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The Monkees

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The Monkees 1Davy Jones (musician) 17Micky Dolenz 23Michael Nesmith 29Peter Tork 39(Theme From) The Monkees 45Daydream Believer 45Last Train to Clarksville 49I'm a Believer 51The Monkees discography 53The Monkees (album) 57More of The Monkees 64

ReferencesArticle Sources and Contributors 72Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 74

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The Monkees

The Monkees

The Monkees, left to right: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Michael Nesmith

Background information

Origin Los Angeles, California, United States

Genres Pop rock, bubblegum, psychedelic pop

Years active 1966–19701986–19891993–19972001–20022011–2012

Labels Colgems, RCA, Bell Records Arista

Website www.monkees.com [1]

Past members

Davy JonesMicky Dolenz

Peter TorkMichael Nesmith

The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson andBert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical actingquartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones.The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner.At the time of the group's formation, its producers saw The Monkees as a Beatles-like band. At the start, the fouractors provided vocals for the songs that were played during the television episodes and released as records, but wereotherwise given extremely limited performing and production opportunities. They eventually fought for and earnedthe right to collectively supervise all musical output under the band's name. The group undertook several concerttours, allowing an opportunity to perform as a live band as well as on the TV series. Although the show was canceledin 1968, the band continued to record music through 1970. The group reached the height of fame from 1966 to 1968,and influenced many future artists. In 1986, their 20th year, the television show and music experienced a revival,which led to a series of reunion tours, and new records featuring various incarnations of the band's lineup.The Monkees had a number of international hits which are still heard on pop and oldies stations. These include"(Theme From) The Monkees", "Last Train to Clarksville", "I'm a Believer", "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone","Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Daydream Believer". Their albums and singles have sold over 65 million copiesworldwide.[2]

ConceptionAspiring filmmakers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider were inspired by The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night todevise a television series about a rock 'n' roll group.[3][4] As "Raybert Productions", they sold the show to ScreenGems television. Rafelson and Schneider's original idea was to cast an existing Los Angeles-based folk rock group,the Lovin' Spoonful. However, the Spoonful were already signed to a record company, which would have deniedScreen Gems the right to market music from the show on record. So in September 1965, Daily Variety and TheHollywood Reporter ran an ad to cast the band.

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Developing the musicDuring the casting process, Don Kirshner, the Screen Gems head of music, was contacted to secure music for thepilot that would become The Monkees. Not getting much interest from his usual stable of Brill Building writers,Kirshner assigned Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to the project.[5] The duo contributed four demo recordings to thepilot, featuring their own voices.[6] One of these recordings was "(Theme From) The Monkees" which helped get theseries the green light.[7]

When The Monkees was picked up as a series, development of the musical side of the project accelerated.Columbia-Screen Gems and RCA Records entered into a joint venture called Colgems Records primarily todistribute Monkees records.[8] Raybert set up a rehearsal space and rented instruments for the group to practiceplaying,[8] but it quickly became apparent they would not be in shape in time for the series debut. The producerscalled upon Don Kirshner to recruit a producer for the Monkees sessions.[9]

Kirshner called on Snuff Garrett, composer of several hits by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, to produce the initialmusical cuts for the show. Garrett, upon meeting the four Monkees in June 1966, decided that Jones would sing lead,a choice that was unpopular with the group. This cool reception led Kirshner to drop Garrett and buy out hiscontract.[10] Kirshner next allowed Nesmith to produce sessions, provided he did not play on any tracks heproduced.[10] Nesmith did, however, start using the other Monkees on his sessions, particularly Tork as a guitarist.Kirshner came back to the enthusiastic Boyce and Hart to be the regular producers, but he brought in one of his topeast coast men, Jack Keller, to lend some production experience to the sessions.[6] Boyce and Hart observed quicklythat when brought in to the studio together, the four actors would try to crack each other up. Because of this, theywould often bring in each singer individually.[11]

According to Nesmith, it was Dolenz's voice that made the Monkees's sound distinctive, and even duringtension-filled times Nesmith and Tork voluntarily turned over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their owncompositions, such as Tork's "For Pete's Sake", which became the closing title theme for the second season of theTV show. Former The Turtles bassist Chip Douglas was responsible for both music presentation—actually leadingthe band, engineering recordings, as well as playing bass on most of the TV-era recordings.The Monkees' first single, "Last Train to Clarksville", was released in August 1966, just weeks prior to the broadcastdebut. In conjunction with the first broadcast of the television show on September 12, 1966 on the NBC televisionnetwork, NBC and Columbia had a major hit on their hands.[12] The first long-playing album, The Monkees, wasreleased a month later and shot to the top of the charts.

From TV to stageIn assigning instruments for purposes of the television show, a dilemma arose as none of the four was a drummer.Both Nesmith, a skilled guitarist and bassist, and Tork, who could play several stringed and keyboard instruments,declined to give the drum set a try. Jones tested well initially as a novice drummer, but the camera could barelycapture him behind the drums because of his short stature. Thus, Dolenz (who only knew how to play the guitar) wasassigned to become the drummer. Tork taught Dolenz his first few beats on the drums, enough for him to fake hisway through filming, but Micky was soon taught how to play properly.[13] Thus, the lineup for the TV show mostfrequently featured Nesmith on guitar, Tork on bass, Dolenz on drums, and Jones as a frontman/singer/percussionist.Unlike most television shows of the time, the Monkees episodes were written with many "setups", requiring frequentbreaks to prepare the set and cameras for short bursts of filming. Some of the "bursts" are considered proto-musicvideos, inasmuch as they were produced to sell the records. Eric Lefcowitz, in The Monkees Tale,[14] pointed out,and Nesmith concurred, that the Monkees were first and foremost a video group. The four actors would spend12-hour days on the set, many of them waiting for the production crew to do their jobs. Noticing that theirinstruments were left on the set unplugged, the four decided to turn them on and start playing.[3]

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After working on the set all day, the Monkees (usually Dolenz) would be called in to the recording studio to cutvocal tracks. As the Monkees were essential to the recording process, there were few limits on how long they couldspend in the recording studio, and the result was an extensive catalogue of unreleased recordings.

On tourPleased with their initial efforts, Columbia (over Kirshner's objections) planned to send the Monkees out to play liveconcerts. The massive success of the series and its spin-off records created intense pressure to mount a touringversion of the group. Against the initial wishes of the producers, Dolenz, Jones, Nesmith, and Tork went out on theroad and made their debut live performance in December 1966 in Hawaii.The band had no time to rehearse a live performance except between takes on set. They worked on the TV series allday, recorded in the studio at night, and slept very little. The weekends were usually filled with special appearancesor filming of special sequences.These performances were sometimes used during the actual series. The episode "Too Many Girls (Fern and Davy)"opens with a live version of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" being performed as the scene was shot. One entireepisode was filmed featuring live music. The last show of the premiere season, "Monkees on Tour", was shot in adocumentary style by filming a concert in Phoenix, Arizona on January 21, 1967.[15] Bob Rafelson wrote anddirected the episode.In DVD commentary tracks included in the Season One release, Nesmith stated that Tork was better at playing guitarthan bass. In Tork's commentary, he stated that Jones was a good drummer and had the live performance lineupsbeen based solely on playing ability, it should have been Tork on guitar, Nesmith on bass, and Jones on drums, withDolenz taking the fronting role. The four Monkees performed all the instruments and vocals for most of the live set.The most notable exceptions were during each member's solo sections where during the December 1966 – May 1967tour, they were backed by the Candy Store Prophets. During the summer 1967 tour of the United States and the UK(from which the Live 1967 recordings are taken), they were backed by a band called The Sundowners. In 1968, theMonkees toured Australia and Japan.The results were far better than expected. Wherever they went, the group was greeted by scenes of fan adulationreminiscent of Beatlemania. This gave the singers increased confidence in their fight for control over the musicalmaterial chosen for the series.[16]

With Jones sticking primarily to vocals and tambourine (except when filling in on the drums when Dolenz cameforward to sing a lead vocal), the Monkees' live act constituted a classic power trio of electric guitar, electric bass,and drums (except when Tork passed the bass part to Jones or one of the Sundowners in order to take up the banjo orelectric keyboards)."Here, I'm going to make you a big star ... and you don't have to pay any dues. ... For that, you're going to get no respect from yourcontemporaries." ... To me, that was the cruelest thing. [12]

Phil Spector, 1968 Pop Chronicles interview.

Meeting the BeatlesCritics of the Monkees observed that they were simply the "Pre-Fab four", a made-for-TV knockoff of The Beatles; The Beatles, however, took it in their stride and hosted a party for the Monkees when they visited England. The party occurred during the time when The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; as such, the party inspired the line in the Monkees' tune "Randy Scouse Git," written by Dolenz, which read, "the four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor." Nesmith attended the "A Day in the Life" sessions at Abbey Road Studios; he can be seen in The Beatles' home movies, including one scene where he is conversing with John Lennon. During the conversation, Nesmith had reportedly asked Lennon "Do you think we're a cheap imitation of the Beatles, your movies and your records?", to which Lennon assuredly replied, "I think you're the greatest comic talent since the

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Marx Brothers. I've never missed one of your programs."[16] George Harrison praised their self-produced musicalattempts, saying, "It's obvious what's happening, there's talent there. They're doing a TV show, it's a difficult choreand I wouldn't be in their shoes for the world. When they get it all sorted out, they might turn out to be the best."[16]

(Tork was later one of the musicians on Harrison's Wonderwall Music, playing Paul McCartney's five-string banjo.)Dolenz was also in the studio during a session, which he mentioned while broadcasting for WCBS-FM in New York(incidentally, he interviewed Ringo Starr on his program). Paul McCartney can be seen in the 2002 concert filmBack in the U.S. singing "Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees", the theme from The Monkees show, while backstage.

Kirshner and More of the MonkeesThe animosity between Kirshner and the Monkees began in the very early stages of the band. The Monkees'off-screen personalities at the time were much like what became their on-screen image (except for Peter). Thisincluded the playful, hyperactive antics that are often seen on screen. Apparently, during an early recording session,the four Monkees were clowning around in the studio. The antics escalated until Micky Dolenz poured a Pepsi onKirshner's head; at the time, Dolenz did not know Kirshner by sight.The Monkees had complained that the producers would not allow them to play their own instruments on theirrecords, or to use their own material. These complaints intensified when Kirshner moved track recording fromCalifornia to New York, leaving the Monkees out of the musical process until they were called upon to add theirvocals to the completed tracks. This campaign eventually forced Don Kirshner to let the group have moreparticipation in the recording process (against his strong objections). This included Nesmith producing his ownsongs, and band members making instrumental contributions.Nesmith and Tork were particularly upset when they were on tour in January 1967 and discovered that a secondalbum, More of The Monkees, had been released without their knowledge. The Monkees were annoyed at not havingeven been told of the release in advance, at having their opinions on the track selection ignored, at Don Kirshner'sself-congratulatory liner notes, and also because of the amateurish-looking cover art, which was merely a compositeof pictures of the four taken for a J. C. Penney clothing advertisement. Indeed, the Monkees had not even been givena copy of the album; they had to buy it from a record store.[17]

The climax of the rivalry was an intense argument between Nesmith, Kirshner, and Colgems lawyer Herb Moelis,which took place at the Beverly Hills Hotel in January 1967. Kirshner had presented the group with royalty checksand gold records. Nesmith had responded with an ultimatum, demanding a change in the way the Monkees' musicwas chosen and recorded. Moelis reminded Nesmith that he was under contract. The confrontation ended withNesmith punching a hole in a wall and saying, "That could have been your face!" However, each of the members,including Nesmith, accepted the $250,000 royalty checks (equivalent to approximately $1742515 in today'sfunds[18]).[17]

Kirshner's dismissal came in early February 1967, when he violated an agreement between Colgems and theMonkees not to release material directly created by the group together with unrelated Kirshner-produced material.Kirshner violated this agreement when he released "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", composed and written byNeil Diamond, as a single with "She Hangs Out", a song recorded in New York with Davy Jones vocals, as theB-side.Kirshner was reported to have been incensed by the group's unexpected rebellion, especially when he felt they lackedthe musical talent, and were hired for their acting ability alone. This experience led directly to Kirshner's laterventure, The Archies, which was an animated series – the "stars" existed only on animation cels, with music done bystudio musicians, and obviously could not seize creative control over the records issued under their name.Screen Gems held the publishing rights to a wealth of great material, with the Monkees given first crack at many new songs. Their choices were not unerring; the band—against the wishes of Don Kirschner—allegedly turned down "Sugar, Sugar" in 1967, which became one of the biggest hits of 1969 as by The Archies. However, producer and

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songwriter Jeff Barry, who cowrote "Sugar, Sugar" with Andy Kim, denied in the late ’90s that the Monkees hadbeen offered the tune, saying it had not even been written at the time.

Independence

Headquarters

After the end of their relationship with Kirshner, the Monkees went into Goldstar Studios in Hollywood determinedto prove to the world that they were a bona fide group and could play their own instruments. What resulted wasHeadquarters, with all four Monkees in the studio, now together at the same time, with very few guest musicians.Produced by Chip Douglas and issued in May 1967, the four Monkees wrote and played on much of their ownmaterial. Nearly all vocals and instruments on Headquarters were performed by the four Monkees (the exceptionsbeing few, usually by Chip Douglas on bass). The album shot to number one, but was quickly eclipsed the followingweek by a milestone cultural event when The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Following Headquarters, they began what they referred to as "mix mode" where they played their own instrumentsbut also continued to employ session musicians. The Monkees continued using additional musicians (including TheWrecking Crew, Louie Shelton, Glen Campbell, members of the Byrds and the Association, drummer "Fast" EddieHoh, Lowell George, Stephen Stills, Buddy Miles and Neil Young) throughout their recording career, especiallywhen the group became temporarily estranged after Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. and recorded some oftheir songs separately.The high of Headquarters was short-lived, however. Recording and producing as a group was Tork's major interestand he hoped that the four would continue working together as a band on future recordings. However, the four didnot have enough in common regarding their musical interests. In commentary for the DVD release of the secondseason of the show, Tork said that Dolenz was "incapable of repeating a triumph". Having been a musician for onealbum, Dolenz no longer was interested in being a drummer, and largely gave up playing instruments on Monkeesrecordings. (Producer Chip Douglas also had identified Dolenz's drumming as the weak point in the collectivemusicianship of the quartet, having to splice together multiple takes of Dolenz's "shaky" drumming for final use.)Nesmith and Jones were also moving in different directions, with Nesmith following his country/folk instincts andJones reaching for Broadway-style numbers.The next three albums featured a diverse mixture of musical style influences, including country-rock, folk-rock,psychedelic rock, soul/R&B, guitar rock, Broadway, and English music hall sensibilities. Nesmith's song-writingwas heavily influenced by country music, while Tork contributed the piano introduction to "Daydream Believer" andthe banjo part on "You Told Me", as well as exploring occasional songwriting with the likes of "For Pete's Sake"(which was used as the closing theme music for the second season of the television series) and "Lady's Baby".

Studio recordings controversyWhen the Monkees toured the U.K. in 1967, there was a major controversy over the revelation that the group did notalways play all of their own instruments in the studio, although they did play them all while touring (except for thesolo segments, which used backing band the Candy Store Prophets). The story made the front pages of several UKand international music papers, with the group derisively dubbed "The Pre-Fab Four". Nevertheless, they weregenerally welcomed by many British stars, who realized the group included talented musicians and sympathized withtheir wish to have more creative control over their music, and the Monkees frequently socialized with the likes ofThe Beatles, the Spencer Davis Group, and The Who.Many Monkees fans argued that the controversy unfairly targeted the band, while conveniently ignoring the fact that a number of leading British and American groups (such as the Beach Boys) habitually used session players on their recordings, including many of the very same musicians who performed on records by the Monkees. This commonplace practice had previously passed without comment. However, The Beatles had led a wave of groups

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who provided most of their own instrumentation on their recordings and wrote most of their own songs. The comicbook quality of the Monkees' television series (where they mimed song performances out of necessity) broughtadditional scrutiny of their recorded music. But both supporters and critics of the group agree that the producers andKirshner had the good taste to use some of the best pop songwriters of the period. Neil Diamond, the Boyce-Hartpartnership, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Harry Nilsson, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and many otherhighly regarded writers had songs recorded by the Monkees.In November 1967, the wave of anti-Monkee sentiment was reaching its peak while the Monkees released theirfourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones Ltd. In liner notes for the 1995 re-release of this album, Nesmithwas quoted as saying that after Headquarters, "The press went into a full-scale war against us, talking about how'The Monkees are four guys who have no credits, no credibility whatsoever and have been trying to trick us intobelieving they are a rock band.' Number one, not only was this not the case; the reverse was true. Number two, forthe press to report with genuine alarm that the Monkees were not a real rock band was looney tunes! It was one ofthe great goofball moments of the media, but it stuck."The Monkees went back into the recording studio, largely separately, and produced a large volume of recordings,material that eventually turned up on several albums.

