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Sept 25, 2013: Coventry Telegraph: Boy band Mercia echo the Monkees with new TV showOct 10, 2013: Uproxx: Can You Name The Band That Released Four Number-One Albums In The Same Year?
In 1969, the Monkees released The Monkees, More of the Monkees, Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., all of which topped the Billboard Top 200, alongside Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Diana Ross and The Supremes Greatest Hits, and not much else. It’s a feat that’s unlikely to be matched, let alone topped, unless Justin Timberlake and the Glee dorks collaborate on separate albums for St. Patrick’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Kwanzaa. I wouldn’t put it past them. |
Dec 17, 1962: Davy Jones, as the Artful Dodger debuted in the Broadway theater show Oliver!
Feb 9, 1964: Davy Jones performed on The Ed Sullivan Show the same night as the Beatles' first appearance on that show.
April 16, 1965: Bob Rafelson & Bert Schneider they sold the show, The Monkees, to Screen Gems Television.
July 14, 1965: The Hollywood Reporter reported that Davy Jones was expected to return to the United States in September (after a trip to England) "to prepare for a TV pilot for Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson."
September 8–10, 1965: Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter ran an ad to cast the remainder of the band/cast members for the TV show: Madness!! Auditions. Folk & Roll Musicians-Singers for acting roles in new TV series. Running parts for 4 insane boys, age 17–21. Want spirited Ben Frank's-types. Have courage to work. Must come down for interview. 
A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You / The Girl I Knew Somewhere (RCA 66-1004) German issue October 2, 1966: The Monkees give their first public interview, which appears in The New York Times, in which Jones is asked if the big push for the Monkees is fair to the real rock groups, to which he responds, "... That's the breaks, but you can't fool the people, you really can't." October 10, 1966: "The Monkees" first album was released. October 24, 1966: Newsweek interviews the Monkees. They are asked how the music is created. Davy Jones tells them, "This isn't a rock 'n' roll group. This is an act." November 5, 1966: "Last Train to Clarksville" Hit the Numkber One spot on the Billboard Hot 100. December 27, 1966: The Monkees are again interviewed about their music in Look magazine. Tork responds, "We have the potential, but there's not time to practice." Dolenz says, "We're advertisers. We're selling the Monkees. It's gotta be that way." Nesmith says, "They're in the middle of something good and they're trying to sell something. They want us to be the Beatles, but we're not. We're us. We're funny." |
January 16, 1967: The Monkees held their first recording session as a fully functioning, self-contained band, recording an early version of Nesmith's self-composed top 40 hit single "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", along with "All of Your Toys" and "She's So Far Out, She's In".
Jan 21, 1967: The last show of the premiere season was titled "Monkees on Tour." It was shot in a documentary style by filming a concert in Phoenix, Arizona. Bob Rafelson wrote and directed the episode.
January 28, 1967: Saturday Evening Post published an article which quoted Nesmith railing against the music creation process. "Do you know how debilitating it is to sit up and have to duplicate somebody else’s records?" he asked. "Tell the world we don’t record our own music."
February 4, 1967: Although the Monkees have continued to play and record their own music for their upcoming album, Jones records some songs with hired producer Jeff Barry.
February 25, 1967: Jones is interviewed for the New Musical Express, and says, "I can only speak for myself. I am an actor and I have never pretended to be anything else. The public have made me into a rock 'n' roll singer. No one is trying to fool anyone! People have tried to put us down by saying we copied the Beatles. So, all right, maybe the Monkees is a half-hour Hard Day's Night. But now we read that the Who are working on a TV series around a group. Now who's copying who?"
February 21, 1967: Jones attended the overdub and mixing session for the Beatles' "Fixing a Hole" at EMI's Abbey Road studio 2.
February 27, 1967: Kirshner is dismissed as Music Coordinator for the Monkees, primarily due to his handling of the third would-be-but-withdrawn single from the Monkees. Lester Sill takes his place.
April 17, 1967: In an interview segment that closed episode No. 31, "Monkees at the Movies," was broadcast. Bob Rafelson asked the group about accusations that they did not play their instruments in concert. Nesmith responded, "I'm fixin' to walk out there in front of fifteen thousand people, man! If I don't play my own instrument, I'm in a lot of trouble!"
