The Turtles - American pop-rock band, formed in Westchester, Calif., in 1963 and fulfilled the melodious, rich mnogogolositsey pop songs with elements of folk-rock and soft psychedelia. The Turtles international fame has brought the hit «Happy Together», who headed the U.S. list in 1967. Seven albums were on the Billboard 200, had the greatest success book The Turtles! Golden Hits (# 7, 1968). After the collapse of The Turtles, two members of the group, Howard and Mark Volman Kylan, entered the first part of The Mothers of Invention. Later, the duo recorded as Flo & Eddie. wiki

The Band - Canadian-American folk-rock band that - despite the limited popularity among the general public - enjoyed great respect for music journalists and fellow musicians. As a result a large-scale survey of musicians and critics of Rolling Stone magazine included them in the top fifty greatest artists of the rock n roll.
In 1959-63 gg. members accompanied the artist Ronnie Hawkins rockabilly called The Hawks. Subsequently released several records under the name Levon and the Hawks and The Canadian Squires. In 1965 he was invited by Bob Dylan accompanied him in the first world tour, which became one of the legendary events in the history of rock music. Following the departure of Dylans live performances recorded with him a musical session, which has long been circulated as a bootleg (the first in history), and in 1975 he was finally released the album under the title «The Basement Tapes». Wiki