The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

In April 1968, The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees was released. Being released after the final season of thetelevision series (the series was cancelled in February 1968, although new episodes continued to air each weekthrough the spring & re-runs ran until September), this was the first Monkees album not to hit number one, but it stillwent gold. The album cover—a quaint collage of items looking like a display in a jumble shop or toy store—waschosen over the Monkees' objections.

Beyond televisionDuring the filming of the second season, the band became tired of scripts which they deemed monotonous and stale.They had already succeeded in eliminating the laugh track (a then-standard on American sitcoms), with the bulk ofSeason 2 episodes airing minus the canned chuckles. They proposed switching the format of the series to becomemore like a variety show, with musical guests and live performances. This desire was partially fulfilled within somesecond-season episodes, with guest stars like musicians Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley and Charlie Smalls (composer ofThe Wiz), performing on the show. However, NBC was not interested in eliminating the existing format, and thegroup (except for Peter) had little desire to continue for a third season. Tork said in DVD commentary that everyonehad developed such difficult personalities that the big-name stars invited as guests on the show would invariablyleave the experience "hating everybody".Screen Gems and NBC went ahead with the existing format anyway, commissioning Monkees writers GeraldGardner and Dee Caruso to create a straight-comedy, no-music half-hour in the Monkees mold; a pilot episode wasfilmed with the then-popular nightclub act The Pickle Brothers. The pilot had the same energy and pace of TheMonkees, but never became a series.

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Head

After The Monkees was canceled in February 1968, Rafelson directed the four Monkees in a feature film, Head.Schneider was executive producer, and the project was co-written and co-produced by Rafelson with a thenrelatively unknown Jack Nicholson.Nicholson also assembled the film's soundtrack album. The film, conceived and edited in a stream of consciousnessstyle, featured oddball cameo appearances by movie stars Victor Mature, Annette Funicello, a young Teri Garr,boxer Sonny Liston, famous stripper Carol Doda, and musician Frank Zappa. It was filmed at Columbia Pictures'Screen Gems studios and on location in California, Utah, and The Bahamas between February 19 and May 17, 1968and premiered in New York City on November 6 of that year (the film later debuted in Hollywood on November 20).Head was not a commercial success, in part because it was the antithesis of The Monkees television show, intendedto comprehensively demolish the group's carefully groomed public image. Rafelson and Nicholson's DittyDiego-War Chant (recited at the start of the film by the Monkees), ruthlessly parodies Boyce and Hart's "MonkeesTheme." A sparse advertising campaign (with no mention of the Monkees) squelched any chances of the film doingwell, and it played only briefly. In commentary for the DVD release, Nesmith said that by this time, everyoneassociated with the Monkees "had gone crazy." They were each using the platform of the Monkees to push their owndisparate career goals, to the detriment of the Monkees project. Indeed, Nesmith said, Head was Rafelson andNicholson's intentional effort to "kill" the Monkees, so that they would no longer be bothered with the matter.Over the intervening years Head has developed a cult following for its innovative style and anarchic humor.Members of the Monkees, Nesmith in particular, cite the soundtrack album (long out of print, but re-released byRhino in the 1980s and later in an expanded CD version) as one of the crowning achievements of the band.

Early 1969: exit TorkTensions within the group were increasing. Peter Tork, citing exhaustion, quit by buying out the last 4 years of hisMonkees contract at $150,000/year, equal to $950635 per year today. This was shortly after the band's Far East tourin December 1968, after completing work on their 1969 NBC television special, 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee,which rehashed many of the ideas from Head, only with the Monkees playing a strangely second-string role. In theDVD commentary for the television special, Dolenz noted that after filming was complete, Nesmith gave Tork agold watch as a going-away present, engraved "From the guys down at work." (Tork kept the back, but replaced thewatch several times in later years.)The remaining Monkees decided to pursue their musical interests separately since Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, andJones Ltd.; they were no longer in the studio together—and planned a future double album (eventually to be reducedto The Monkees Present) on which each Monkee would separately produce one side of a disc.Reduced to a trio, the remaining members went on to record Instant Replay and The Monkees Present. Throughout1969 the trio appeared as guests on television programs such as The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The JohnnyCash Show, Hollywood Squares, and Laugh-In. The Monkees also had a contractual obligation to appear in severaltelevision commercials with Bugs Bunny for Kool-Aid drink mix as well as Post cereal box singles.In the summer of 1969 the three Monkees embarked on a tour with the backing of the soul band "Sam and theGood-timers". The concerts for this tour were longer sets than their earlier concert tours: many shows running overtwo hours. Unfortunately the 1969 Monkees' tour was not all that successful; some shows were canceled due to poorticket sales.

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March 1970: exit NesmithIn April 1970, Nesmith left the Monkees and formed his own group called The First National Band, leaving onlyDolenz and Jones to record Changes as the Monkees. By this time, Colgems was hardly putting any effort into theproject, and they sent Dolenz and Jones to New York for the Changes sessions, to be produced by Jeff Barry andAndy Kim. In comments for the liner notes of the 1994 re-release of Changes, Jones said that he felt they had beentricked into recording an "Andy Kim album" under the Monkees name. Except for the two singers' vocalperformances, Changes is the only album that fails to win any significant praise from critics looking back 40 years tothe Monkees' recording output. The album spawned the single "Oh My My" which was accompanied by a music filmpromo (produced/directed by Micky).September 22, 1970 marked the final recording session by The Monkees in their original incarnation, when DavyJones and Micky Dolenz recorded "Do It In The Name of Love" and "Lady Jane". Not mixed until February 19,1971, and released later that year as a single ("Do It In The Name Of Love" b/w "Lady Jane"), the two remainingMonkees then lost the rights to use the name; in several countries, the USA included, the single was not credited tothe Monkees but to Dolenz and Jones. The duo continued to tour throughout most of the 1970s.

Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart – mid 1970sIn part because of repeats of The Monkees on Saturday mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hitscharted in 1976. The LP, issued by Arista, who by this time had custody of the Monkees’ master tapes, courtesy oftheir corporate owner, Screen Gems, was actually a re-packaging of an earlier (1972) compilation LP called Refocusthat had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned by Screen Gems. Dolenz and Jonestook advantage of this, joining ex-Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to tour the United States.From 1975 to 1977, as the "Golden Hits of The Monkees" show ("The Guys who Wrote 'Em and the Guys who Sang'Em!"), they successfully performed in smaller venues such as state fairs and amusement parks, as well as makingstops in Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. They also released an album of new material as Dolenz, Jones,Boyce & Hart. Nesmith had not been interested in a reunion. Tork claimed later that he had not been asked, althougha Christmas single (credited to Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork due to legal reasons) was produced byChip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976. The single featured Douglas' and Howard Kaylan's "ChristmasIs My Time Of Year" (originally recorded by a 1960s supergroup, Christmas Spirit), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's"White Christmas" (Douglas released a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in1986). This was the first (albeit unofficial) Monkees single since 1971. Tork also joined Dolenz, Jones, Boyce &Hart on stage at Disneyland on July 4, 1976, and also joined Dolenz and Jones on stage at the Starwood inHollywood, California in 1977.Other semi-reunions occurred between 1970 and 1986. Peter Tork helped arrange a Micky Dolenz single, "Easy onYou"/"Oh Someone" in 1971. Tork also recorded some unreleased tracks for Nesmith's Countryside label during the1970s, and Dolenz (by then a successful television director in the United Kingdom) directed a segment of Nesmith'sNBC-TV series Television Parts, although the segment in question was not included when the series' six episodesaired during the summer of 1985.

Revival

MTV and Nickelodeon re-ignite Monkee-ManiaBrushed off by critics during their heyday as manufactured and lacking talent, The Monkees experienced a critical and commercial rehabilitation two decades later. A Monkees TV show marathon ("Pleasant Valley Sunday") was broadcast on February 23, 1986, on the then 5 year old MTV video music channel. In February and March, Tork and Jones played together in Australia. Then in May, Dolenz, Jones, and Tork announced a "20th Anniversary Tour" produced by David Fishof and they began playing North America in June with Dolenz. Their original albums began

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selling again as Nickelodeon began to run their old series daily. MTV promotion also helped to resurrect a smallerversion of Monkeemania, and tour dates grew from smaller to larger venues and became one of the biggest live actsof 1986 and 1987. A new greatest hits collection was issued reaching platinum status.By now, Nesmith was amenable to a reunion, but forced to sit out most projects because of prior commitments to hisbustling 'Pacific Arts' video production company. However, he did appear with the band in a 1986 Christmas medleymusic video for MTV, and appeared on stage with Dolenz, Jones, and Tork at the Greek Theatre, in Los Angeles, onSeptember 7, 1986. In September 1988, the three rejoined to play Australia again, Europe and then North America,with that string of tours ending in September 1989. Mike again returned at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles,show on July 10, 1989 and took part in a dedication ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, when the Monkeesreceived a TV star there in 1989.The sudden revival of the Monkees in 1986 helped move the first official Monkees single since 1971, "That WasThen, This Is Now", to the #20 position in Billboard Magazine. The success, however, was not without controversy.Davy Jones had declined to sing on the track, recorded along with two other new songs included in a compilationalbum, Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees. Some copies of the single and album credit the new songs to "theMonkees", others as "Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork (of the Monkees)". Reportedly, these recordings were the sourceof some personal friction between Jones and the others during the 1986 tour; Jones would typically leave the stagewhen the new songs were performed.Of note is that the '80s Reunion tours had been the most lucrative venture the three had ever seen in their days as aMonkee, far surpassing the monies they had made in the 1960s. Mike had little financial need to join inMonkees-related projects, mostly as his mother Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of Liquid Paper, leavingNesmith over $25 million upon her death in 1980.A new album by the touring trio, Pool It! (the Monkees' 10th), appeared the following year and was a moderatesuccess. From 1986 to 1989, the Monkees would conduct major concert tours in the United States, Australia, Japanand Europe.

New MonkeesIn 1987, a new television series called New Monkees appeared. Four young musicians were placed in a similar seriesbased on the original show, but "updated" for the 1980s. The show, its accompanying album and the New Monkeesthemselves all sank without a trace. (Neither Bob Rafelson nor Bert Schneider were involved in the development orproduction of the series, although it was produced by "Straybert Productions" headed by Steve Blauner, Rafelson andSchneider's partner in BBS Productions.)

1990s reunionsIn the 1990s, the Monkees continued to record new material. In 1993, Dolenz and Jones worked together on atelevision commercial, and another reunion tour was launched with the two of them in 1994. Perhaps the greatestreunion of sorts was released by Rhino Records re-issuing all the original LPs on CD, each of which includedbetween three to six bonus tracks of previously unreleased or alternate takes; the first editions came with collectibletrading cards.Their eleventh album Justus was released in 1996. It was the first since 1968 on which all four original membersperformed and produced. Justus was produced by the Monkees, all songs were written by one of the four Monkees,and it was recorded using only the four Monkees for all instruments and vocals, which was the inspiration for thealbum title and spelling (Justus = Just Us).The trio of Dolenz, Jones, and Tork reunited again for a successful 30th anniversary tour of American amphitheaters in 1996, while Nesmith joined them onstage in Los Angeles to promote the new songs from Justus. For the first time since the brief 1986 reunion, Nesmith returned to the concert stage for a tour of the United Kingdom in 1997, highlighted by two sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena in London. The full quartet also appeared in an ABC

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television special titled Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees, which was written and directed by Nesmith and spoofed theoriginal series that had made them famous. Nevertheless, following the UK tour, Nesmith declined to continue futureperformances with the Monkees, having faced harsh criticism from the British music press for his deterioratingmusicianship. Tork noted in DVD commentary that "in 1966, Nesmith had learned a reasonably good version of thefamous "Last Train to Clarksville" guitar lick, but in 1996, Mike was no longer able to play it" and so Tork took overthe lead guitar parts.Nesmith's departure from the tour was acrimonious. Jones was quoted by the Los Angeles Times as complaining thatNesmith "made a new album with us. He toured Great Britain with us. Then all of a sudden, he's not here. Later, Ihear rumors he's writing a script for our next movie. Oh, really? That's bloody news to me. He's always been thisaloof, inaccessible person...the fourth part of the jigsaw puzzle that never quite fit in."[19]

2000s reunionsTork, Jones, and Dolenz toured the United States in 1997, after which the group took another hiatus until 2001 whenthey once again reunited to tour the United States. However, this tour was also accompanied by public sniping.Dolenz and Jones had announced that they had "fired" Tork for his constant complaining and threatening to quit.Tork was quoted as saying that, as well as the fact he wanted to tour with his band Shoe Suede Blues. Tork toldWENN News he was troubled by the overindulging of alcohol by other members of the tour crew:

"Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones fired me just before the last two shows of our 35th anniversary tour. I'm bothhappy and sad over the whole thing. I always loved the work onstage—but I just couldn't handle the backstageproblems. I'd given them 30 days notice that I was leaving so my position is that I resigned first and then theydropped me. Thank God I don't need the Monkees anymore...I'm a recovering alcoholic and haven't had adrink in several years. I'm not against people drinking—just when they get mean and abusive. I went on theanniversary tour with the agreement that I didn't have to put up with drinking and difficult behavior offstage.When things weren't getting better, I gave the guys notice that I was leaving in 30 days for good."[20]

Jones and Dolenz went on to tour the United Kingdom in 2002, but Tork declined to participate. Jones and Dolenztoured the United States one more time as a duo in 2002, and then split to concentrate on their own individualprojects. With different Monkees citing different reasons, the group chose not to mark their 40th anniversary in2006.Over the years, the Monkees have expressed admiration for each others' talents and contributions. However, thelove/hate relationship between the members continues to persist. In a March 2008 interview with the Baltimore Sun,Jones spoke bitterly about his fellow ex-Monkees. When asked about any future reunions, Jones was not optimistic:

"I wouldn't think so. With keeping myself clean and in good shape, I can't be responsible for Peter, Mike andMicky and their behavior. I'm not saying they have bad behavior, but it just takes one occasion wheresomebody has something to say and everybody gets blamed. I can't be responsible for Peter's mouth or Mike'smouth or Micky's mouth. They have to be able to feel the same way about me. So I'd rather do it myself."[21]

Nonetheless, that same month Jones spotted Tork in the audience at one of his shows in Connecticut and invited himonstage to perform Nesmith's "Papa Gene's Blues" together, with obvious playful affection between them. Jonesadmitted via DVD commentary that despite all their differences, for better or worse, the other Monkees are "...thebrothers I never had."[22]

In October 2009, Jones again rejected the idea of any further reunions and, according to Digital Spy, "launched anattack on his former bandmates":

Jones slammed Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz, accusing guitarist Nesmith of having his head"firmly up his ass".Jones told the National Enquirer: "[Nesmith's] not an entertainer in the sense that Micky, Peter and I are. Hehas his back to the audience half the time. [He's] a brilliant businessman [but] as a person, I haven't got time

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for him. He's very aloof and separate."The musician also criticised Tork for being too disagreeable to work with and said of Dolenz: "I couldn'timagine sharing a stage anymore with Micky Dolenz, who doesn't want to play the drums and wants to playthe guitar at the front of the stage." [23]

2010–2011 reunionsA virtual reunion of all four Monkees came about in 2010, when Nick Vernier Band released "Mister Bob (featuringThe Monkees)" (see: Legacy, 2010). Despite his earlier statements rejecting any future reunions, Jones stated inOctober 2010 that a 2011 reunion tour was a possibility, presumably to mark the band's 45th anniversary.[24] OnJanuary 29, 2011, at a Davy Jones Band concert at the Star Plaza Theatre, in Merrillville, Indiana, it was announcedthat a Monkees Reunion Tour would indeed be happening, commencing on May 12, 2011 at the Star Plaza Theatre.On February 21, a 45th Anniversary Tour was announced featuring Jones, Dolenz and Tork. It began in the UnitedKingdom in May before moving to North America in June and July.[25] Michael Nesmith did not take part in thereunion.On August 8, 2011, the Monkees cancelled the remainder of the tour "due to internal group issues and conflicts".[26]

While the original announced tour dates in June and July were honored, the ten August and September dates addedonce the North American tour was well underway were cancelled. This marked the third consecutive tour in whichthe Monkees as either a threesome or a quartet did not complete a tour without either losing members or cancellingadvertised dates.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snub

In June 2007, Tork complained to the New York Post that Jann Wenner had blackballed the Monkees from the Rockand Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Tork stated:

[Wenner] doesn't care what the rules are and just operates how he sees fit. It is an abuse of power. I don't knowwhether the Monkees belong in the Hall of Fame, but it's pretty clear that we're not in there because of apersonal whim. Jann seems to have taken it harder than everyone else, and now, 40 years later, everybodysays, 'What's the big deal? Everybody else does it.'[does not play their own instruments] Nobody cares nowexcept him. He feels his moral judgment in 1967 and 1968 is supposed to serve in 2007.

