Micky Dolenz says the Monkees weren't a band, they were a TV show about a band. The Beatles got it. To John Lennon, they were like the Marx Brothers.
To this day, it feels like The Monkees have never received their due. Granted, they were manufactured in the beginning. But ...
A look into the effect the monkees had on music TV, from their 1960s heyday to the role Michael Nesmith had in conceptualising what would later become MTV ...
And it makes perfect sense that the last Monkee standing would find ... all the words to the chart-topping triumph of “Last Train to Clarksville,” the Monkees' first single.
On this day in 1966 NBC-TV in the US bought The Monkees television series and slotted it into their 1966 autumn schedule. The Monkees, Last Train to Clarksville. First Draft: Irked In January.
Music legend Micky Dolenz is getting sentimental on his new “songs and stories” tour and with it he’s bringing his long ...