May 24, 1967: The album "Headquarters" hit No. 1 on Billboard Charts.
Jan 21, 1967: The last show of the premiere season was titled "Monkees on Tour." It was shot in a documentary style by filming a concert in Phoenix, Arizona. Bob Rafelson wrote and directed the episode.
January 28, 1967: Saturday Evening Post published an article which quoted Nesmith railing against the music creation process. "Do you know how debilitating it is to sit up and have to duplicate somebody else’s records?" he asked. "Tell the world we don’t record our own music."
February 4, 1967: Although the Monkees have continued to play and record their own music for their upcoming album, Jones records some songs with hired producer Jeff Barry.
February 25, 1967: Jones is interviewed for the New Musical Express, and says, "I can only speak for myself. I am an actor and I have never pretended to be anything else. The public have made me into a rock 'n' roll singer. No one is trying to fool anyone! People have tried to put us down by saying we copied the Beatles. So, all right, maybe the Monkees is a half-hour Hard Day's Night. But now we read that the Who are working on a TV series around a group. Now who's copying who?"
February 21, 1967: Jones attended the overdub and mixing session for the Beatles' "Fixing a Hole" at EMI's Abbey Road studio 2.
February 27, 1967: Kirshner is dismissed as Music Coordinator for the Monkees, primarily due to his handling of the third would-be-but-withdrawn single from the Monkees. Lester Sill takes his place.
April 17, 1967: In an interview segment that closed episode No. 31, "Monkees at the Movies," was broadcast. Bob Rafelson asked the group about accusations that they did not play their instruments in concert. Nesmith responded, "I'm fixin' to walk out there in front of fifteen thousand people, man! If I don't play my own instrument, I'm in a lot of trouble!"
May 24, 1967: The album "Headquarters" hit No. 1 on Billboard Charts.
A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You / The Girl I Knew Somewhere (RCA 66-1004) German issue
Nov 6, 1968: "Head" premiered in New York City.
Nov 20, 1968: "Head" Premiered in Hollywood.
Nov 20, 1968: "Head" Premiered in Hollywood.
Feb 10, 1970: Michael Nesmith & The First National Band started working on their first recording.
April 14, 1970: Nesmith joined Dolenz and Jones for the last time as part of the original incarnation of the Monkees to film a Kool-Aid commercial.
September 22, 1970: The final recording session by the Monkees in their original incarnation, when Jones and Dolenz recorded "Do It in the Name of Love" and "Lady Jane"
April 14, 1970: Nesmith joined Dolenz and Jones for the last time as part of the original incarnation of the Monkees to film a Kool-Aid commercial.
September 22, 1970: The final recording session by the Monkees in their original incarnation, when Jones and Dolenz recorded "Do It in the Name of Love" and "Lady Jane"
July 4, 1976: Tork joined Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart on stage at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
Feb 23, 1986: A Monkees TV show marathon ("Pleasant Valley Sunday") was broadcast on the then five-year-old MTV video music channel.
Sept 7, 1986: Michael Nesmith appeared on stage with Dolenz, Jones, and Tork at the Greek Theatre, in Los Angeles.
Sept 7, 1986: Michael Nesmith appeared on stage with Dolenz, Jones, and Tork at the Greek Theatre, in Los Angeles.
May 12, 2011: An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour commenced in Liverpool, England.
Oct 11, 2011: Rolling Stone reported that Tork believed the Monkees did not receive the respect they deserve. "The Monkees' songbook is one of the better songbooks in pop history", he said. "Certainly in the top five in terms of breadth and depth. It was revealed that we didn't play our own instruments on the records much at the very moment when the idealism of early Beatlemania in rock was at its peak. So we became the ultimate betrayers."
Oct 11, 2011: Rolling Stone reported that Tork believed the Monkees did not receive the respect they deserve. "The Monkees' songbook is one of the better songbooks in pop history", he said. "Certainly in the top five in terms of breadth and depth. It was revealed that we didn't play our own instruments on the records much at the very moment when the idealism of early Beatlemania in rock was at its peak. So we became the ultimate betrayers."
Feb 29, 2012: Davy Jones died of a heart attack at age 66.