Band membersFormer• Davy Jones – vocals, guitars, tambourine, maracas (1966–1971, 1986–1989, 1993–1997, 2001–2002,

2011–2012)• Micky Dolenz – drums, vocals (1966–1971, 1986–1989, 1993–1997, 2001–2002, 2011–2012)• Peter Tork – bass, banjo, vocals, keyboards (1966–1969, 1986–1989, 1995–1997, 2001, 2011–2012)• Michael Nesmith – guitars, vocals (1966–1970, 1996–1997)Timeline

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Impact and legacyThe Monkees, selected specifically to appeal to the youth market as American television's response to the Beatles[27]

with their manufactured personae and carefully produced singles, are seen as an original precursor to the modernproliferation of studio and corporation-created bands. But this critical reputation has softened somewhat, with therecognition that the Monkees were neither the first manufactured group nor unusual in this respect. The Monkeesalso frequently contributed their own songwriting efforts on their albums and saw their musical skills improve. Theyultimately became a self-directed group, playing their own instruments and writing many of their own songs.The Monkees found unlikely fans among musicians of the punk rock period of the mid-1970s. Many of these punkperformers had grown up on TV reruns of the series, and sympathized with the anti-industry, anti-Establishmenttrend of their career. Sex Pistols and Minor Threat both recorded versions of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" and itwas often played live by Toy Love. The Japanese new wave pop group The Plastics recorded a synthesizer anddrum-machine version of "Last Train to Clarksville" for their 1979 album Welcome Plastics.Glenn A. Baker, author of Monkeemania: The True Story of the Monkees, described the Monkees as "rock's firstgreat embarrassment" in 1986:

Like an illegitimate child in a respectable family, the Monkees are destined to be regarded forever as rock'sfirst great embarrassment; misunderstood and maligned like a mongrel at a ritzy dog show, or a test tube babyat the Vatican. The rise of the pre-fab four coincided with rock's desperate desire to cloak itself with thetrappings of respectability, credibility and irreproachable heritage. The fact was ignored that session playerswere being heavily employed by The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Mamas and the Papas, The Byrds andother titans of the age. However, what could not be ignored, as rock disdained its pubescent past, was a groupof middle-aged Hollywood businessmen had actually assembled their concept of a profitable rock group andfoisted it upon the world. What mattered was that the Monkees had success handed to them on a silver plate.Indeed, it was not so much righteous indignation but thinly disguised jealousy which motivated the scornfuldismissal of what must, in retrospect, be seen as entertaining, imaginative and highly memorable exercise inpop culture.[16]

In 1988 Run-D.M.C. recorded "Mary, Mary" on their album Tougher Than Leather. Australian indie-rock bands ofthe 1980s such as Grooveyard ("All The King's Horses"), Prince Vlad & the Gargoyle Impalers ("Mary, Mary", "ForPete's Sake", and "Circle Sky") and The Upbeat and The Mexican Spitfires ("Mary, Mary") performed Monkeescover versions. Cassandra Wilson had an indie hit with "Last Train to Clarksville" in 1995. The alternative rockgroup Smash Mouth had a hit with "I'm a Believer" in 2001, and their version was featured in the blockbustercomputer-animated movie Shrek. Japanese indie rock band Shonen Knife recorded "Daydream Believer". Indiegroup Carter USM recorded "Randy Scouse Git", which is also called "Alternate Title". The 1980s psychedelic rockband Bongwater, featuring Ann Magnuson and Mark Kramer, recorded "You Just May Be The One" and "ThePorpoise Song". The Monkees also had a big influence on Paul Westerberg, lead singer/songwriter for TheReplacements. "Daydream Believer" and "You Just May Be The One" are staples at his live shows. The Britishalternative rock band The Wedding Present recorded "Pleasant Valley Sunday" in the early 1990s.The band's legacy was strengthened by Rhino Entertainment's acquisition of the Monkees' franchise from ColumbiaPictures in the early 1990s. The label has released several Monkees-related projects, including remastered editions ofboth the original television series and their complete music library, as well as their motion picture Head.In the 1990s, three of the Monkees had minor roles in the family sitcom Boy Meets World. Tork played Topanga'sfather Jedidiah; Jones played Reginald, an old friend from Europe; Dolenz played Gordy, Mr. Matthews' best friend.In the one episode that the three were in together, they performed "My Girl".In 1991, a feature film called Daydream Believer (known as The Girl Who Came Late in some markets) was releasedin Australia.

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In 1995, Jones, Tork & Dolenz appeared in a Pizza Hut Commercial with Beatle Ringo Starr, and Ringo referred tothem as "wrong lads."Jones, Tork and Dolenz also feature memorably as themselves in The Brady Bunch Movie. Jones is invited by Marciato appear as the surprise star guest at the high school prom. After a difficult start, he proves a surprise hit with themodern-day audience, especially the adult chaperones when they realize their girlhood idol is on-stage. Later, theBradys themselves perform "Keep On Dancing", a 1960s-style "groovy" song, in the evening's "Search For A Star"talent contest. Everyone is surprised when they win the award until it is revealed that the judging panel consists ofJones, Tork and Dolenz.In The Simpsons episode Fear of Flying, a flashback to Marge's childhood showed that she had a Monkees lunchboxon her first day of school, only for another girl to taunt her about her love for the band by telling her they didn't playtheir own instruments or write their own songs (and claims that the Mike's Nesmith's hat isn't his own). In thepresent, Marge notes that the girl was right however her psychiatrist assures her by saying "The Monkees weren'tabout music, Marge. They were about rebellion, about political and social upheaval!".In 2005, eBay used "Daydream Believer" as the theme for a promotional campaign.In 2006, Evergreen used "Daydream Believer" in their adverts; the lyrics were adapted for the product.In 2009, Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle recorded "Daydream Believer."In 2010, Nick Vernier Band created a digital "Monkees reunion" through the release of "Mister Bob (featuring TheMonkees)",[28] a new song produced under license from Rhino Entertainment, containing vocal samples from theband’s recording "Zilch".In 2011, ”Mister Bob” was released as a single to coincide with The Monkees’ 45th Anniversary Tour.

Notable achievements• Had the top-charting American single of 1967 ("I'm a Believer"). (Billboard number-one for seven weeks) with

"Daydream Believer" tied for third.• Gave the Jimi Hendrix Experience their first US concert appearances as an opening act in July 1967.[29] Jimi

Hendrix's heavy psychedelic guitar and sexual overtones did not go over well with the teenage girl audience.During one of the shows, Hendrix gave the audience the finger and quit the tour.

• Gene Roddenberry was inspired to introduce the character of Chekov in his Star Trek TV series in response to thepopularity of Davy Jones, complete with hairstyle and appearance mimicking that of Jones.[30][31]

• Introduced Tim Buckley to a national audience, via his appearance in the series finale, "The Frodis Caper" (aka"Mijacogeo").

• Last music artist to win the MTV Friday Night Video Fights by defeating Bon Jovi 51% to 49%.• First music artist to win two Emmy Awards.•• Had seven albums on the Billboard top 200 chart at the same time (six were re-issues during 1986/87).• The Monkees are one of the first artists achieving number-one hits in the United States and United Kingdom

simultaneously.• More of The Monkees spent 70 weeks on the Billboard charts, becoming the 12th biggest selling album of all

time.[32]

• Four number-one albums in a one-year span.[33]

• Held the number one spot on the Billboard album chart for 31 consecutive weeks, 37 weeks total.[34]

• Held the record for the longest stay at number one for a debut record album until 1982 when Men At Work'sdebut record album Business As Usual broke that record.

•• In 2008, The Monkees were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.•• Between 1966 and 1970, The Monkees released 121 songs on 9 albums and 8 non-LP singles. The final song they

recorded was "It's Got To Be Love".

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Discography• The Monkees (1966)• More of The Monkees (1967)• Headquarters (1967)• Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (1967)• The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees (1968)• Head (1968)• Instant Replay (1969)• The Monkees Present (1969)• Changes (1970)• Pool It! (1987)• Justus (1996)

Tours• North American Tour (1966–67)•• British Tour (1967)•• Pacific Rim Tour (1968)• North American Tour (1969) (Dolenz, Jones, Nesmith)

• The Golden Hits of The Monkees (1975–77) (Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart)

• Sounds of The Monkees (1986; 1987) (Jones, Tork)

• 20th Anniversary World Tour (1986) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

• Here We Come Again Tour (1987–88) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

• The Monkees Live (1989) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

• The Monkees Summer Tour (1989) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

• Micky and Davy: Together Again (1994–95) (Dolenz, Jones)

• Monkees: The 30th Anniversary Tour (1996) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

•• Justus Tour (1997)• North American Tour (1997) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

• Monkeemania Returns Tour (2001–2002) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

• An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour (2011) (Dolenz, Jones, Tork)

ComicsThere was also "The Monkees" comic published in the United States by Dell Comics, which ran for seventeen issuesfrom 1967 to 1969. In the United Kingdom, a Daily Mirror "Crazy Cartoon Book" featured four comic stories aswell as four photos of The Monkees, all in black and white; it was published in 1967.

BiopicIn 2000, VH-1 produced the television biopic Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story.[35] In 2002, the movie wasreleased on DVD, and featured both commentaries and interviews with Dolenz, Jones and Tork. The aired versiondid differ from the DVD release as the TV version had an extended scene with all four Monkees but with a shortenedCleveland concert segment. It was also available on VHS.

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Davy Jones (musician)

Davy Jones

Jones performing in Geneva, Illinois, in 2006

Born David Thomas Jones30 December 1945Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Died 29 February 2012 (aged 66)Stuart, Florida, U.S.

Occupation Singer, actor, musician

Years active 1961 - 2012

Children •• Talia Elizabeth (born 2 October 1968)•• Sarah Lee (born 3 July 1971)•• Jessica Lillian (born 4 September 1981)•• Annabel Charlotte (born 26 June 1988)

Website

davyjones.net [1]

David Thomas "Davy" Jones (30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012) was an English singer-songwriter and actorbest known as a member of The Monkees.

Early lifeDavy Jones was born at 20 Leamington Street, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on 30 December 1945.At the age of 11, he began his acting career and appeared on the British television soap opera Coronation Street,which was produced at Granada Studios by Granada Television in Manchester. In 1961 Jones played Ena Sharples'grandson, Colin Lomax,[2] the year Coronation Street was first broadcast. He also appeared in the BBC police seriesZ-Cars. However, after the death of his mother from emphysema when he was 14 years old, he left acting andtrained as a jockey with Basil Foster.[2]

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Acting career

Jones in a 1965 ad for his Colpix single "WhatAre We Going to Do?"

Foster was approached by a friend who worked in a theatre in the WestEnd of London during casting for the musical Oliver!. Foster replied,"I've got the kid." Jones was cast and appeared to great acclaim as theArtful Dodger. He played the role in London and then on Broadwayand was nominated for a Tony Award.[3] On 9 February 1964, heappeared with the Broadway cast of Oliver! on The Ed Sullivan Show,the same episode on which The Beatles made their first appearance.Jones said of that night, "I watched the Beatles from the side of thestage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I wanta piece of that."[4]

Following his Ed Sullivan appearance, Ward Sylvester of Screen Gems(then the television division of Columbia Pictures) signed Jones to acontract. A pair of American television appearances followed, as Jonesreceived screen time in episodes of Ben Casey and The Farmer'sDaughter. He also recorded a single and album for Colpix Records,which charted but were not huge hits.

The MonkeesFrom 1965 to 1971, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a television showof the same name. With Screen Gems producing the series, Jones was shortlisted for auditions, as he was the onlyMonkee who was signed to a deal with the studio, but still had to meet producers Bob Rafelson's and BertSchneider's standards. Jones sang lead vocals on many of the Monkees' recordings, including "I Wanna Be Free" and"Daydream Believer". Jones met Laramy Smith in 1967, introduced by Eirik Wangberg (then a producer andco-owner of Sound Records), and they co-produced The Children, an Austin, Texas group Jones discovered while ontour with the Monkees. A single was released on Laramie Records entitled "Picture Me", which reached Billboard atnumber 2 with a bullet.After the television series went off the air, The Monkees disbanded. However, Jones continued to perform solo,while later joining with fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as ashort-lived group called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. He also toured throughout the years with other members asvarious incarnations of the Monkees.In February 2011, Jones mentioned rumours of another Monkees reunion. "There's even talk of putting the Monkeesback together again in the next year or so for a U.S. and UK tour," he told Disney's Backstage Pass newsletter."You're always hearing all those great songs on the radio, in commercials, movies, almost everywhere."[5] The tourcame to fruition entitled, "An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour."[6]

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Later career

Jones and Ilene of "Sunday's Child" in 1972.

In 1978, he appeared with Micky Dolenz in Harry Nilsson's play ThePoint at the Mermaid Theatre in London. Jones continued acting as heappeared in one episode of The Brady Bunch, two episodes of My TwoDads, an episode of Here Come the Brides, and two episodes of Love,American Style. He also appeared and sang, in animated form, on anepisode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies and in an episode of HeyArnold!. Also, Jones made a cameo appearance as himself in theSpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob vs. The Big One" (hisappearance was meant to be a pun on Davy Jones' Locker), athird-season episode of the sitcom Boy Meets World and the BradyBunch spoof movie of The Brady Bunch Movie. In 1997 heguest-starred as himself on the television show Sabrina the TeenageWitch and sang "Daydream Believer" to Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart).

In later years, Jones performed with his former bandmates in reuniontours and appeared in several productions of Oliver! as Fagin. Hecontinued to race horses with some success in his native England,while residing in Beavertown, Pennsylvania. He owned and raced horses in the United States and served as acommercial spokesman for Colonial Downs racetrack in Virginia.[7] Jones maintained a residence in Indiantown,Florida as well.

In 2001, Jones released "Just Me", an album of his own songs, some written for the album and others originally onMonkees releases.[8] In April 2006, Jones recorded the single "Your Personal Penguin",[9] written by children'sauthor Sandra Boynton, as a companion piece to her new board book of the same title.[10] On 1 November 2007, theBoynton book and CD titled "Blue Moo" was released and Jones is featured in both the book and CD, singing "YourPersonal Penguin". As a result of the collaboration, Jones became a close friend of Boynton. Also in 2007, Jonesrecorded the theme for a campy movie comedy called Sexina: Popstar PI.[11]

In December 2008, Yahoo Music named Jones "Number 1 teen idol of all time".[12] In 2009 Jones was rated secondin a list of 10 best teen idols compiled by Fox News.[13]

In 2009, Jones released an album entitled "She" which is a collection of handpicked classics and standards from the1940s through the 1970s. Also in 2009, Jones performed in the Flower Power Concert Series during Epcot's Flowerand Garden Festival.[14]

DeathThe Martin County Sheriff's Office stated that Jones had complained of breathing difficulties on the morning of 29February 2012, in Indiantown, Florida, and had been transported to Martin Memorial South Hospital in Stuart, wherehe was pronounced dead.[15] Jones is survived by his widow, Jessica, and four daughters.[16]

LegacyWhen commenting on Jones' death, Time magazine contributor James Poniewozik praised the classic sitcom, and Jones in particular, saying "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 television 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

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work that was commercial, wholesome and yet impressively weird."[17]

Horse racingJones was a keen horse owner and rider. Training as a jockey in his teens, Jones later said "I made one huge mistake.When The Monkees finished in 1969–70, I should have got away from Hollywood and got back into the racinggame. Instead I waited another 10 years. Everyone makes mistakes in life and for me that was the biggest."[18] Heheld an amateur rider's licence and rode in his first race at Newbury for trainer Toby Balding. On 1 February 1996 hewon his first race, on Digpast, in the one-mile Ontario Amateur Riders' Handicap at Lingfield. [18] Jones also horseownership interests in both the USA and the United Kingdom and was the representative for a racecourse inVirginia.[19]

Personal lifeJones was married three times, to:•• Linda Haines;•• Anita Pollinger; and• Jessica Pacheco, a Telemundo television presenter (30 August 2009).[20][21]

He also had four daughters from his first two marriages:•• Talia Elizabeth (2 October 1968) and Sarah Lee (3 July 1971) with Haines; and•• Jessica Lillian (4 September 1981) and Annabel Charlotte (26 June 1988) with Pollinger.

Discography

Singles

Date Label/Catalog#

Titles (A-side/B-side) BillboardTop Singles

Cashbox Notes

02/1965 Colpix CP-764 Dream Girl / Take Me to Paradise – – Credited as "David Jones"[22]

07/1965 Colpix CP-784 What Are We Going to Do? / ThisBouquet

93 94 Credited as "Mr. David Jones"[23]

??/1965 Colpix CP-793 The Girl from Chelsea / Theme fora New Love

– – Credited as "David Jones"

04/1971 Bell 986 Do It in the Name of Love / LadyJane

– – By Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones. Released as by"The Monkees" in some countries, this is technicallythe group's last single during their original run,although by then they had lost the rights to the name.

