Happy Together Composer Dead at 64

[tr...@iwvisp.com]

Alan Gordon, 64, a songwriter who with his writing partner Garry
Bonner penned the Turtles' No. 1 hit "Happy Together" and other
catchy
pop songs in the 1960s, died of cancer Nov. 22 at his home in
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Besides "Happy Together," which topped the charts in March 1967, the
songwriting duo also wrote "She'd Rather Be With Me," "You Know What
I
Mean" and "She's My Girl" for the Turtles, as well as "Celebrate" for
Three Dog Night.

On his own, Gordon wrote "My Heart Belongs to Me" for Barbra
Streisand, who recorded it for her 1977 album "Streisand Superman."

Born April 22, 1944, in Natick, Mass., Gordon was a member of a New
York band called the Magicians in the mid-1960s. He and fellow
bandmate Bonner began writing songs together.

"Happy Together" was the high point for Gordon.

"It's been such a gift from God. It's hard to put into words what
that
song means to me," he told the Washington Post in 2004. "I know I
wrote it, but it's taken on . . . it's hard to explain. You're
driving
down the highway and you hear your song coming out of someone's car.
The angels heard me praying the day I wrote 'Happy Together.' "

Ray Arthur

[Uni]

Hey, Ray, why didn't you report the passing of The Shocking Blue, lead
singer, Mariska Veres, a year ago? Your selective obituary reporting
irks me! :-)

Uni

[tr...@iwvisp.com]

On Nov 29, 11:46 am, Uni <no.em...@no.email.invalid> wrote:
> Hey, Ray, why didn't you report the passing of The Shocking Blue, lead
> singer, Mariska Veres, a year ago? Your selective obituary reporting
> irks me! :-)
>
> Uni
>
>

I believe someone posted Mariska before me and I didn't want to be
redundant. That's really your game :)

You'll let me know first when you're checking out right?!

Ray

[Uni]

Back off, buster! :-)

You should be tinkled pink I'm spot checking you! I want this to be a
High Quality newsgroup, even with Taliesyn, elaich, BobbyM and Dean F
participating! :-)

Uni

>
> Ray

[DianeE]

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DianeE

[Robert J. Boyne]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:46:46 GMT, Uni <no.e...@no.email.invalid>
wrote:

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This was "our song" for Ann Long and me.

"Imagine you and me" etc.

Wonderful.

Robert the reminiscer.
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