A music industry insider expected The Monkees’ “Valleri” to become a hit. He said the group had to rerecord the song before it was released as a single. “Valleri” became The Monkees’ final top 10 ...

After working with The Monkees, producer Don Kirshner wanted a change of pace, with a band that "wouldn't talk back," so he created one, and they quickly became a hit.

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 ...

A Monkees hit from 1967 sounds like The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” from 1965. There are two versions of The Monkees’ song. They are both great. The Monkees were often inspired by ...

Micky Dolenz is the last of The Monkees, that madcap quartet who took pop culture by storm in the 1960s. A made-for-TV band, The Monkees had four albums hit #1 in 1967 – a feat not even a real band ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Micky Dolenz came to the Robins Theatre Tuesday to honor the musical legacy of The Monkees. It wasn’t his first visit to the area. The “fabricated ...

Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter who was the creative heart of the 1960s pop group the Monkees, died of heart failure at his home in Carmel Valley, Calif., on Friday. He was 78. “With infinite ...

Micky Dolenz, former drummer of The Monkees, will appear in concert April 8 at Brown County Music Center in Nashville. Photo provided Former drummer Micky Dolenz regularly gets asked why The Monkees ...

Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as Last Train To Clarksville and I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone, has died aged 86. Hart died at his home in Los ...