06/1971 Bell 45–111 Rainy Jane / Welcome to My Love 52 32

10/1971 Bell 45–136 I Really Love You / Sittin' in theApple Tree

– 98

11/1971 Bell 45–159 Girl / Take My Love – –

01/1972 Bell 45–178 I'll Believe in You / Road to Love – –

??/1972 MGM K14458 You're a Lady / Who Was It – –

??/1973 MGM K14524 Rubberene / Rubberene – – This single was released as a promo copy only.

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05/1978 Warner Brothers17161

(Hey Ra Ra Ra) Happy BirthdayMickey Mouse / You Don't Have toBe a Country Boy to Sing a CountrySong

– – Issued in England only to commemorate MickeyMouse's 50th Birthday

05/1981 Japan JAS-2007 It's Now / How Do You Know – – Released in Japan only.

06/1981 Japan JAS-2010 Dance Gypsy / Can She Do It (LikeShe Dances)

– – Released in Japan only (on 25 June 1981). "DanceGypsy" (a.k.a. "Dance Gypsy Dance") written byReiko Yukawa.

03/1982 Pioneer K-1517 Sixteen (Baby, You'll Soon BeSixteen) / Baby, Hold Out

– – Released in Japan only.

12/1984 No Label JJ2001 I'll Love You Forever / When ILook Back on Christmas

– – Released in England only.

??/1987 Powderworks374

After Your Heart / Hippy HippyShake

– – Released in Australia only.

Albums

Date Label/Catalogue # Titles BillboardTop Albums

Cashbox Notes

03/1967 Colpix CP-493 (mono) /Colpix SCP-493 (stereo)

David Jones 185 – Credited as "David Jones."

06/1971 Bell 6067 Davy Jones 205 –

01/1978 MCA MCF2826 The Point – – Jones sings most of the songs on this original cast recording ofHarry Nilsson's stage performance of "The Point!". Album wasinitially released in England only, followed by a release in Japan.

06/1981 Japan JAL-1003 Davy JonesLive

– – Released in Japan only.

03/1982 Pioneer K-10025 Hello Davy(Davy JonesLive)

– – Released in Japan only. According to some sources, this is anunauthorised LP release, with the audio having been lifted from theJapanese-released LaserDisc of this concert.

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December 1945. . Retrieved 2011-12-31.[3] Official Davy Jones Bio (http:/ / www. davyjones. net/ davy-jones-bio. html)[4] Fox, Margalit (29 February 2012). "Davy Jones, Monkees Singer, Dies at 66" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2012/ 03/ 01/ arts/ music/

davy-jones-a-singer-in-the-monkees-dies-at-66. html?_r=1& hp). New York Times. . Retrieved 1 March 2012.[5] Disney's Backstage Pass Feb. 2001 (http:/ / disneyworld. disney. go. com/ wdw/ myVacation/ newsletter/

download?id=BackstagePassS1NFPage& module=S1NF201102Article& CMP=NLC-WDWFY11Q2Feb2011WDWDomEnews0030)[6] "Monkees announce 10-date concert tour" (http:/ / www. upi. com/ Entertainment_News/ Music/ 2011/ 02/ 21/

Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/ UPI-30601298316685/ ). United Press International. 21 February 2011. . Retrieved 26 May 2011.[7] Welcome to the National HBPA (http:/ / www. hbpa. org/ NewsDisplay. asp?section=2& type=l& Affid=30)[8] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r582063[9] MP3 of the song Personal Penguin (http:/ / www. workman. com/ boynton/ songs/ boynton/ YourPersonalPenguin. mp3)[10] Workman Publishing author site for Sandra Boynton (http:/ / www. workman. com/ boynton/ )[11] "Adam West and Davy Jones meet Sexina" (http:/ / www. 10zenmonkeys. com/ 2008/ 02/ 15/ adam-west-and-davy-jones-meet-sexina/ ). .

Retrieved 16 November 2008.[12] Yahoo Music: The Top 25 Teen Idols Of All-Time (http:/ / new. music. yahoo. com/ blogs/ listoftheday/ 104315/

the-top-25-teen-idols-of-all-time/ )

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[13] Then & Now: 10 Best Teen Idols of All Time (http:/ / www. foxnews. com/ story/ 0,2933,474846,00. html)[14] He performed again in 2010 and 2011. 2009 Flower Power Concert Series (http:/ / www. wdwinfo. com/ wdwinfo/ guides/ epcot/ events/

ep-flower-garden. htm)[15] "Davy Jones, lead singer of The Monkees, dies in Indiantown, according to medical examiner's office" (http:/ / www. wptv. com/ dpp/ news/

region_martin_county/ davy-jones-lead-singer-of-the-monkees-dies-from-heart-attack-this-morning-according-to-tmz-report). WPTV. 29February 2012. . Retrieved 29 February 2012.

[16] "Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dies at 66" (http:/ / www. backstageol. com/ music-news/ monkees-singer-davy-jones-dies-at-66/ ). MonkeesSinger Davy Jones Dies at 66. BackstageOL. . Retrieved 29 February 2012.

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[18] Milham, Simon (17 February 2012). "How a racing-mad Monkee is repaying a debt of gratitude to a retired Newmarket trainer" (http:/ /www. dailymail. co. uk/ sport/ racing/ article-2102648/The-Monkees-frontman-Davy-Jones-repaying-Newmarket-trainer-setting-road-stardom. html). www.dailmail.co.uk. . Retrieved 1 March 2012.

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[20] "Family rift as Davy marries". Daily Express (UK). 16 September 2009.[21] http:/ / celebritydaily. net/ ?p=13185[22] Who Is David Jones? (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=mCgEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA13& dq=david+ jones& hl=en& sa=X&

ei=AglPT7PLMufKsQLfnbGkDg& ved=0CFUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage& q=david jones& f=false). Billboard. 20 February 1965. . Retrieved 1March 2012.

[23] Colpix presents David Jones (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=2CgEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA27& dq=david+ jones& hl=en& sa=X&ei=AglPT7PLMufKsQLfnbGkDg& ved=0CG0Q6AEwCg#v=onepage& q=david jones& f=false). Billboard. 17 July 1965. . Retrieved 1March 2012.

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Micky Dolenz

Micky Dolenz

Dolenz at the 2009 premiere of Whatever Works

Born George Michael Dolenz, Jr.March 8, 1945Los Angeles, California

Other names Mickey Braddock

Occupation Actor, musician

Years active 1956–present

Spouse Samantha JusteTrina DolenzDonna Quinter (2002–present)

Website

www.mickydolenz.com [1]

George Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, television director,radio personality and theater director, best known as a member of the 1960s made-for-television band The Monkees.

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BiographyDolenz was born at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles California,[2] the son of George Dolenz and JanelleJohnson, both of whom were Hollywood actors.

Circus Boy

Dolenz as Corky.

Dolenz began his show business career in 1956 when he starred in achildren’s show called Circus Boy under the name Mickey Braddock.[3] Inthe show, he played an orphaned boy who is the water boy for the elephantsin a one-ring circus at the start of the twentieth century. The program ran forthree years, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network TVshows and pursued his education.

He also played guitar and sang with obscure rock and roll bands, includingone called The Missing Links. Dolenz went to Ulysses S. Grant High Schoolin Valley Glen, Los Angeles, California and graduated in 1962. He wasattending college in Los Angeles when hired for the "drummer" role in TheMonkees.

The Monkees

In 1965, Dolenz was cast in the television sitcom The Monkees and became the drummer and a lead vocalist in theband created for the show. Micky said later that someone at Screen Gems forgot to contact his agent to inform himthe series was picked up by NBC; he wound up learning about his new job by reading the announcement in Variety.He was not at that time a drummer. He needed lessons even to be able to mime credibly, but eventually was taughthow to play properly. By the time The Monkees toured for real in late 1966, Dolenz was competent enough to playthe drums himself.[4] (He learned to play right-handed and left-footed).

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, writers of many of The Monkees' songs, observed quickly that when brought in tothe studio together, the four actors would try to crack each other up. Because of this, they would often bring in eachsinger individually. The antics escalated once, until Micky poured a cup of ice on Don Kirshner's head; at the time,Dolenz did not know Kirshner on sight.According to Mike Nesmith, it was Dolenz's voice that made the Monkees' sound distinctive, and even duringtension-filled times Nesmith and Peter Tork voluntarily turned over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their owncompositions, such as Tork's "For Pete's Sake", which became the closing title theme for the second season of theTV show. Dolenz wrote a few of the band’s songs as well as providing the lead vocals for such hits as "Last Train toClarksville" and "I'm a Believer". Towards the end of the series’ hectic two-year run, Dolenz directed and co-wrotewhat turned out to be the show’s final episode.Despite being more of a singer than a musician, Micky purchased one of the first 25 Moog synthesizers, the thirdMoog Synthesizer ever commercially sold. (The first two belonged to Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens). Hisperformance on The Monkees song "Daily Nightly" (written by Michael Nesmith) from the LP, Pisces, Aquarius,Capricorn & Jones Ltd., was the first use of a synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument toBobby Sherman.

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Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & HartThanks in part to reruns of The Monkees on Saturday mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hitscharted in 1976. The LP, issued by Arista (a subsidiary of Screen Gems), was actually a re-packaging of a 1972compilation LP called Refocus that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned byScreen Gems.Dolenz and Jones took advantage of this, joining ex-Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to tour theUnited States. From 1975 to 1977, as the "Golden Hits of The Monkees" show ("The Guys who Wrote 'Em and theGuys who Sang 'Em!"), they successfully performed in smaller venues such as state fairs and amusement parks, aswell as making stops in Japan, Thailand and Singapore. They also released an album of new material as Dolenz,Jones, Boyce & Hart (they could not use the Monkees name for legal reasons).Nesmith had not been interested in a reunion. Tork claimed later that he had not been asked, although a Christmassingle (credited to Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork) was produced by Chip Douglas and released on hisown label in 1976. The single featured Douglas's and Howard Kaylan's "Christmas Is My Time of Year" (originallyrecorded by a 1960s supergroup, Christmas Spirit), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (Douglasreleased a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in 1986). Tork also joined Dolenz,Jones, Boyce & Hart on stage at Disneyland on July 4, 1976, and also joined Dolenz and Jones on stage at theStarwood in Hollywood, California in 1977.

Post-Monkees musical careerAfter the television show ended and the band broke up, Dolenz hoped to continue a solo recording career, andreleased several singles on MGM Records (and its subsidiaries) in the early 1970s. In 1971, Peter Tork helpedarrange a Micky Dolenz single, "Easy on You"/"Oh Someone".Dolenz released the B.A. Robertson song "To Be or Not to Be" on December 31, 1981. The song is a playful tributeto the works of William Shakespeare. The flip side was "Beverly Hills", written by Dolenz. The single was releasedto coincide with Micky's tour of Japan. Both were very successful. The single is Jam Records J-8112B. Dolenz alsoreleased 2 CD's on the Kid Rhino label, "Micky Dolenz Puts You to Sleep" (containing Dolenz chosen songsoriginally released by many major artists, given a "dreamy" touch too) and "Broadway Micky" (Dolenz singingchoice Broadway standards).In 2005, after leaving WCBS-FM, Dolenz went on tour with his sister, singer Coco Dolenz. On August 31, 2010,Dolenz released his first album in over 15 years via Gigatone Entertainment of Sacramento, California. Titled "Kingfor a Day", the album is a 14-track tribute to legendary songwriter Carole King. Dolenz also appeared in an eventcalled "myRecordFantasy with Micky Dolenz" August 2–4, 2010 giving fans the opportunity to audition andperform on this album. The event was recorded and adapted to a reality series entitled "myRecordFantasy", thetrailer of which was released August 31, 2010.

Post-Monkees television and film careerAfter the Monkees television show ended, Dolenz continued performing providing voice-overs for a number of Saturday-morning cartoon series including The Funky Phantom, Partridge Family 2200 A.D., Scooby-doo, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Devlin and Wonder Wheels (from The Skatebirds). Dolenz provided the voice of Arthur in the first season of the animated series The Tick.[5] Dolenz also played one of Alan Matthews' bandmates in the sitcom Boy Meets World, and later joined Davy Jones and Peter Tork in episode eight of the 3rd season (entitled "Rave On"), although they did not play themselves. In 1972, Dolenz played Vance in the murder mystery film Night of the Strangler. Dolenz provided the voice of Two-Face's twin henchmen in the two-part episode "Two-Face" on Batman: The Animated Series.[6] In a September 2006 radio interview, Dolenz reported that he is the current voice of Snuggle the Fabric Softener Bear.[7] Dolenz also made guest appearances on prime time shows including Adam-12

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and My Three Sons. He also auditioned for the role of Fonzie on the series Happy Days, but lost out to HenryWinkler.1977 saw him performing with former band-mate Davy Jones in a stage production of the Harry Nilsson musical ThePoint! in London, playing the part of Arrow, Oblio's (Jones) pet dog. After the show’s run, he remained in Englandand began directing for stage and television, as well as producing several of the shows he directed. In 1980, Dolenzproduced and directed the sitcom Metal Mickey,[8] featuring a small metallic robot with the catch-phrase "boogieboogie." Because the similarity of the character's name to his own caused confusion on set, it was at this time thatMicky Dolenz officially changed his name to Michael Dolenz.In the early 1980s, Dolenz directed a stage version of Bugsy Malone, the cast of which included a then-unknown14-year-old Welsh actress named Catherine Zeta-Jones.[7] From 1983 to 1984 he was responsible for creating andproducing the British children's television show Luna.[9]

Early in the development of Batman Forever, Dolenz was a contender for the role of The Riddler, which ultimatelywent to Jim Carrey.[10][11]

In June 2006, Dolenz played Charlemagne at the Goodspeed Opera House for the revival of the musical Pippin inEast Haddam, Connecticut. He also toured in that role. In 2007, he appeared in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloweenas Derek Allan, the owner of the gun shop where Dr. Loomis (played by Malcolm McDowell) buys a gun in hissearch for Michael Myers. On April 25, 2007, Dolenz was featured on American Idol on the "Idol Gives Back"episode when the show filmed celebrities singing and dancing to "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees. Dolenzparticipated in the 2008–09 season of CMT's "Gone Country," competing against fellow celebrities Sheila E (whoeventually won), Taylor Dayne, George Clinton, and Richard Grieco.On January 29, 2011, Dolenz appeared in the Syfy Channel movie Mega Python vs. Gatoroid alongside DebbieGibson and Tiffany.[12][13]

MTV re-ignites Monkee ManiaIn 1986, a screening of the entire Monkees television series by MTV led to renewed interest in the group, followedby a single ("That Was Then, This Is Now" reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.), a 20thAnniversary Tour, a greatest hits album and a brand new LP, Pool It! in 1987. The group's original albums werereissued and all hit the record charts at the same time.Since 1986, Dolenz has joined the other ex-Monkees for several reunion tours, most recently in 2011 with a series ofconcerts in England and the United States, and has toured extensively as a solo artist. He has continued to direct fortelevision both in the United Kingdom and the United States, and had occasional acting gigs, including roles in theTV series The Equalizer and as the Mayor on the cable TV series Pacific Blue.In 2009, Micky inked a deal to record an album of the classic songs of Carole King, titled "King for a Day". Thealbum (released on Gigitone Records) was produced by Jeffrey Foskett, who has worked extensively with BrianWilson and played on Wilson’s 2004 Grammy-winning version of SMiLE. King’s songs "Pleasant Valley Sunday","Sometime in the Morning", and "The Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)" have emerged as signature songs fromThe Monkees. As of February 2010, he was appearing on stage in London in 'Hairspray with Michael Ball.' Theshow also went on tour and had a successful run in Dublin, Ireland during November 2010. In 2011, he rejoined thegroup for An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour[14]

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WCBS-FMOn January 10, 2005, Dolenz replaced Dan Taylor as the morning disc jockey at oldies radio station WCBS-FM inNew York.[15] On June 3, 2005, Dolenz celebrated his 100th show with a special morning show at B.B. Kings. In anironic and controversial twist, that was also his last show at the station; at 5:00 PM, WCBS-FM announced that thestation would replace its oldies format with a "Jack" format, and fired all of the stations on-air jocks. WCBS-FM hassince returned to its oldies format.

Personal lifeDolenz has been married three times and is the father of four daughters. In 1967, while in the UK on tour, Dolenzmet future wife Samantha Juste, a co-presenter on BBC TV's pop music show, Top of the Pops. They married in1967 and had a daughter, Ami Dolenz (b. January 8, 1969), an actress particularly active in the 1980s and 1990s.Dolenz and Juste divorced in 1975.He married Trina Dow in 1977. The couple had three daughters: Charlotte Janelle (b. August 8, 1981), Emily Claire(b. July 25, 1983), and Georgia Rose (b. September 3, 1984). They divorced in 1991. Trina has become a couplestherapist (still using her married name). Dolenz married his third wife, Donna Quinter, in 2002.Dolenz answered "no" when asked whether he believed in the existence of a God, adding "God is a verb, not anoun."[16] Dolenz has studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree with the Open University in the UK.

