Micky Dolenz looked back on The Monkees’ fast rise to fame. The made-for-TV rock band made their debut on their self-titled ...

The latter song, written by legendary songwriting duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, was released on Nov. 12, 1966, and was ...

The Monkees beat out big-name L.A. bands such as the Byrds, the Mamas & the Papas, and Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention for ...

Micky Dolenz will be hitting the Riviera Theatre stage in North Tonawanda this fall, the last of three New York State tour ...

Micky Dolenz presents “60 Years of the Monkees” on Thursday March 5, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth St. Doors ...

The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1969 and remained at No. 1 for 4 weeks. It also ranked No. 1 on ...

A fictional TV quartet seemingly created to take advantage of Beatlemania, The Monkees took flight from their manufactured beginnings to become a legitimate band and one of the top-selling acts in the ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a definitive ranking of the Monkees’ songs. I mean, it’s hard to come up with a ranking of any popular band’s songs, but I think the Monkees pose a ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Windsor lives in Nashville, Tennessee and writes about music. The 1960s were an incredible time for music. There was Elvis, ...

Shortly after graduating from Humes High School in June 1953, Elvis Presley began to explore the idea of a music career. That July, he entered Sun Studios, where he cut a 45-RPM record, “My Happiness” ...