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    Jim Pons (born March 14, 1943) is an American bassist, author, singer, and video director who most notably played for the Leaves (1964–1967), the Turtles...
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    Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Tucker, Chuck Portz, and Don Murray, with subsequent members being Chip Douglas, Joel Larson, Johnny Barbata, Jim Pons, and John Seiter...
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    released before the band broke up in 1967 when Pons left to join the pop group The Turtles; in the early 1970s, Pons played bass with Frank Zappa. Arlin formed...
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    Eddie for short). Later replacing Simmons with another ex-Turtle, bassist Jim Pons, this second incarnation of the Mothers endured through December 1971,...
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  • on David Geffen's Asylum label. Backing musicians include John Beck and Jim Pons from the Leaves. While the majority of the album was produced by Henry...
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  • co-credited to all five members of the band: Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and John Barbata. The song was written as a satire of their biggest pop...
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  • chart. All tracks are written by Johnny Barbata, Howard Kaylan, Al Nichol, Jim Pons, and Mark Volman, except as noted The Turtles Howard Kaylan - lead vocals...
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  • band sings the Turtles' hit "Happy Together" - Kaylan, Mark Volman, and Jim Pons having been members of the Turtles - to the girls to give them their "bullet"...
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  • Gardner Aynsley Dunbar Mark Volman Howard Kaylan Jeff Simmons George Duke Jim Pons Bob Harris Jean-Luc Ponty Tom Fowler Ruth Underwood Ed Mann Bruce Fowler...
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    Eddie" or "Flo & Eddie" for short.: 201  Another member of the Turtles, Jim Pons, would join on bass in February 1971, following Simmons' departure the...
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