Songs written or co-written by Micky Dolenz• "Randy Scouse Git"• "Zilch" (with Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork)• "Band 6" (with Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork)• "Goin' Down" (with Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Diane Hilderbrand and Michael Nesmith)•• "Rosemarie"•• "Just a Game"•• "Shorty Blackwell"•• "Little Girl"•• "Mommy and Daddy"•• "Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye" (with Ric Klein)•• "Midnight Train"• "You and I" (with Davy Jones)• "Savin' My Love for You" (with Davy Jones)•• "Easy on You"•• "Love War"•• "Ooh, She's Young"•• "Beverly Hills"•• "Alicia"•• "It's The Season"•• "Not That Bad"•• "Lonely Weekends"•• "Piston Power"•• "Never Enough"•• "Unlucky Stars"•• "Regional Girl"•• "It's My Life"• "Mister Bob" (with Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Eric Van Den Brink)[17]

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Retrieved 2011-10-11.[5] "tvshowsondvd.com" (http:/ / www. tvshowsondvd. com/ news/ Tick/ 5708). tvshowsondvd.com. . Retrieved May 18, 2011.[6] "bcdb.com" (http:/ / www. bcdb. com/ cartoon_characters/ 7297-Two-Face:_Part_2. html). bcdb.com. . Retrieved May 18, 2011.[7] "Welcome to...Time Travel Is Possible" (http:/ / www. timetravelispossible. com/ ourradioprograms. html). Timetravelispossible.com. .

Retrieved May 18, 2011.[8] BBC – Comedy – Shows A-Z Index (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ comedy/ guide/ articles/ m/ metalmickey_1299002058. shtml)[9] "Opening sequence of 'Luna'" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=grwv0eSRAPI). YouTube. . Retrieved May 18, 2011.[10] "Micky Dolenz Internet Movie Database" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0004880/ bio#trivia). . Retrieved July 20, 2011.[11] "Batman Forever Internet Movie Database" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0112462/ trivia). . Retrieved July 20, 2011.[12] "Syfy Adds a Monkee to Debbie Gibson-Tiffany Movie" (http:/ / www. tvguide. com/ News/ Cruz-Bardem-Marry-1020546. aspx).

TVGuide.com. .[13] "TV: The Monkees Mickey Dolenz Joins Debbie Gibson-vs.-Tiffany in ',Mega Python vs. Gatoroid'," (http:/ / www. bloody-disgusting.

com/ news/ 20887). Bloody-disgusting.com. . Retrieved May 18, 2011.[14] "Monkees announce 10-date concert tour" (http:/ / www. upi. com/ Entertainment_News/ Music/ 2011/ 02/ 21/

Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/ UPI-30601298316685/ ). United Press International. 21 February 2011. . Retrieved 26 May 2011.[15] "Wcbs Monkees With Morning Slot" (http:/ / www. nydailynews. com/ archives/ entertainment/ 2004/ 12/ 08/

2004-12-08_wcbs_monkees_with_morning_sl. html). Daily News (New York). December 8, 2004. .[16] Thompson, Stephen (September 6, 2000). "Is there a God?" (http:/ / www. avclub. com/ articles/ is-there-a-god,1394/ ). The A.V. Club. .

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Oldsongsnewsongsremix.com. . Retrieved 2011-10-11.

External links• Micky Dolenz official website (http:/ / www. mickydolenz. com/ )• Micky Dolenz (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0004880/ ) at the Internet Movie Database• MICKY FANS (http:/ / launch. groups. yahoo. com/ group/ MonkeeMickyDolenzRadio/ )• Micky's First Television Show: Circus Boy (http:/ / www. circusboy. tv)• Former Monkee still a player (http:/ / www. theglobeandmail. com/ servlet/ story/ RTGAM. 20061027.

wpippin27/ BNStory/ Entertainment/ home)• 2006 radio interview with Micky (http:/ / www. timetravelispossible. com/ ourradioprograms. html)• Micky playing and signing autographs at July 5, 2009 Dundalk, Md. Heritage Fair (http:/ / www. flickr. com/

photos/ ursusdave/ sets/ 72157621810398322/ )

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Michael Nesmith

Michael NesmithBirth name Robert Michael Nesmith

Also known as Michael Blessing, Nez, Wool Hat, Papa Nez

Born December 30, 1942Houston, United States

Genres Rock, pop, folk, country, pop rock

Occupations Author, songwriter, musician, actor, owner of Pacific Arts Corporation

Instruments vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, electric organ, synthesizer, harmonica, pedal steel guitar

Years active 1965–present

Associated acts The Monkees, First National Band

Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist,businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TVseries of the same name. Nesmith is notable as a songwriter, including "Different Drum" sung by Linda Ronstadtwith the Stone Poneys, and as executive producer of the cult film Repo Man. In 1981, Nesmith won the firstGrammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long Elephant Parts.

BiographyNesmith was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston, in 1942.[1] He was an only child; his parents, Warren AudreyNesmith and Bette Nesmith Graham, divorced when their son was four. He and his mother moved to Dallas, to becloser to her parents, sister, aunts and grandmother. Bette took temporary jobs ranging from clerical work to graphicsdesign, and developed very good secretarial skills, including shorthand, and, auspiciously, touch typing. WhenNesmith was 13 his mother invented a typewriter correction fluid later known commercially as Liquid Paper. Overthe next 25 years she built the Liquid Paper Corporation into a multimillion dollar international company which shefinally sold to Gillette in 1980 for 48 million USD. She died a few months later at age 56.In 1949, Nesmith, at the age of six, was enrolled in the Dallas public school system. An indifferent student, henevertheless participated in choral and drama activities during his years at Thomas Jefferson High School inDallas.[2] He began to write verse poetry. When he was 15 he enrolled in the Dallas Theater Center teen program,where he featured in several plays.Before graduating from high school, Nesmith enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1960. He completed basictraining at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, was trained as an aircraft mechanic at Sheppard Air Force Basein Wichita Falls, Texas, and then permanently stationed at a Strategic Air Command base near Elk City, Oklahoma.While in the Air Force, Nesmith obtained a G.E.D. and was discharged under honorable conditions in 1962. Heenrolled in San Antonio College, a community college in San Antonio where he met John Kuehne (later to be knownas John London) and began a musical collaboration. The duo won the first San Antonio College talent awardperforming a mixture of standard folk songs and a few of Nesmith's original songs. He met another SAC student,Phyllis Ann Barbour, whom he later married.While in college Nesmith began to write more songs and poetry and after his marriage to Phyllis in 1963 the two of them decided to move to Los Angeles so Nesmith could pursue his songwriting and singing career. At the time Phyllis was pregnant with their first child Christian DuVal. Nesmith began singing in folk clubs around Los Angeles and had one notable job as the "Hootmaster" for the Monday night hootenannies at The Troubadour, a West Hollywood night club that featured new artists. Here Nesmith met, socialized, and performed with many different

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members of the burgeoning new music scene in Los Angeles. Randy Sparks of the New Christy Minstrels fameoffered Nesmith a publishing deal for his songs. It was while working at this publishing house that Barry Friedman,also known as the Rev. Frazier Mohawk, brought the ad for Monkees auditions to Nesmith's attention. In 1965,Nesmith landed the role in the Monkees pilot, which was filmed in October 1965.When the Monkees show ended in 1968, Nesmith enrolled part time in UCLA and studied American History andMusic History. Michael and Phyllis's second son, Jonathan, was born in February 1968. Nesmith's third son, Jason,was born in August 1968 to Nurit Wilde, whom he met while working on the Monkees.[3] In 1969, Nesmith formedthe group First National Band with Kuehne, John Ware and Red Rhodes. Nesmith wrote most of the songs for theband including a single titled "Joanne" that received some airplay and was a mild chart hit for seven weeks during1970, rising to number 21 on the Billboard Top 40.[4] The First National Band has been credited with being amongthe pioneers of country-rock music.[5]

Phyllis's third child, and Nesmith's fourth, daughter Jessica, was born in September 1970. Circa 1972, Nesmithstarted the record label Countryside Records with Jac Holzman, the founder of Elektra Records. Also, in 1972,Nesmith and Phyllis were divorced and he moved to Carmel, California. In 1974, Nesmith started Pacific ArtsRecords and released what he called "a book with a soundtrack" entitled "The Prison" as the company's first release.In 1976, he married Kathryn Bild. In 1988, following the ending of this second marriage, he returned to Los Angeleswhere he had met Victoria Kennedy. They moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1992 and then returned to Carmel,California in 2000. They were married in April 2000 in Monterey, California.

Career

Early workAfter a tour of duty in the Air Force, he was given a guitar as a Christmas present from his mother and stepfather.Learning as he went, he played solo and in a series of working bands, performing folk, country, and occasionallyrock and roll. His verse poems became the basis for song lyrics, and after moving to Los Angeles with Phyllis andfriend John London, he signed a publishing deal for his songs. Nesmith's "Mary, Mary" was recorded by the PaulButterfield Blues Band, while "Different Drum" was recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. "PrettyLittle Princess", written in 1965, was recorded by Frankie Laine and released as a single in 1968 on ABC Records.Later, "Some Of Shelly's Blues" and "Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)" were made popular by the Nitty GrittyDirt Band on their 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy.Nesmith began his recording career in 1963 by releasing a single on the Highness label. Later, in 1965 with a one-offsingle released on Edan Records before he followed with two singles recorded—one titled "The NewRecruit"--under the name "Michael Blessing", released on Colpix Records—coincidentally also the label of DavyJones, though they had not met.

The MonkeesFrom 1965 to early 1970, Nesmith and Jones were members of the pop rock band The Monkees, created for thetelevision situation comedy of the same name. The only Monkee to learn of the audition from the famous pressadvertisement asking for "four insane boys", Nesmith won his role largely by appearing blasé when he auditioned.He further distinguished himself by carrying a bag of laundry to be done on the way home, and wearing a wool capto keep his hair out of his eyes, riding his motorcycle to the audition. Producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneiderremembered "Wool Hat", and called Nesmith back.Once he was cast, Screen Gems bought his songs so they could be used in the show. Many of the songs Nesmithwrote for The Monkees, such as "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary, Mary", and "Listen to the Band" becameminor hits. One song he wrote, "You Just May Be The One", is in mixed meter, interspersing 2/4 bars into anotherwise 4/4 structure.

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The Gretsch guitar company built a one-off natural finish 12-string electric guitar for Nesmith when he wasperforming with The Monkees (Gretsch had a promotional deal with the group).[6] He earlier played a customizedGretsch twelve-string, which had originally been a six-string model.As with the other Monkees, Nesmith came to be frustrated by the manufactured image of the whole project. He waspermitted to write and produce two songs per album, and his music was frequently featured in episodes of the series.The Monkees succeeded in ousting supervisor Don Kirshner (with Nesmith punching a hole in a wall, to make apoint with Kirshner and attorney Herb Moelis), and took control of their records and song choices, but they workedas a four-man group on only one album. The band never overcame the credibility problems they faced when wordspread that they had not played on their first records (at Nesmith's instigation, calling the band's first non-studiopress conference, where he called More of The Monkees "probably the worst record in the history of the world").However, their singles and albums continued to sell well, until the disastrous release of Head.Nesmith's last Monkees commitment was a commercial for Kool-Aid and Nerf balls, in April 1970 (fittingly, thespot ends with Nesmith frowning and saying, "Enerf's enerf!"). With the band's fortunes continuing to fall, Nesmithasked to be released from his contract, and had to pay a default: "I had three years left... at $150,000 a year", whichhe had to pay back. He continued to feel the financial bite for years afterwards, despite his mother's fortunes frominventing Liquid Paper, of which he inherited over $25 million USD in 1980. In a 1980 interview with Playboy hesaid that "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture". Indeed, whileNesmith had continued to produce his compositions with the Monkees, he withheld many of the songs from the finalMonkees' albums, only to release them on his post-Monkees solo records.

Return to the Monkees

In 1995, Nesmith reunited with the Monkees to record their last studio album (and first to feature all four sinceHead) titled Justus, released in 1996. He also wrote and directed a Monkees television special, and briefly toured theUK with the band in 1997.

Later careerAs he prepared for his exit from The Monkees in 1970, Nesmith was approached by John Ware of The Corvettes, aband that featured Nesmith's friend John London (who played on some of the earliest pre-Monkees Nesmith 45s aswell as numerous Monkees sessions) and had 45s produced by Nesmith for the Dot label in 1969. Ware wantedNesmith to put together a band. Nesmith said he would be interested only if noted pedal steel player Orville "Red"Rhodes would be a part of the project, and a long musical partnership was born that would continue until Rhodes'untimely death in 1995. The new band was christened Michael Nesmith and the First National Band and went on torecord three albums for RCA Records in 1970.Nesmith has been considered one of the pioneers of country rock.[7] He also had moderate commercial success withthe First National Band. Their second single, Joanne hit No. 21 on the Billboard chart & No. 17 on Cashbox, withthe follow-up "Silver Moon" making No. 42 Billboard/#28 Cashbox. Two more singles charted ("Nevada Fighter"No. 70 Billboard/#73 Cashbox & "Propinquity" No. 95 Cashbox) and the first two LP's charted in the lower regionsof the Billboard album chart. No clear answer has ever been given for the band's breakup.Nesmith followed up with The Second National Band, a band that besides Nesmith, consisted of Michael Cohen(keyboards and Moog), Johnny Meeks (bass), jazzer Jack Ranelli (drums) and the always present Orville Rhodes(pedal steel), as well as an appearance by singer, musician, and songwriter José Feliciano on congas. The album,Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1, was a commercial and critical disaster. Nesmith then recorded And the Hits Just KeepOn Comin', featuring only him on guitar and Red Rhodes on pedal steel.Nesmith got more heavily involved in producing, working with Iain Matthews on his "Valley Hi" album as well as Bert Jansch's "L.A. Turnaround." Nesmith was given a label of his own through Elektra Records, Countryside, as Elektra's Jac Holzman was a fan of Nesmith's. It featured a number of artists that were produced by Nesmith,

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including Garland Frady and Red Rhodes. The staff band at Countryside also helped Nesmith on his next, and last,RCA album, Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash. Countryside folded when David Geffen replaced Holzman,rendering Countryside unnecessary in Geffen's eyes.In the mid-1970s, Nesmith briefly collaborated as a songwriter with Linda Hargrove, resulting in the tune "I'veNever Loved Anyone More", a hit for Lynn Anderson and recorded by many others, as well as the songs "Winonah"and "If You Will Walk With Me" which were both recorded by Hargrove. Of all three songs, only "Winonah" wasrecorded by Nesmith himself. During this same period, Nesmith started his multimedia company Pacific Arts, whichinitially put out audio records, 8-tracks and cassettes, followed in 1981 with "video records." Nesmith recorded anumber of LPs for his label, and had a moderate worldwide hit in 1977 with his song "Rio", the single taken from thealbum From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing. In 1983, Nesmith produced the music video for Lionel Richie'ssingle All Night Long. In 1987, he produced the music video for Michael Jackson's single The Way You Make MeFeel.

Pop clips and MTV, elephant parts and television partsFurther information: Pop ClipsDuring this time, Nesmith created a video clip for "Rio" which, in a roundabout way, helped spur Nesmith's creationof a television program called Pop Clips for the Nickelodeon cable network. In 1980, Nesmith's Pop Clips was soldto Time Warner/Amex consortium. Time Warner/Amex developed Pop Clips into the MTV network. Nesmith alsowon the first Grammy Award (1981) given for Video of the Year for his hour-long Elephant Parts and also had ashort-lived series on NBC inspired by the video called "Michael Nesmith in Television Parts". Television Partsconcept however included many other artists who were unknown at the time but who went on to become major starsin their own right. Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, Whoopi Goldberg, Arsenio Hall all became wellknown artists after their appearances on Nesmith's show. The basic concept of the show was to have comics rendertheir stand-up routines into short comedy films much like the ones in Elephant Parts. Nesmith assembled writersJack Handey, William Martin, John Levenstein, and Michael Kaplan; Directors William Dear (who had directedElephant Parts) and Alan Myerson, and Producer Ward Sylvester to create the show. The half hour show show ranfor 8 episodes in the summer of 1985 on NBC Thursday nights in prime time.

Pacific Arts and legal disputeFurther information: Pacific Arts CorporationPacific Arts Video became a pioneer in the home video market, producing and distributing a wide variety ofvideotaped programs. Pacific Arts Video eventually ceased operations after an acrimonious contract dispute withPBS over home video licensing rights and payments for several series, including Ken Burns' The Civil War. Thedispute escalated into a law suit that went to jury trial in Federal Court in Los Angeles. On February 3, 1999, a juryawarded Nesmith and his company Pacific Arts $48.875 million in compensatory and punitive damages, promptinghis widely-quoted comment, "It's like finding your grandmother stealing your stereo. You're happy to get your stereoback, but it's sad to find out your grandmother is a thief." PBS appealed the ruling, but the appeal never reached thecourt, and a settlement was reached with the amount paid to Pacific Arts and Nesmith results kept confidential.Nesmith's current Pacific Arts project is Videoranch 3D, a virtual environment on the internet that hosts liveperformances at various virtual venues inside the Ranch. He performed live inside Videoranch 3D on May 25, 2009.

