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The Mothers of Invention

Happy Together

1971 · via The Turtles

The Mothers of Invention’s earliest release of “Happy Together” on file came out in 1971. Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is The Turtles’, from 1966. Also recorded by Frank Zappa (released 1979), Jason Donovan (released 1991) and The Ventures (released 1967), among 179 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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The Turtles' biggest song came from outside the band, courtesy of Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, and it wandered further than you'd guess. The Mothers of Invention put out their own take in 1971, so start there.

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Credited writers: Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon.

Earliest release on file: The Turtles, 1966.

Other recordings on file · first release year

179 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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The Turtles didn't write "Happy Together" themselves. Garry Bonner shares the writing credit with which songwriter?Alan Gordon
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