Farewell to Mark Volman, founder of the Turtles

He died at the age of 78 Mark Volmanco -founder of Turtles and co-author of several of their hits. According to what reported by Variety, Volman died yesterday in his home in Nashville following a sudden illness. In 2015, the American musician had been diagnosed with throat cancer, a disease declared healed the following year.

In 2023, Volman had revealed that he was suffering from dementia. At the time he said he had received the diagnosis in 2020. “I was overwhelmed by the awareness that this would have created a completely new part of my life. I said to myself: ‘Ok, whatever must happen will happen, but I will do my best'”. At the time he explained that he had heard that something was wrong with already in 2018. “I remember having podden and not being sure of what was going on. My wandering brain. I went off topic. It didn’t make sense.”

Mark Volman
In 1963 he formed together with
Howard Kaylan
The band that would have been called in 1965
Turtles
. The group immediately obtained a good number of Hit from top 40, including a cover of
“It ain’t me babe”
Of
Bob Dylan
their debut single, which reached eighth place. Other successes like
“She’d Rather Be with me”, “list”
And
“You showed me”
They all entered the top 10 of the ranking. In 1967 i
Turtles
they published their only number one,
“Happy Together”
.

After the dissolution of the
Turtles
In 1970, Volman and Kaylan, with the name of
Flo & Eddie
(Volman was Flo), they joined the Mothers of Invention of
Frank Zappa
appearing in
“Chunga’s Revenge”
,
“200 Motels”
and other albums by
Frank Zappa
. Despite
Flo & Eddie
They released some albums were known above all as choristers for other artists. Volman and Kaylan sang in records, among others, of

Blondie, Alice Cooper, Duran Duran, John Lennon
And
Ramones
. Perhaps their most famous choirs concern a couple of albums of
T. Rex
including
“Electric Warrior”
of 1971, with
“Bang a Gong (Get it on)”
And
“Hungry
Heart “
Of
Bruce Springsteen
of 1980.