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Movies and booksNesmith was the executive producer for the films Repo Man, Tapeheads, and Timerider: The Adventure of LyleSwann, as well as his own solo recording and film projects.In 1998, Nesmith published his first novel, The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora. Nesmith's first novel The LongSandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora was developed originally as an online project and was later published as a hard coverbook by St Martin's Press. Nesmith's second novel The America Gene was released in July, 2009 as an onlinedownload from Videoranch.com.

Recent historyIn the early 1980s, Nesmith teamed up with satirist P. J. O'Rourke to ride his vehicle Timerider in the annual Baja1000 roadrace. This is chronicled in O'Rourke's 2009 book Driving Like Crazy.During the 1990s, Nesmith, as Trustee and President of the Gihon foundation, hosted the Council on Ideas, agathering of intellectuals from different fields who were asked to identify the most important issues of their day andpublish the result. The Gihon ceased the program in 2000 and started a new Program for the Performing Arts.Nesmith also spent a decade as a board of trustees member, nominating member and vice-chair of the American FilmInstitute.In 1992, Nesmith undertook a concert tour of North America to promote the CD release of his RCA solo albums(although he included the song "Rio", from the album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing). The concert tourended at the Britt Festival in Oregon. A video, Live at the Britt Festival, and a CD, Live at the Britt Festival werereleased capturing the 1992 concert.[8]

Nesmith continues to record and release his own music. His latest album, Rays was released on April 4, 2006.In 2011, Nesmith returned to producing, working with blues singer/guitarist Carolyn Wonderland. Nesmith producedWonderland's version of Elmore James' "Dust My Broom" on her album "Peace Meal." Wonderland marriedwriter-comedian A. Whitney Brown on March 4, 2011, in a ceremony officiated by Nesmith.

Other appearancesNesmith had a cameo appearance as a taxi driver in the Whoopi Goldberg film Burglar.Nesmith had cameo appearances in his own films including Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (Race Official)and Tapeheads (Water Man).In a promotional video to support Pacific Arts' video release of Tapeheads, Nesmith was introduced with avoice-over making fun of his Monkees persona. The narration teases Nesmith, who approaches the camera to speak,poking fun at his "missing hat".An opportunistic lookalike from the US cashed in on his similarity to Nesmith by appearing on talk shows and doinginterviews in Australia during the 1980s. The scam was successful, the lookalike being far enough from America toavoid detection as a fraud (which is less likely in the US, where the real Nesmith has made many media andshow-business acquaintances). An entertaining interviewee, the impersonator's charade was not discovered until afterhe had vanished from the public eye. The imposter, Barry Faulkner, who had pulled various fraudulent scams for 40years, was finally apprehended and sent to jail in 2009.[9][10]

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Discography

Singles

Date Label/Catalog#

Titles (A-side / B-side) BillboardTop Singles

Cashbox BillboardAdult

Contemp

Notes

1963 HighnessHN-13

Wanderin' / Well Well – - - Credited as "Mike Nesmith." Vanity pressing.

1963 Omnibus 239 How Can You Kiss Me /Just A Little Love

– - - Credited as "Mike & John & Bill." John London isthe bassist, later of Nesmith's First National Band.Bill Sleeper is the drummer. (The trio broke upwhen Sleeper was drafted into the US Army.)

01/1966 Edan 1001 Just A Little Love /Curson Terrace

– - - A-side is same as Omnibus 239. B-side is creditedto "Mike & Tony" and has no Nesmithinvolvement.

10/1965 Colpix CP-787 The New Recruit / AJourney With MichaelBlessing

– - - Credited to "Michael Blessing."

01/1966 Colpix CP-792 Until It's Time for Youto Go / What Seems ToBe The Trouble Officer

– - - Credited to "Michael Blessing."

04/1966 RCA 47-8807 Do Not Ask For Love /Buttermilk

– - - Credited to "The New Society." A-side has noNesmith involvement. B-side was verified by BillChadwick, member of the group, as havingNesmith as a background vocalist.

07/1968 Dot 45-17152 Tapioca Tundra / Don'tCry Now

– - - Credited to "The Wichita Train Whistle." Groupwas created and led by Nesmith, though he doesnot appear on the recordings as either musician orvocalist. "Don't Cry Now" is edited from LPversion.

07/1970 RCA 47-9853 Little Red Rider / RoseCity Chimes

- - - Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band." Until its release as a bonus trackon CD in 2001, non-LP 'B' side was a sought aftercollectable.

08/1970 RCA 74-0368 Joanne / One Rose 21 17 6 Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band."

11/1970 RCA 74-0399 Silver Moon / Lady ofthe Valley

42 28 7 Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band."

04/1971 RCA 74-0453 Nevada Fighter / Here IAm

70 73 - Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band." Issued with picture sleeve.

06/1971 RCA 74-0491 Texas Morning /Tumbling Tumbleweeds

- - - Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band." Single released as promo withboth songs on B-side and "Texas" only on A-sidewith release #SPS-45-263.

06/1971 RCA 74-0540 I've Just Begun To Care(Propinquity) / OnlyBound

- 95 - Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band."

01/1972 RCA 74-0629 Mama Rocker / LazyLady

- - - Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the SecondNational Band." "Mama Rocker" is faded out earlyversus LP version.

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08/1972 RCA 74-0804 Roll With The Flow /Keep On

- - - "Roll With The Flow" is edited from LP version.

1976 RCA 447-0868 Joanne / Silver Moon - - - Reissue credited to "Michael Nesmith and the FirstNational Band." Early pressings on red label, laterpressings on black label.

03/1977 Pacific ArtsWIP6373

Rio / Life, TheUnsuspecting Captive

- - -

06/1978 Pacific ArtsPAC-101

Roll With The Flow /I've Just Begun To Care(Propinquity)

- - - Both songs are edited from the LP versions.

1978? Pacific ArtsPAC-104

Rio / CasablancaMoonlight

- - - Issued with picture sleeve.

06/1979 Pacific ArtsPAC-106

Magic / Dance - - -

08/1979 Pacific ArtsPAC-108

Cruisin' / Horserace - - -

1998 CollectiblesCOL-4759

Joanne / Silver Moon - - - Reissue.

Albums

Date Label/Catalog # Title HighestBillboardPosition

Notes

07/1968 Dot 3861 (mono) /25861 (stereo)

The Wichita TrainWhistle Sings

144 Nesmith does not appear on this album vocally or instrumentally. Album iscredited to "The Wichita Train Whistle." Mono release is promo-only.

07/1970 RCA LSP-4371 Magnetic South(album)

143 Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The First National Band." Somecopies came with a "Joanne" sticker on the shrink wrap.

11/1970 RCA LSP-4415 Loose Salute 159 Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The First National Band." Somecopies came with a circular sticker on the shrink wrap saying "Contains the hitsingle 'Silver Moon.'"

05/1971 RCA LSP-4497 Nevada Fighter 218 Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The First National Band."

02/1972 RCA LSP-4563 Tantamount toTreason Vol. 1

211 Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band."

08/1972 RCA LSP-4695 And the Hits JustKeep on Comin'

208

10/1973 RCA ALPI-0164 Pretty Much YourStandard RanchStash

–

03/1975 Pacific ArtsPAC-101

The Prison - ABook with aSoundtrack

– Issued with 48-page book to be read while the LP is playing, allowing for a"soundtrack" to the story. Original copies issued in a box cover, while latercopies came in a cardboard slip jacket. Some of these later copies had twostickers on the shrink, one saying "Michael Nesmith" and the other "ContainsRecord and 48-page Full Color Illustrated Book." Record was also sold inbook stores.

03/1977 Pacific ArtsPAC7-107 / PacificArts ILPA-9184

From a RadioEngine to thePhoton Wing

209 Early pressings utilized the overseas catalog # ILPA-9184 used by IslandRecords.

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??/1978 Pacific ArtsPAC7-113

The Wichita TrainWhistle Sings

– Reissue of 1968 Dot release with new album jacket design.

??/1978 Pacific ArtsPAC7-116

And the Hits JustKeep on Comin'

– Reissue of 1972 RCA release with standard jacket (RCA release had gatefoldjacket).

??/1978 Pacific ArtsPAC7-117

Pretty Much YourStandard RanchStash

– Reissue of 1973 RCA release with standard jacket (RCA release had gatefoldjacket).

05/1979 Pacific ArtsPAC7-130

Infinite Rider onthe Big Dogma

151

06/1979 Pacific ArtsPAC7-1300

The MichaelNesmith RadioSpecial

– Promotional LP featuring all the tracks from "Infinite Rider on the BigDogma" as well as interview snippets

1992 Pacific Arts/Island Tropical Campfires –

1994 (Rio Records) The Garden – Companion piece to The Prison - A Book with a Soundtrack

2000 (Rio Records) Timerider: TheAdventure Of LyleSwann(Soundtrack)

– Soundtrack from the 1982 movie

2005 (Rio Records) Rays – music only, no vocals

Live albums

Date Label/Catalog # Title HighestBillboardPosition

Notes

08/1978 Pacific Arts PAC7-118 Live At ThePalais

– Some copies came with a 3" circular sticker on the coveritself proclaiming "Contains the hit single 'Roll With TheFlow.'"

1999 Cooking Vinyl Live at the BrittFestival

– Recorded live at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, OR, in1991.

2010 Road Goes on Forever Records(RGF/ZZBOX1974)

The AmazingZigZag Concert

– Disc 5 of 5CD Box set recorded in April 1974

Compilation albums

Date Label/Catalog # Title Notes

02/1977 Pacific ArtsPAC7-106

Compilation

–

1989 (Rhino) The Newer Stuff

–Contains five new tracks and five tracks from "Photon Wing" and"Infinite Rider." CD release featured additional tracks from the LPrelease.

1991 (Rhino) The Older Stuff

–Greatest hits of RCA recordings.

1997 (Camden 74321523772)

Listen To The Band

–European compilation of RCA recordings.

2008 (Camden) Magnetic South & Loose Salute

–paired album release

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2008 (Camden) Nevada Fighter & Tantamount to Treason

–paired album release

2008 (Camden) And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' &Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

–

paired album release

2008 (Camden) From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing& Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma

–

paired album release

2008 (Camden) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings &Timerider

–

paired album release

Video• Rio and Cruisin' (1981)• Elephant Parts (1981) (released on DVD 2003)• The Television Parts Home Companion (1985)• Dr. Duck's Super-Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986)• Nezmusic (1989)• Live At The Britt Festival (1991) (released on DVD 1999)• Pacific Arts (2008) (music and DVD released 2008)

Bibliography

Books(n.b. books proper – not including The Prison and The Garden)

• The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora (1998)• The America Gene (2009)

Audio books• The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora (2004) (with Michael reading the story)

References[1] Texas Birth Index 1903–97 (http:/ / search. ancestry. com/ cgi-bin/ sse. dll?indiv=1& db=TXbirthindex,& rank=0& tips=0& gsfn=Robert&

gsln=Nesmith& sx=& gs1co=2,USA& gs1pl=46,Texas& year=& yearend=& sbo=0& sbor=& ufr=0& wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r& prox=1& ti=0& ti. si=0& gss=angs-d& o_iid=21416& o_lid=21416& o_it=21416& fh=13& recid=11279092& recoff=1+ 3)showing : "Robert Michael Nesmith, born December 30, 1942, Harris County, father Warren Audrey Nesmith, mother Bette Clair McMurray.]

[2] The Monkees: Mike Nesmith (http:/ / monkees. rhino. com/ read/ mike. lasso) biography from Rhino Records[3] Harvey Kubernik, Scott Calamar, Diltz, Henry, Lou Adler, Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon (Sterling

Publishing, 2009), ISBN 978-1-4027-6589-6, p. 95. Excerpts available (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=bANZjtz2qUkC&q=nurit#v=snippet& q=nurit& f=false) at Google Books.

[4] Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, p. 330 (5th ed. 1992).[5] "Michael Nesmith - Country Rock - Rock/Pop - Music - www.real.com" (http:/ / uk. real. com/ music/ artist/ Michael_Nesmith/ ).

Uk.real.com. . Retrieved May 14, 2010.[6] The custom-made Gretsch guitar (natural finish 12-string electric guitar) that was frequently cited at that time as being worth $5,000—the

equivalent of over $30,000 in 2008 dollars—which was undoubtedly inflated for publicity purposes.[7] Liner notes from the CD Hillbilly Fever, Volume 5 released by Rhino Entertainment in 1995.[8] allmusic ((( Live at the Britt Festival [Video/DVD] > Overview ))) (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ cg/ amg. dll?p=amg& sql=Aktkbikzhbb89)

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[9] "Master imposter finally goes to jail" (http:/ / gulfnews. com/ news/ world/ australia/ master-imposter-finally-goes-to-jail-1. 58807).gulfnews. . Retrieved 2012-03-01.

[10] John, Katelyn (March 20, 2009). "No sentence discount for master conman Barry John Faulkner" (http:/ / www. news. com. au/ story/0,,25215645-1242,00. html). News.com.au. . Retrieved May 14, 2010.

External links• Videoranch (http:/ / videoranch. com), a Michael Nesmith company• Michael Nesmith (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0626452/ ) at the Internet Movie Database• Article in Wired magazine about Michael Nesmith and the Council on Ideas (http:/ / www. wired. com/ wired/

archive/ 8. 12/ nesmith. html)• Michael Nesmith biography (http:/ / www. nezfriends. com/ biography. html)• (Unofficial) Michael Nesmith Home Page (http:/ / www. monkees. net/ nez/ default. php)• SWINDLE Magazine Interview (http:/ / swindlemagazine. com/ issueicons/ michael-nesmith/ )• Michael Nesmith (http:/ / digital. library. unt. edu/ explore/ partners/ UNTML/ browse/ ?start=43&

fq=untl_collection:JGPC) interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969).• Michael Nesmith: Overcoming The Monkees at NPR.com (http:/ / www. npr. org/ templates/ story/ story.

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Peter Tork

Peter Tork

Tork performing at the Record Collector in Bordentown, NJ, 2010

Background information

Birth name Peter Halsten Thorkelson

Born February 13, 1942Washington, D.C.

Genres Rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, rock and roll, pop

Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, artist, activist

Instruments Bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, banjo, vocals

Years active 1964–present

Labels Colgems, RCA, Bell, Arista, Rhino, Sire

Associated acts The Monkees, Shoe Suede Blues, George Harrison, James Lee Stanley, Release, Cottonmouth, The Peter Tork Project

Website www.petertork.com [1]

Peter Tork (born February 13, 1942) is an American musician and actor, best known as a member of The Monkees.

Early lifeTork was born Peter Halsten Thorkelson[2] at the Doctor's Hospital, Washington, D.C.[3] Although he was born in1942,[4] many news articles incorrectly report him as born in 1944 in New York City, as this was the date and placegiven on early Monkees press releases. He is the son of Virginia Hope (née Straus) and Halsten John Thorkelson, aneconomics professor at the University of Connecticut.[5][6] His paternal grandfather was of Norwegian descent, whilehis mother was of half German Jewish and half British Isles ancestry.[7][8][9][10] He began studying piano at the ageof nine, showing an aptitude for music by learning to play several different instruments, including the banjo andacoustic and bass guitars. Tork attended Windham High School in Willimantic, Connecticut, and was a member ofthe first graduating class at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut. He attended Carleton College before hemoved to New York City, where he became part of the folk music scene in Greenwich Village during the first half ofthe 1960s. While there, he befriended other up-and-coming musicians such as Stephen Stills.

