One of The Monkees’ songs caused the band’s music supervisor to fall silent. He decided the track should be a single on the spot. The tune was a big hit in the United States and a modest hit in the ...

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 ...

Monkees music supervisor Don Kirshner called Boyce one morning at 10 a.m. and told him he wanted the next Monkees single to be a girl’s name. The songwriter lied and told Kirshner they had just ...