"Turn-Down Day" is a song written by

Jerry Keller Jerry Paul Keller (born June 20, 1937) is an American pop singer and songwriter, best known for his 1959 hit song "Here Comes Summer". Career Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Keller moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was six, an ...

and David Blume and performed by

The Cyrkle The Cyrkle was an American rock band active in the early and mid-1960s. The group charted two Top 40 hits, "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn-Down Day". Career The band was formed by guitarists and lead singers Don Dannemann and Tom Dawes (who also pl ...

. The song was produced by John Simon,and was featured on their 1966 album, ''

Red Rubber Ball "Red Rubber Ball" is a pop song written by Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and recorded by The Cyrkle, whose version reached 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and in South Africa and New Zealand. In Canada ...

''. It reached #16 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Canadian pop chart, and also reached #18 on the U.S. ''Cashbox'' chart in 1966.

Background

According to Candy Leonard, author of ''Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World'' (Arcade, 2014), the song is an excellent example of the emerging hippie ethos of the 1960s.

Other versions

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released a version of the song on their 1966 album, ''Souvenir''. *

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released a version of the song on his 1966 album, ''Look at Me Girl''. *

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released a version of the song as a single in 1967 that reached #46 in

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. * Gary Lewis & the Playboys released a version of the song on their 1968 album, ''Close Cover Before Playing''. *

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released a version of the song as a

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to their 1968 single "I Think I Know Him" and was featured on the album, ''

''. *

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released a version of the song on their 1970 album, ''Man and a Woman''. *

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released a version of the song on their 2002 album, ''

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''.Sketch Show, ''Audio Sponge''
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References

1966 songs 1966 singles 1967 singles The Cyrkle songs Bobby Vee songs Gary Lewis & the Playboys songs Song recordings produced by John Simon (record producer) Columbia Records singles Songs written by Jerry Keller {{1960s-single-stub