In 1967, The Monkees achieved a chart record that remains unbroken 58 years later. In 1967, the band created for the television series of the same name released four albums in just one year, and each ...
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, ...
The track comes from Dolenz Sings R.E.M., an upcoming tribute EP by the Monkees rocker due out Nov. 3. “Once again, this EP reaffirms my long-held conviction that a solid recording always begins with ...
“Check this out — yesterday in 1965, I got my original contract for The Monkees pilot!” the 80-year-old singer wrote. “I was paid a whopping $600 for the pilot, and if the show got picked up, my ...
The iconic musical group The Monkees released quite a few big hits during their heyday throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s. According to a new post on the band's Instagram page, something big ...
The bandmembers were horrified by the cover of their chart-topping 1966 album More of the Monkees, which producer Kirshner released without telling them. They posed in JCPenney clothes for what they ...
Peter Tork was positioned as the goofy one, the court jester of The Monkees. Director Bob Rafelson, one of the show’s creators, compared him to Harpo Marx. Ray Howard ASSOCIATED PRESS Peter Tork, a ...
Remember The Monkees? Originally a “fake” band designed for a television program in the 1960s, the members of the outfit banded together to gain more creative control over the music they produced, ...
No, you aren’t having a flashback. On Friday, the last surviving member of The Monkees will release his EP of R.E.M. covers. And he’ll celebrate the occasion at Wuxtry Records in Athens, legendary for ...