The biggest song of 1967 didn’t just dominate once. It came back decades later — and most people still don’t know who ...
In the crowded landscape of 1960s pop music, few achievements still feel as startling decades later as this one: The Monkees once sold more albums in a single year than The Beatles and The Rolling ...
One of the greatest mismatches in rock history took place in July 1967 when the Jimi Hendrix Experience embarked on a massive U.S. tour opening for the Monkees — and promptly ended eight days later, ...
Some things can’t be explained. Take The Monkees. In the mid-sixties, a comedic television show parodying a struggling rock band living on a California beach unexpectedly caught fire on NBC, the host ...
Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of the Monkees, has filed a lawsuit in order to receive other FBI records collected on the group, according to a report. The file in question was released in ...
The single peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1967. At the number one position was Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe,” followed by The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
GOOD MORNING: The Monkees were guaranteed a million-and-a-half for p.a.’s during the brief vidhiatus so Screen Gems decided to wait with a feature until their next vidvacation. A bird (or Monkee) in ...