{"id":212274,"date":"2025-09-09T07:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212274\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T07:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:46:11","slug":"4-memorable-tunes-featuring-backing-vocals-by-mark-flo-volman-of-the-turtles-in-commemoration-of-his-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/212274\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Memorable Tunes Featuring Backing Vocals by Mark \u201cFlo\u201d Volman of The Turtles in Commemoration of His Passing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Volman, a co-founding member of The Turtles<\/a>, died on Friday, September 5, in Nashville at age 78. Volman, who had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2000, passed away after a \u201cbrief, unexpected illness,\u201d his rep revealed to Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Volman sang backing vocals for The Turtles and served as comic foil to lead singer Howard Kaylan, whom he befriended in high school. The group is best-known for its enduring, chart-topping 1967 pop-rock classic \u201cHappy Together.\u201d The band also scored a few other Top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including \u201cShe\u2019d Rather Be with Me\u201d (No. 3, 1967), \u201cElenore\u201d (No. 6, 1968), \u201cYou Showed Me\u201d (No. 6, 1969), and its debut single, a cover of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cIt Ain\u2019t Me Babe (No. 8, 1965).<\/p>\n

[RELATED: The Turtles\u2019 Founding Member Mark Volman Dead at 78]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

After The Turtles broke up in 1970, Volman and Kaylan joined Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention as a duo called the Phlorescent Leech and Eddie. Volman\u2019s nickname, the Phlorescent Leech, was soon shortened to Flo.<\/p>\n

Volman continued to work with Kaylan as Flo & Eddie until illness forced Kaylan to retire from touring in 2018.<\/p>\n

Flo & Eddie recorded a series of albums during the 1970s and into the \u201980s. The duo also became in-demand session singers, and wound up contributing to recordings by a variety of other famous artists.<\/p>\n

In commemoration of Volman\u2019s passing, here are four noteworthy songs by well-known artists featuring backing vocals by Flo & Eddie:<\/p>\n

\u201cBang a Gong (Get It On)\u201d \u2013 T. Rex (1971)<\/p>\n

Flo & Eddie contributed backing vocals to T. Rex\u2019s Tony Visconti-produced 1970 self-titled album, and the duo also was tapped by Visconti to lend their vocal talents to the band\u2019s 1971 follow-up, Electric Warrior.<\/p>\n

The album became T. Rex\u2019s best-selling U.S. release, and featured the group\u2019s only stateside hit, \u201cBang a Gong (Get It On).\u201d The joyous glam-rock classic peaked at No. 10 on the Hot 100, and topped the U.K. singles tally.<\/p>\n

Flo & Eddie\u2019s shrill falsetto vocals during the choruses helped the funky, grooving tune soar.<\/p>\n

\u201cHungry Heart\u201d \u2013 Bruce Springsteen (1980)<\/p>\n

In 1980, Bruce Springsteen released his fifth studio album, The River. The double-LP collection became the Boss\u2019 first to top the Billboard 200. The album\u2019s success was partly driven by its catchy lead single, Hungry Heart,\u201d which reached No. 5 on the Hot 100, Springsteen\u2019s highest-charting song at that time.<\/p>\n

Flo & Eddie contribute high, soulful backing vocals to the 1960s-inspired pop tune.<\/p>\n

Springsteen originally wrote \u201cHungry Heart\u201d for the Ramones after lead singer Joey Ramone asked him if he would pen a tune for the legendary punk band. After he write the song, though, Bruce decided to keep it for himself after conferring with his manager, Jon Landau.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove My Way\u201d \u2013 The Psychedelic Furs (1982)<\/p>\n

Flo & Eddie were hired to sing backing vocals on British new wave band The Psychedelic Furs\u2019 third album, Forever Now, by producer Todd Rundgren. \u201cLove My Way\u201d was one of the 1982 album\u2019s standout tracks.<\/p>\n

The song was released as Forever Now\u2019s first single. \u201cLove My Way\u201d became The Psychedelic Furs\u2019 first tune to break into the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 44. It\u2019s popularity was helped by a music video that received some prominent MTV airplay.<\/p>\n

Flo & Eddie\u2019s siren-like backing vocals helped enhance the tune\u2019s dreamy, atmospheric feel.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoison Heart\u201d \u2013 The Ramones (1992)<\/p>\n

The Ramones may not have recorded \u201cHungry Heart,\u201d but the band did eventually put out a song titled \u201cPoison Heart\u201d that also happened to feature Flo & Eddie on backing vocals. The tune appeared on the Ramones\u2019 12th studio album, Mondo Bizarro, released in 1992.<\/p>\n

The melodic, ominous rock anthem was co-written by original Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone, who left the band in 1989, and Daniel Rey, who produced or co-produced three of the group\u2019s albums.<\/p>\n

Volman and Kaylan are heard singing harmonies on the choruses of \u201cPoison Heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song was released as Mondo Bizarro\u2019s first signal and reached No. 6 on Billboard\u2019s Alternative Airplay chart.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Al Pereira\/Getty Images\/Michael Ochs Archives)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Volman, a co-founding member of The Turtles, died on Friday, September 5, in Nashville at age 78.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":212275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[976,171,975,112434,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-212274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-classic-rock","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-the-turtles","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115173234142201730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}