In 1966, the world was introduced to the television show The Monkees. While decades later bands like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC would be put together for pop fame, the Los Angeles-born group The ...

The world of pop music just lost one of its quiet powerhouses. Bobby Hart, half of the famed songwriting duo Boyce and Hart, has passed away at the age of 86. If you’ve ever found yourself humming ...

After answering a casting call for “4 insane boys,” Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith were selected to portray The Monkees, whose similarities to The Beatles were entirely ...

Bobby Hart, who has died aged 86, was a songwriter and producer who played a leading role in the rise of the Monkees; he co-wrote some of their biggest hits, including their debut single, Last Train ...

The impact of the show alone should be enough to warrant their induction. And the catalog they left behind is every bit as worthy of the honor, from those first four albums, all of which hit No. 1, ...

“Hey Hey, We’re the Monkees” was a familiar tune that drew us all to our black-and-white television sets with the “bunny-ear” antenna and crumpled aluminum foil at the ends on Monday nights in 1966 ...

Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard wrote a song for The Monkees' new album, titled Good Times! NPR's Stephen Thompson shares "Me & Magdalena" with... Hey, Hey, It's 50 Years Of The Monkees! The ...

In their hit TV show that earned them two Emmys more than decades ago, The Monkees sang "You'd better get ready, we may be comin' to your town." Now, 45 years later, they're making good on that ...

<br>The numbers speak for themselves: three No. 1 singles, six Top 10s, 12 Top 40s — 10 of which made it into the Top 20 — and a total of 20 Hot 100 singles. On the album charts, the Monkees were ...

NEW YORK — Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” has died. He was 86. Hart ...