It was meant as an anti-love letter to White Whale Records, who were constantly on our backs to bring them another "Happy Together."
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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", both written by Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon.
Elenore |
Using pen names in anthropology has several precedents, including "Elenore Smith Bowen" (Laura Bohannan) and "Cesara Manda" (Karla Poewe), although it does seem to be a female practice.
They released several singles under their own name (including French-language versions of such as The Turtles' "Elenore" and The Supremes' "Come See About Me"), but spent most of the 1970s working as backing singers, both on stage and in the studio, for François and other big names.