If you were a kid in the 1960s, there was a good chance you had a favorite Monkee. Mine was always Micky Dolenz — the funny ...
The Monkees’ first album featured a future country legend's signature guitar playing, giving the record its bright, infectious sound years before he became a star in his own right. Additionally, ...
In a three-hour conversation with USA TODAY for 60 years of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz shares a detailed oral history of the TV show and the music.
Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.
Frank Zappa was known as a bold and unpredictable artist who never played by the music industry's rules. It was that same fearless unpredictability that made his guest spot on The Monkees so ...
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1969 and remained at No. 1 for 4 weeks. It also ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s Year-End Hot 100 Singles list that year, according to Rolling Stone.
While Eagles prided themselves on being children of their influences, they might have come a little close to what one of The Monkees was doing.
During a 2021 interview with The Ringer, Shrek co-director Andrew Adamson said he loved The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” He tried to convince Smash Mouth to contribute a cover of the song to the movie.
The Monkees were no strangers to chart success, but their final Top 40 hit came two decades after their first smash song. It was 1987 when The Monkees recorded what would be their final Top 20 ...
Early during his concert Thursday night, March 5, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, while singing the Monkees’ “Take a Giant ...
Early on in his life as one-fourth of the Monkees, Peter Tork learned a cruel truth about the gargantuan gulf between image and reality in Hollywood. He dutifully arrived at a recording studio one day ...