The Monkees‘ Mike Nesmith wrote the group’s song “Good Clean Fun.” The lyrics of the song don’t mention its title. After Nesmith died, The Monkees’ manager explained why Nesmith often excluded song ...

According to The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, the theme song to the Monkees’ sitcom was written by the songwriter team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. The duo are commonly known as Boyce and Hart.

The Monkees didn't start out recording their own material, but it wasn't because they didn't have any. In fact, Mike Nesmith arrived with a ready-made hit. “The very first songs I remember singing as ...

Sight gags, clever word play and physical comedy, one of the catchiest theme songs in TV history, and, oh yeah, a concept that turned a created-for-television musical act into a chart-topping ...

The Monkees will always be compared to The Beatles. One of The Monkees decided to create a rumor that they outsold The Beatles. Anyone who paid any attention to The Monkees’ career should have known ...

Micky Dolenz is headed to Mesa with a show called Mickey Dolenz: Songs and Stories. And it makes perfect sense that the last Monkee standing would find himself gravitating toward a storyteller format ...

Micky Dolenz is the last Monkee standing. That makes his current tour a bittersweet affair for the 78-year-old music, TV and film veteran, whose “The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz” tour includes ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In contemporary pop culture the idea of a television show giving birth to a pop band is as everyday as the hordes squeezed out of the ...

Two years ago, the Monkees stunned a lot of people — especially themselves — when their 50th anniversary album Good Times! hit Number 14 on the Billboard 200 and earned them some of the best reviews ...