February 29, 2012: When commenting on the death of Jones on February 29, 2012, Time magazine contributor James Poniewozik praised the television show, saying that:
... even if the show never meant to be more than entertainment and a hit-single generator, we shouldn't sell The Monkees short. It was far better TV than it had to be; during an era of formulaic domestic sitcoms and wacky comedies, it was a stylistically ambitious show, with a distinctive visual style, absurdist sense of humor and unusual story structure. Whatever Jones and the Monkees were meant to be, they became creative artists in their own right, and Jones' chipper Brit-pop presence was a big reason they were able to produce work that was commercial, wholesome and yet impressively weird.
Both the style and substance of the Monkees were imitated by American boy band Big Time Rush (BTR), who performed in their own television series which—by admission of series creator Scott Fellows—was heavily influenced by the Monkees. Similarly to the Monkees, Big Time Rush featured a "made-for-tv" boy band often caught in a series of misadventures, hijinks, and somewhat slapstick comedy. The show, now in reruns but still hugely popular on Teen Nick, is highly stylized and patterned after the Monkees, even capped with similar cartoonish sound effects. Like the Monkees, BTR has also seen critical and commercial success in America and worldwide through album, singles and high TV ratings worldwide.
... even if the show never meant to be more than entertainment and a hit-single generator, we shouldn't sell The Monkees short. It was far better TV than it had to be; during an era of formulaic domestic sitcoms and wacky comedies, it was a stylistically ambitious show, with a distinctive visual style, absurdist sense of humor and unusual story structure. Whatever Jones and the Monkees were meant to be, they became creative artists in their own right, and Jones' chipper Brit-pop presence was a big reason they were able to produce work that was commercial, wholesome and yet impressively weird.
Both the style and substance of the Monkees were imitated by American boy band Big Time Rush (BTR), who performed in their own television series which—by admission of series creator Scott Fellows—was heavily influenced by the Monkees. Similarly to the Monkees, Big Time Rush featured a "made-for-tv" boy band often caught in a series of misadventures, hijinks, and somewhat slapstick comedy. The show, now in reruns but still hugely popular on Teen Nick, is highly stylized and patterned after the Monkees, even capped with similar cartoonish sound effects. Like the Monkees, BTR has also seen critical and commercial success in America and worldwide through album, singles and high TV ratings worldwide.
March 30, 2012: A stage musical opened in the UK at the Manchester Opera House and was dedicated to Davy Jones .
August 8, 2012: The surviving trio announced a series of U.S. shows for November and December, commencing in Escondido, California and concluding in New York City.
August 8, 2012: The surviving trio announced a series of U.S. shows for November and December, commencing in Escondido, California and concluding in New York City.
September 27 & 28, 2013: Here We Come, a show parodying the 1960s rock band/sitcom gang The Monkees performed at the C.O.W. Theater on the Lower East Side in New York City for two performances.
Sept 16, 2016: Nesmith performed with the band for a concert at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
February 20, 2018: Mike Nesmith's First National Band & Micky Dolenz announced a tour to be called "The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show"
July 26, 2018: Rolling Stone published an article claiming Nesmith revealed he had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Oct 12, 2018: The Monkees released a Christmas album, Christmas Party.
July 26, 2018: Rolling Stone published an article claiming Nesmith revealed he had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Oct 12, 2018: The Monkees released a Christmas album, Christmas Party.
Feb 21, 2019: Peter Tork died of cancer.
May 4, 2021: It was announced that the rescheduled dates will be billed as a farewell tour.
Nov 14, 2021: The final date and final show for the Monkees Farewell Tour was held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
Dec 10, 2021: Nesmith died of heart failure.
Nov 14, 2021: The final date and final show for the Monkees Farewell Tour was held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
Dec 10, 2021: Nesmith died of heart failure.
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16 Magazine 1968
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Bill Adler: Love Letters To The Monkees 1967 paperback
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1997 Reunion World Tour
Backstage Pass
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Steppin Stone: The Monkees
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1966 MONKEES vinyl WALLET by MATTEL
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1966 MONKEES vinyl WALLET by MATTEL
Monkees Hasbro brand doll figures from the 1960's
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MONKEES 20TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR (1986)
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