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The MonkeesStills suggested Tork audition for a new television series about four pop-rock musicians, when the producers asked ifStills 'had a better looking (musician) friend'. Tork got the job and became one of the four members of The Monkees,who ended up being both characters in a television sitcom and a band in their own right.Tork was a proficient musician, and though the group generally did not play their own instruments on their first twoalbums, he was an exception, playing what he described as "third chair guitar" on Mike Nesmith's song "Papa Gene'sBlues" from their first album. He subsequently played keyboards, bass guitar, banjo, harpsichord, and otherinstruments on their recordings. He also co-wrote, along with Joey Richards, the closing theme song of the secondseason of The Monkees, "For Pete's Sake". On the television show, he was relegated to playing the "lovabledummy", even though he is actually a highly intelligent, literate person, as the other Monkees have always been keento point out in subsequent interviews.In commentary tracks included in the DVD release of the first season of the show, Nesmith stated that Tork wasbetter at playing guitar than bass. In Tork's commentary, he stated that Jones was a good drummer and had the liveperformance lineups been based solely on playing ability, it should have been Tork on guitar, Nesmith on bass, andJones on drums, with Dolenz taking the fronting role, rather than as it was done (with Nesmith on guitar, Tork onbass, and Dolenz on drums). Jones filled in briefly for Tork on bass when he played keyboards.Recording and producing as a group was Tork's major interest, and he hoped that the four members would continueworking together as a band on future recordings. However, the four did not have enough in common regarding theirmusical interests. In commentary for the DVD release of the second season of the show, Tork said that Dolenz was"incapable of repeating a triumph".Tork, once free from Don Kirshner's restrictions, in 1967, contributed some of the most memorable and catchyinstrumental flourishes, such as the piano introduction to "Daydream Believer" and the banjo part on "You ToldMe", as well as exploring occasional songwriting with the likes of "For Pete's Sake" and "Lady's Baby".Tork was close to his grandmother, staying with her sometimes in his Greenwich Village days, and after he became aMonkee. "Grams" was one of his most ardent supporters and managed his fan club, often writing personal letters tomembers, and visiting music stores to make sure they carried Monkees records.Six albums were produced with the original Monkees lineup, four of which went to No 1 on the Billboard chart. Thissuccess was supplemented by two years of the TV show, a series of successful concert tours both across Americaand abroad, and a trippy-psychedelic movie, Head a bit ahead of its time,. However, tensions, both musical andpersonal, were increasing within the group. The band finished a Far East tour in December 1968 (where his copy ofNaked Lunch was confiscated by Australian Customs[11]) and then filmed an NBC television special, 33⅓Revolutions Per Monkee, which rehashed many of the ideas from Head, only with the Monkees playing a strangelysecond-string role.No longer getting the group dynamic he wanted, and pleading "exhaustion" from the grueling schedule, Tork boughtout the remaining four years of his contract after filming was complete on December 20, 1968, at a default of$150,000/year. In the DVD commentary for the 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee TV special - originally broadcastApril 14, 1969 - Dolenz noted that Nesmith gave Tork a gold watch as a going-away present, engraved "From theguys down at work". Tork kept the back, but replaced the watch several times in later years.

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Post-MonkeesDuring a trip to London in December 1967, Tork contributed banjo to George Harrison's soundtrack to the 1968 filmWonderwall. His playing featured in the movie, but not on the official Wonderwall Music soundtrack album releasedin November 1968.[12] Tork's brief five-string banjo piece can be heard 16 minutes into the film, as Professor Collinsis caught by his mother while spying on his neighbour Penny Lane.Striking out on his own, he formed a group called 'Peter Tork And/Or Release' with girlfriend Reine Stewart ondrums (she had played drums on part of 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee), Riley "Wildflower" Cummings on bass and -sometimes - singer/keyboard player Judy Mayhan. Tork said in April 1969, "We sometimes have four. We'rethinking of having a rotating fourth. Right now, the fourth is that girl I'm promoting named Judy Mayhan." "We'relike Peter's back-up band", added Stewart, "except we happen to be a group instead of a back-up band." Releasehoped to have a record out immediately, and Tork has said that they did record some demos, which he may still havestored away somewhere. According to Stewart the band were supposed to go to Muscle Shoals as the backing bandfor Mayhan's Atlantic Records solo album Moments (1970) but they were ultimately replaced.[13][14][15] They mainlyplayed parties for their "in" friends and one of their songs was considered for the soundtrack to Easy Rider, but theproducers - who had also produced Head - eventually decided not to include it.[16] Release could not secure a recordcontract, and by 1970 Tork was once again a solo artist, as he later recalled, "I didn't know how to stick to it. I ranout of money and told the band members, 'I can't support us as a crew any more, you'll just have to find your ownway'."[17]

Tork's record and movie production entity, the Breakthrough Influence Company (BRINCO), also failed to launch,despite such talent as future Little Feat guitarist, Lowell George.[3] He was forced to sell his house in 1970, and heand a pregnant Reine Stewart moved into the basement of David Crosby's home.[18] Tork was credited withco-arranging a Micky Dolenz solo single on MGM Records in 1971 ("Easy On You", b/w "Oh Someone"). A bustfor possession of hashish resulted in three months in an Oklahoma penitentiary in 1972.[19] He moved to Fairfax inMarin County, California, in the early 1970s, where he joined the 35-voice Fairfax Street Choir and played guitar fora shuffle blues band called Osceola. Tork returned to Southern California in the mid-'70s, where he married and hada son and took a job teaching at Pacific Hills School in Santa Monica for a year and a half. He spent a total of threeyears as a teacher of music, social studies, math, French and history and coaching baseball at a number of schools,but enjoyed some more than others.[12][20]

Peter Tork joined 'Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart' onstage for a guest appearance on their concert tour on July 4, 1976at Disneyland, and following on from this later that year he reunited with his fellow former bandmates Davy Jonesand Micky Dolenz in the studio for the recording of the single "Christmas Is My Time of The Year" b/w "WhiteChristmas", which saw a limited release for fan club members that holiday season.

Sire RecordsA chance meeting with Sire Records executive Pat Horgan at the Bottom Line in New York City led to Torkrecording a six-song demo, his first recording in many years. Recorded in summer 1980, it featured Tork, who sang,played rhythm guitar, keyboards, and banjo; it was backed by Southern rock band Cottonmouth, led byguitarist/singer/songwriter Johnny Pontiff, featuring Gerard Trahan on guitar/keyboards/vocals, Gene Pyle on bassguitar/vocals and Gary Hille on drums/percussion.Horgan produced the six tracks (which included two Monkees covers, "Shades Of Gray" and "Pleasant Valley Sunday"), with George Dispigno as engineer. The four other tracks were "Good Looker," "Since You Went Away" (which appeared on the Monkees 1987 CD "Pool It"), "Higher & Higher" and "Hi Hi Babe." Also present at the sessions were Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, and Tommy Ramone of The Ramones. The tracks were recorded at Blue Horizon House, 165 West 74th Street, home of Sire Records, but Seymour Stein, president of Sire, rejected the demo, stating "there's nothing there." Tork recorded a second set of demos in New York City, but little is

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known about these (other than the fact that one track was a yet another version of "Pleasant Valley Sunday" with anunknown rock band, and featured a violin solo).During this time Tork appeared regularly on The Uncle Floyd Show broadcast on U-68 out of New Jersey.[21] Heperformed comedy bits and lip-synced the Sire recordings. Floyd claimed Tork was the "first real star" to appear onthe show. (Later, Davy Jones, The Ramones and others would follow in his footsteps.)In 1981, he released a 45 rpm single, his first solo record ("I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" b/w "Higher And Higher")and did some club performances and live television appearances, including taking part in a "Win A Date With PeterTork" bit on Late Night with David Letterman.

Monkees reunionIn 1986, Tork rejoined fellow Monkees Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz for a highly successful 20th anniversaryreunion tour. Three new songs were recorded by Tork and Dolenz for a greatest hits release. The three Monkeesrecorded Pool It!. A decade later, all four group members recorded Justus, the first recordings with all four memberssince 1968. The quartet performed live in the United Kingdom in 1997, but for the next several years only the trio ofTork, Dolenz and Jones toured together. The trio of Monkees parted ways in 2001 with a public feud but reunited in2011 for a series of 45th anniversary concerts in England and the United States.Since 1986, Tork has intermittently toured with his former band mates and also played with his own bands ThePeter Tork Project and Shoe Suede Blues. In 1991, Tork formed a band called The Dashboard Saints and played ata pizza restaurant in Guerneville, California. In 1994, he released his first album length solo project, Stranger ThingsHave Happened, which featured brief appearances by Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith. In 1996, Petercollaborated on an album called Two Man Band with James Lee Stanley. The duo followed up in 2001 with a secondrelease, Once Again.In 2001, Tork took time out from touring to appear in a leading role in the short film Mixed Signals, written anddirected by John Graziano.In 2002, Tork resumed working with his band Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues. The band performs original bluesmusic, Monkees covers (blues versions of some), and covers of classic blues hits by greats such as Muddy Watersand has shared the stage with bands such as Captain Zig. The band toured extensively in 2006-7 following therelease of album "Cambria Hotel".[22]

Tork also had an occasional roles as Topanga Lawrence's father on the sitcom Boy Meets World, as well as a guestcharacter on 7th Heaven. In 1995, Tork appeared as himself on the show Wings, bidding against Crystal Bernard'scharacter for the Monkeemobile. In 1999, he appeared as The Bandleader in season one episode 13 (Best Man) ofThe King of Queens.In early 2008, Tork added "advice columnist" to his extensive resume by authoring an online advice and info columncalled "Ask Peter Tork" at the webzine The Daily Panic, located at thedailypanic.comIn 2011, he joined his fellow bandmates for the 2011 tour, An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th AnniversaryTour.[23]

CancerOn March 3, 2009, Tork reported on his website that he had been diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare,slow-growing form of head and neck cancer. A preliminary biopsy discovered that the cancer had not spread beyondthe initial site. "It's a bad news, good news situation," explained Tork. "It's so rare a combination (on the tongue) thatthere isn't a lot of experience among the medical community about this particular combination. On the other hand,the type of cancer it is, never mind the location, is somewhat well known, and the prognosis, I'm told, is good." Torkunderwent radiation treatment to prevent the cancer from returning.[24]

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On March 4, 2009, Tork underwent extensive surgery in New York City, which was successful.On June 11, 2009, a spokesman for Tork reported that his cancer had returned. Tork was reportedly "shaken but notstirred" by the news, and said that the doctors had given him an 80% chance of containing and shrinking the newtumor.[25]

In July 2009, while undergoing radiation therapy, he was interviewed by the Washington Post: "I recovered veryquickly after my surgery, and I've been hoping that my better-than-average constitution will keep the worst effects ofradiation at bay. My voice and energy still seem to be in decent shape, so maybe I can pull these gigs off after all."He continued to tour and perform while receiving his treatments.[26]

On September 15, 2009, Tork received an "all clear" from his doctor.Tork documented his cancer experience on Facebook and encouraged his fans to support research efforts of theAdenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation.[27]

Personal lifeTork currently resides in Storrs, Connecticut. Peter has been married 3 times, he has three children:•• Hallie Luia Iannoli (b. January 25, 1970) with Reine Stewart•• Ivan Joseph Iannoli (b. December 22, 1975) with Barbara Iannoli•• Erica Marie (b. June 15, 1997) with Tammy Sustek.

Song listAll songs written by Peter Tork or co-written by Tork as indicated.• "For Pete's Sake" (Peter Tork, Joseph Richards)• "Band 6" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork)• "Zilch" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork)• "Goin' Down" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hilderbrand)• "No Time" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork) but credited to Hank Cicalo•• "Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?"•• "Can You Dig It?"•• "Lady's Baby"•• "Tear the Top Right Off My Head"•• "Gettin' In"•• "MGB-GT"•• "Merry Go Round" (Peter Tork, Diane Hilderbrand)•• "Get What You Pay For"•• "Sea Change"•• "I Believe You"•• "Run Away From Life"•• "Miracle"•• "Tender Is"•• "Easy Rider"•• "Hi Babe"•• "Little Girl"• "God Given Grant" (Peter Tork, Nick Thorkelson)[22]

• "Ain't Your Fault"[22]

• "Mister Bob" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Eric Van Den Brink)[28]

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[3] Peter Tork biography (http:/ / www. monkees. com/ read/ peter. lasso), Monkees.com[4] http:/ / select. nytimes. com/ gst/ abstract. html?res=F40C11F83D5C1B7B93CAAB1789D85F468485F9[5] http:/ / advance. uconn. edu/ 2004/ 040126/ 04012610. htm[6] http:/ / articles. courant. com/ 2002-04-29/ news/ 0204280016_1_social-justice-wisconsin-ca[7] http:/ / select. nytimes. com/ gst/ abstract. html?res=F20C1EFC3D5D177A93C2AA1782D85F448485F9[8] (http:/ / books. google. ca/ books?id=yAJxfeez5YwC& pg=PA205& dq=halston+ Thorkelson& cd=2)[9] (http:/ / nl. newsbank. com/ nl-search/ we/ Archives?p_product=MWSB& p_theme=mwsb& p_action=search& p_maxdocs=200&

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[10] http:/ / familytreemaker. genealogy. com/ users/ l/ o/ w/ John-Paul--Lowens/ FILE/ 0001text. txt[11][11] Glenn A Baker Liner Notes The Monkees Talk Downunder LP[12] Peter Tork on jamming with Jimi Hendrix & working as a teacher in the 70's (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=ddDBGn5KfLw) -

Strange Dave Show interview (2010)[13] The Peter Tork 1969/1970 Thread (http:/ / www. stevehoffman. tv/ forums/ showthread. php?t=221848& page=3) - Steve Hoffman Music

Forums (2010)[14] Peter Tork reveales never before released information about his 60's band RELEASE (http:/ / www. youtube. com/

watch?v=sxguMcKiOdU) - Strange Dave Show interview (2010)[15] Judy Mayhan Moments review (http:/ / www. dustbury. com/ music/ mayhan. html) - Dustbury.com (23 June 2003)[16] Reine Stewart Tork bio (http:/ / www. psycho-jello. com/ monkees/ reinebio. html) - Psycho Jello: A Monkees Fansite[17] Hey, Hey, He's Back Again: Ex-Monkee Peter Tork has started a new band, which plays at Bogart's tonight (http:/ / articles. latimes. com/

1992-10-20/ entertainment/ ca-696_1_peter-tork-project/ 2), by Mike Boehm - LA Times (October 20, 1992)[18] Monkees Biography (http:/ / sinatraguide. com/ Monkees/ biography. htm) - The Monkees: The Complete Internet Guide[19] 'I Wanna Be Free,' They Sang, and 20 Years Later the Monkees Are No Longer Prisoners of the Past (http:/ / www. people. com/ people/

archive/ article/ 0,,20091494,00. html) - People Magazine Vol. 24 No. 7 (August 12, 1985)[20] "nndb.com/people" (http:/ / www. nndb. com/ people/ 388/ 000024316/ ). Nndb.com. . Retrieved 2011-08-19.[21] "Peter Tork 6 of 8 on The Strange Dave Show" (http:/ / blip. tv/ file/ 4497948). Blip.tv. . Retrieved 2011-08-19.[22] "Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues - Cambria Hotel" (http:/ / www. cdbaby. com/ cd/ ptassb2). CD Baby. 2007-02-12. . Retrieved

2011-08-19.[23] "Monkees announce 10-date concert tour" (http:/ / www. upi. com/ Entertainment_News/ Music/ 2011/ 02/ 21/

Monkees-announce-10-date-concert-tour/ UPI-30601298316685/ ). United Press International. 21 February 2011. . Retrieved 26 May 2011.[24] "Official Peter Tork site" (http:/ / www. petertork. com/ ). Petertork.com. . Retrieved 2011-08-19.[25] Peter Tork's Cancer Reoccurs (http:/ / www. courant. com/ entertainment/ music/ hc-tork-cancer-reoccurs-0611,0,1695059. story), Hartford

Courant[26] Peter Tork and Jennifer LaRue Huget, Peter Tork's Cancer, In His Own Words (http:/ / voices. washingtonpost. com/ checkup/ 2009/ 07/

my_blog_last_week_about. html), Washington Post The Checkup Blog, July 1, 2009[27] Jennifer LaRue Huget, A Former Monkee with Cancer (http:/ / voices. washingtonpost. com/ checkup/ 2009/ 06/

a_former_monkee_with_cancer. html), Washington Post The Checkup Blog, June 22, 2009[28] "New Monkees Release - Mister Bob" (http:/ / oldsongsnewsongsremix. com/ the-monkees-2/ #new_monkees_song).

Oldsongsnewsongsremix.com. . Retrieved 2011-08-19.

External links• Official website (http:/ / www. petertork. com/ )• The official Shoe Suede Blues website (http:/ / www. shoesuedeblues. com/ )• Peter Tork (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm868074/ ) at the Internet Movie Database• Peter Tork interview from The Zone Magazine February 2008 (http:/ / www. zoneextra. co. uk/ )• Ask Peter Tork (http:/ / askpetertork. com/ )

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(Theme From) The Monkees

"(Theme from) The Monkees"Song by The Monkees from the album The Monkees

Released October 10, 1966

Recorded July 5, 1966, RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood

Genre Rock

Label Colgems Records

Writer Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Producer Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller

The Monkees track listing

"(Theme from) TheMonkees"

(1)

"Saturday'sChild"

(2)

"(Theme from) The Monkees" is a 1966 popular song, written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as the theme songfor the TV series The Monkees. It later appeared on their album The Monkees. Originally intended as an album track,it was later released as a single in Australia, where it became a hit. It is still played on many oldies radio stations.

