30. 'Tapioca Tundra' (1968) Not only did he write and sing this psychedelic spin on Tin Pan Alley music, Nesmith is the only Monkee to appear on the recording, even whistling the melancholy melody ...
The Monkees may have started their music careers as a television show band. However, the prefab four quickly morphed into one of the most beloved groups of musicians of the 1960s. Micky Dolenz, Mike ...
The 60th anniversary of The Monkees is being celebrated with an expanded edition of the band’s 2016 studio album, Good Times!Good Times! (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), dropping May 29, will ...
One of The Monkees’ songs was inspired by The Beatles’ “Yesterday.” Another one of The Monkees’ songs was inspired by The Beatles’ “Day Tripper.” The latter song has a classic opening guitar riff. The ...
While the 1960s was a flourishing time for music both in America and abroad with the British Invasion, The Monkees still managed to carve a lane all their own. Introduced to audiences via The Monkees ...
The late Michael Nesmith loved returning to the Monkees and the foursome’s hit catalog in recent years as a celebration of his friendship with Mickey Dolenz. But during his tenure with the Monkees in ...
The Monkees closed out 1966 with a bang. Fifty-nine years ago, the beloved pop-rock band—which featured Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones—ended a very successful year with the ...
'The Monkees' star speaks to PEOPLE about his upcoming tour, his milestone birthday and his unforgettable life in rock 'n' roll “MADNESS!! AUDITIONS,” read the ad that ran in Daily Variety on Sept. 8, ...
Musician-songwriter Bobby Hart, half of a composer duo who penned the Monkees’ theme song and many of the group’s mega-hits, has died. He was 86. His friend and co-author, Glenn Ballantyne, said Hart ...
The star - one half of the legendary Boyce and Hart songwriting duo, who were behind some of The Monkees' smash-hit songs, including I Wanna Be Free and Last Train to Clarksville - passed away at his ...
“MADNESS!! AUDITIONS,” read the ad that ran in Daily Variety on Sept. 8, 1965. It called for four “insane boys” who “have the courage to work.” The hundreds of young hopefuls it attracted couldn’t ...