In a three-hour conversation with USA TODAY for 60 years of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz shares a detailed oral history of the TV show and the music.

The last surviving member of the beloved 1960s pop band is celebrating another birthday, and fans are marveling at how the ...

The Monkees’ first album featured a future country legend's signature guitar playing, giving the record its bright, ...

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

The Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. Sixty years later, their made-for-TV backstory didn’t hurt them in a ranking list of the top Los Angeles-based bands of the era. In ...

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 ...

Early during his concert Thursday night, March 5, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, while singing the Monkees’ “Take a Giant ...

The musical career of the Monkees can be neatly divided into two distinct periods: before Headquarters and after Headquarters. Prior to the June 1967 LP, the band’s songs were selected by outside ...

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

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” ...

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 ...