has become one of the most successful summer tours in existence, constantly hitting the road and celebrating the music of the 60’s for thousands of “Happy” fans to enjoy.
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