As the last surviving member of the ‘60s rock band, Dolenz has taken it upon himself to celebrate sixty years of The Monkees.
Micky Dolenz is celebrating his late Monkees bandmates Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork with a sentimental 60th ...
When Beatlemania was sweeping the world in the 1960s, some American TV producers decided to create their own version of the Beatles. Thus, the Monkees were born. Soon, the first band created for TV ...
The Monkees were no strangers to chart success, but their final Top 40 hit came two decades after their first smash song. It was 1987 when The Monkees recorded what would be their final Top 20 ...
The Monkees are one of the most unique bands in the history of pop music. They were originally just going to be part of a TV show about an imaginary band but the show "The Monkees" became a hit from ...
The Monkees music came from the cream of contemporary songwriters in the ’60s in that period just before songwriters increasingly began to sing their own work. Neil Diamond, Carole King, Tommy Boyce ...
The Monkees are one of the most storied bands of the 1960s. For example, there is a common rumor that notorious cult leader Charles Manson tried to join The Monkees. A member of the band explained how ...
Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.
Micky Dolenz kicked off his 60 Years of the Monkees tour on Thursday at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California, ...
Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, is reflecting on the band’s debut single “Last Train to Clarksville” as it approaches its 60th anniversary since first hitting radio waves in ...
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 the early 60s, Kirshner ...
Mickey Dolenz says The Monkees was "heavily weighted toward improvisation" rather than musicality. The 80-year-old drummer - who is the only surviving member of the I'm A Believer hitmakers, which ...