Daydream Believer"Daydream Believer" is a song composed by John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. The song wasoriginally recorded by The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing lead vocals. The single hit the number one spot on theU.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks, and peaked at number five in theUK Singles Chart. It was The Monkees' last number one hit in the U.S. It was recorded by Anne Murray in 1979,whose version reached #3 on the U.S. country singles chart and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Monkees version

"Daydream Believer"

Single by The Monkees

from the album The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees

B-side "Goin' Down" (non-LP track)

Released October 30, 1967

Format 7"

Recorded June 14, 1967 and August 9, 1967

Genre Pop rock

Length 3:07

Label Colgems

Writer(s) John Stewart

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Producer The MonkeesChip Douglas

The Monkees singles chronology

"Pleasant ValleySunday"(1967)

"DaydreamBeliever"

(1967)

"Valleri"(1968)

Producer Chip Douglas introduced the Monkees to the song. It was recorded during the sessions for their 1967 albumPisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. but was ultimately included on their 1968 album The Birds, The Bees &the Monkees (it proved to be bandmember Peter Tork's only appearance on the album). All four Monkees appear onthe track, with Michael Nesmith on lead guitar, Peter Tork on piano (he also came up with the arrangement), andMicky Dolenz on backing vocals. Davy Jones wasn't sure of the song's potential at first, and admitted later that he'drecorded the vocal with a hint of annoyance at the ongoing takes.[1] His feelings changed when the song became ahit.John Stewart's original lyrics in the second stanza were "You once thought of me as a white knight on a steed, Nowyou know how funky I can be". When the Monkees recorded the song, "funky" was changed to "happy."The song is also known for its humorous opening:

Chip Douglas: "7A." (referring to the take of the song)

Davy Jones: "What number is this, Chip?"

Chip Douglas and others in unison (annoyed): "7A!"

Davy Jones: "Okay. Know what I mean, like don't get excited, man. It's 'cause I'm short, I know.."

In 1986, three of the four Monkees (Dolenz, Jones, and Tork) mounted a successful reunion tour and had a major hitwith the newly recorded "That Was Then, This Is Now." Arista Records, who owned the Monkees' masters at thetime, re-released "Daydream Believer" as a followup single, re-mixed with a heavier drum track by Michael Lloyd(who had produced "That Was Then, This Was Now"). The re-released single was a minor hit the second time out,garnering some brief airplay on Top 40 radio stations of the day.

Chart positions

Chart (1967) Peakposition

Austrian Singles Chart [2] 7

Irish Singles Chart 1

Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 4

Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart [2] 2

Swiss Singles Chart [2] 10

UK Singles Chart 5

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1

Chart (1981) Peakposition

Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[3] 29

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Chart (1986) Peakposition

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 79

Anne Murray version

"Daydream Believer"Single by Anne Murray

from the album I'll Always Love You

Released December 1979

Format 7"

Recorded 1979

Genre Country pop

Length 2:26

Label Capitol

Writer(s) John Stewart

Producer Jim Ed Norman

Anne Murray singles chronology

"Broken HeartedMe"

(1979)

"DaydreamBeliever"

(1980)

"LuckyMe"

(1980)

Anne Murray included it on her 1979 album, I'll Always Love You. The following year her single peaked at numberone on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, and number twelve on the pop chart.[4] In addition the Anne Murrayversion peaked at number three on the country chart.[5] She re-released the song as a duet with Nelly Furtado on her2008 album, Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends.

Chart positions

Chart (1980) Peakposition

Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Canadian RPM Top Singles 17

Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 1

U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 3

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12

U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1

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References[1] "You can tell from the vocal that I was pissed off!" Davy Jones, The Monkees Tale, Last Gasp Press, 1986[2] norwegiancharts.com The Monkees - Daydream Believer (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=The+ Monkees&

titel=Daydream+ Believer& cat=s)[3] Japan's Oricon Year-End International Singles Charts of 1981 (http:/ / www2. wbs. ne. jp/ ~ms-db/ oricon/ oricon_single_81. htm)[4] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 176.[5] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 242.

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Last Train to Clarksville

"Last Train To Clarksville"Single by The Monkees

from the album The Monkees

B-side "Take a Giant Step"

Released August 16, 1966[1]

Format 7" 45rpm

Recorded July 25, 1966 at RCA Victor Studio B, Hollywood, California[1]

Genre Pop rock

Length 2:46

Label Colgems single #1001[1]

Writer(s) Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Producer Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

The Monkees singles chronology

"Last Train toClarksville"

(1966)

"I'm aBeliever"

(1966)

"Last Train to Clarksville" was the debut single by The Monkees, released August 16, 1966, and later included onthe group's 1966 self-titled album, which was released on October 10, 1966.[1] The song was recorded at RCA VictorStudio B in Hollywood, on July 25, 1966.[1] The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on November 5, 1966.[2]

SongThe song has been compared to The Beatles' "Paperback Writer", in the style of "jangly" guitar, the chord structureand the vocal harmonies. The Beatles song had been number one in the US charts three months earlier. It alsoresembles the guitar riff in "Blue's Theme" by Davie Allan and the Arrows, from the Peter Fonda biker movie TheWild Angels. The opening/recurring guitar riff on the song "Find Your Way Back", written by Craig Chaquico andperformed by Jefferson Starship on their 1980 album Modern Times, is almost identical to the one on "Last Train" innote structure, but very dissimilar in tempo and meter.The plot comprises a phone call from a military person to his wife / girlfriend, requesting that she 'get the last train toClarksville' in order to have one last night together before he has to leave on his morning train. He doesn't knowwhen he will return, so this may be a long or dangerous assignment.Though the Clarksville in the song's title appears to refer to the city of Clarksville, Tennessee — and by implicationto nearby Fort Campbell, Kentucky, which is home to the 101st Airborne Division — co-writer Bobby Hart statesthat this is a coincidence. "There's a little town in northern Arizona I used to go through in the summers on the wayto Oak Creek Canyon called Clarkdale," said Hart. "We were throwing out some names and then when we got toClarkdale we stopped for a minute and thought that sounded pretty good. We thought maybe Clarksville would evenbe a little better. We didn't know at that time that there is an US Army base near the town of Clarksville, Tennessee,which would have fit the bill fine."[3]

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The song was used in an Army produced film shown to new inductees, as early as November, 1967, and at least inthe big induction center at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. It played as the film showed new recruits getting off the trainat Ft. Jackson, and would get a big laugh from the men watching the film.

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peakposition

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1

Chart (1967) Peakposition

UK Singles Chart 23

CoversEd Bruce, in a March 1967 single on RCA.The Shadows, in 1968 on their album From Hank, Bruce, Brian & John (instrumental version).Riblja Corba, a 1980s Serbian rock band did a cover "Zadnji voz za Cacak".On January 15, 2008, a cover of the song was made available as downloadable content for the music video gameseries Rock Band. The January 2009 issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine lists The Monkees' "Last Train toClarksville" as fourth on its list of Rock Band’s "Five Most Unexpectedly Rockin' Downloadable Songs."[4]

Martika as 'Gloria' on Kids Incorporated covered the song in the 1985 episode "The Abominable Show-Man".The Grascals recorded a bluegrass rendition of the song on their album The Famous Lefty Flynn's.George Benson, in 1968 on his album Shape of Things to Come (instrumental).Cassandra Wilson recorded a slow and sad version on her 1995 album New Moon Daughter.Michael Jackson, recorded a more up tempo version of the song in the summer of 2000.The Four Tops covered the song on their 1967 album Reach Out along with I'm a Believer.A sitar-driven instrumental version of the song was used as incidental music in an episode of the television sitcomOutsourced.Plastics released a cover of the song on a 7" flexi disc included with their first album "Welcome Plastics".

References[1] The Monkees Greatest Hits Rhino Entertainment R2 75785 Liner notes[2] Ashley Brown, ed. (1990). "Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music". Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular

Music. Six (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 1854360218.[3] Andrew Sandoval (2005). The Monkees: The day-by-day story of the '60s TV pop sensation. Thunder Bay Press. p. 46. ISBN 1592233724.[4] "Rock Band’s Five Most Unexpectedly Rockin' Downloadable Songs," PlayStation: The Official Magazine (January 2009): 58.

The Crawdaddies in 2001 recorded a Cajun Rock version of the song for their album "Spice it Up"

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I'm a Believer

"I'm a Believer"

Single by The Monkees

from the album More of The Monkees

B-side "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"

Released November 21, 1966

Genre Pop rock

Length 2:47

Label Colgems Records

Writer(s) Neil Diamond

Producer Jeff Barry

The Monkees singles chronology

"Last Train toClarksville"

(1966)

"I'm aBeliever"

(1966)

"A Little Bit Me, A Little BitYou"

(1967)

"I'm a Believer" is a song composed by Neil Diamond and recorded by The Monkees in 1966 with the lead vocalsby Micky Dolenz. The single, produced by Jeff Barry, hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chartfor the week ending December 31, 1966 and remained there for seven weeks, becoming the last #1 hit of 1966 andthe biggest-selling record for all of 1967. Because of 1,051,280 advance orders, it went gold within two days ofrelease. It is one of the fewer than thirty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide.

HistoryNeil Diamond had already recorded this song before it was covered by The Monkees, and it still sometimes appearsin his live concerts. A revised recording by Neil Diamond, featuring additional lyrics, appears on the albumSeptember Morn, while his original recording appeared on the 1967 album Just for You. Neil Diamond alsosuggested it to The Fifth Estate who recorded it as a 1967 album cut to follow up their hit "Ding-Dong! The Witch IsDead". The Monkees' recording kept the novelty hit, "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen, atnumber two for four weeks, from reaching the Hot 100's summit.

RecordingSession guitarist Al Gorgoni (who later played on "The Sound of Silence" and "Brown Eyed Girl") had worked onDiamond's "Cherry, Cherry" and also contributed to this song.The Neil Diamond version was featured in the Coen brothers' film "Blood Simple" in its US home video version, butwas later replaced by the Four Tops "It's the Same Old Song," which was the original choice for the film.In 2008, this song ranked #1 on Dallas station KLUV 98.7FM's Top 500 Memorial Day Countdown, as voted on bythe listeners. The song is listed at #48 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. [1]

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Other versionsA cover by British singer-songwriter Robert Wyatt was an unlikely hit in the UK in 1974, with a version featuringFred Frith on violin, Andy Summers (later of The Police) on guitar, and drums by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, whoalso produced the recording. It was Wyatt's first recording after the accident which left him a paraplegic.In 1995, British comedian Vic Reeves teamed up with then-popular band EMF for a version which reached #3 on theUK singles chart.This song was also covered by Smash Mouth and Eddie Murphy in 2001, as part of the soundtrack to the movieShrek (the band also released the song on its self-titled album). Eddie Murphy, portraying the character "Donkey",also performed a rendition of the song in the film. The song was chosen for its opening line, "I thought love was onlytrue in fairy tales," which matched the fairy tale theme of the film. Subsequently, the song was played as exit musicfor the Broadway musical adaptation of the film, for comic effect. A year into the show's run, it was inserted into itsfinale. A nod to the version by Reeves & Mortimer with EMF is included in Shrek; though the "Oi!" does not appearin any album version of Smash Mouth's cover, it is inserted into the song when it is played in the film's finale,shouted by Snow White's Seven Dwarfs. A different cover, by Weezer, appears in Shrek Forever After.In 2010, Neil Diamond recorded a stripped down, slow tempo version of the song on his Dreams album, and PaijeRichardson performed an I'm a Believer/Hey Ya! mash-up on series seven of The X Factor.

Selected list of recorded versions• 1966 The Monkees single, also on the 1967 album More of The Monkees• 1967 The Fifth Estate on the album "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead".• 1967 The Four Tops on the album Reach Out• 1967 The Ventures on the 1967 album Guitar Freakout• 1967 Neil Diamond on the album Just for You, reissued on the 1983 album Classics: The Early Years• 1967 Caterina Caselli single, sung in Italian with the title Sono bugiarda (I am a liar)• 1974 Robert Wyatt single, also on the 2004 album His Greatest Misses• 1979 Bram Tchaikovsky on the album Strange Man, Changed Man• 1979 Neil Diamond on the album September Morn (with new lyrics)• 1979 Tin Huey on the album Contents Dislodged During Shipment• 1985 Barbara Mandrell on the album Get to the Heart• 1990 Lulu Santos on the album Honululu (with Portuguese lyrics)• 1992 The Frank and Walters on the charity album Ruby Trax• 1995 Reeves & Mortimer with EMF, non-album track (#3 UK Singles Chart)• 1996 Neil Diamond on the album In My Lifetime• 2001 Cadet on the album Cadet• 2001 Smash Mouth on the Shrek Soundtrack and on their self-titled album Smash Mouth• 2001 Eddie Murphy on the Shrek Soundtrack• 2005 Daniel O'Donnell on his Rock n' Roll Tour• 2008 Brooke White during the Top 5 Neil Diamond week in season 7 of American Idol• 2010 Weezer on the Shrek Forever After Soundtrack• 2010 Neil Diamond on the album Dreams

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References[1] http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ specials/ hot100/ charts/ top100-titles-50. shtml

The Monkees discographyThis is a list of official recordings by The Monkees.

Albums

Studio albums

Release Date Album Title Label (Catalog No.) Peak chart positions Certifications[1]

US[2][3]

CA[4]

NO[5]

UK[6]

October 1966 The Monkees Colgems (COM/COS-101) 1 — 3 1 5x Multi-Platinum (US)

January 1967 More of The Monkees Colgems (COM/COS-102) 1 — 1 1 5x Multi-Platinum (US)

May 1967 Headquarters Colgems (COM/COS-103) 1 — 2 2 2x Multi-Platinum (US)

November 1967 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. Colgems (COM/COS-104) 1 — 4 5 2x Multi-Platinum (US)

April 1968 The Birds, The Bees & the Monkees Colgems (COM/COS-109) 3 — — — Platinum (US)

November 1968 Head Colgems (COSO-5008) 45 24 — —

February 1969 Instant Replay Colgems (COS-113) 32 45 — —

October 1969 The Monkees Present Colgems (COS-117) 100 — — —

June 1970 Changes Colgems (COS-119) — — — —

August 1987 Pool It! Rhino (70706) 72 — — —

October 1996 Justus Rhino (72542) 200 — — —

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

•• "Justus" was released only on CD and not on vinyl.

Compilation albums

Release Date Album Title US Release Billboard200

June 1969 Greatest Hits Colgems COS-115 89

December 1969 Golden Hits Colgems PRS-329 —

January 1971 Barrel Full of Monkees Colgems SCOS-1001 207

September1972

Re-Focus Bell 6081 —

June 1976 The Monkees (2-LP) Laurie House 8009/RCA Special Products2-0188

—

July 1976 The Monkees Greatest Hits Arista 4089 (later 8313) 58

October 1982 More Greatest Hits of The Monkees Arista 2007 (later 8334) —

November 1982 Monkee Business Rhino 701 —

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February 1984 Monkee Flips Rhino 113 —

December 1985 Hit Factory (2-LP) Pair 1109 —

June 1986 The Best of The Monkees (2-LP) Silver Eagle/Arista 1048 —

Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees Arista 8432 21

July 1987 Live 1967 Rhino 70139 —

Missing Links Rhino 70150 —

20th Anniversary Tour 1986 (2-LP) Rhino FSH-71110 —

January 1990 Missing Links Volume Two Rhino 70903 —

October 1991 Listen to the Band (4-CD) Rhino 70566 —

November 1995 Greatest Hits (1995) Rhino —

March 1996 Barrelful of Monkees: Monkees Songs for Kids! Kid Rhino 72407 —

Missing Links Volume Three Rhino 72153 —

July 1997 I'm A Believer and Other Hits Flashback/Rhino 72883 —

March 1998 Daydream Believer and Other Hits Flashback/Rhino 75242 —

April 1998 The Monkees Anthology (2-CD) Rhino 75269 —

February 2001 Music Box (4-CD) Rhino 76706 —

March 2001 Summer 1967: The Complete U.S. Concert Recordings(4-CD)

Rhino Handmade 7755 —

June 2002 The Essentials Rhino 76057 —

April 2003 The Best of The Monkees (2-CD) Rhino 73875 51

September2003

The Headquarters Sessions (3-CD) Rhino Handmade 7715 —

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album

US

Billboard[7]

US

Cashbox[8]

AU[9]

GE[10]

NO[5]

UK[6]

1966 "Last Train to Clarksville" 1 1 10 29 — 23 The Monkees

"Take a Giant Step"(B-side of "Last Train to Clarksville")

— — — — — —

"I'm a Believer" 1 1 1 1 1 1 More of the Monkees

"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"(B-side of "I'm a Believer")

20 25 — — — — More of the Monkees (Single and album mixesdiffer.)

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1967 "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" 2 1 4 7 3 3 Non-album single.

"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"(B-side of "A Little Bit Me, a Little BitYou")

39 — — — — —

"I Wanna Be Free" — — 4 — — — The Monkees

"You Just May Be the One"(B-side of "I Wanna Be Free")

— — — — — — Headquarters

"Alternate Title" — — 5 11 2 2

"Forget That Girl"(B-side of "Alternate Title")

— — — — — —

"Pleasant Valley Sunday" 3 3 10 18 4 11 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

"Words"(B-side of "Pleasant Valley Sunday")

11 5 — — — —

"Daydream Believer" 1 1 2 4 2 5 The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

"Goin' Down"(B-side of "Daydream Believer")

104 — — — — — Non-album single.

1968 "Valleri" 3 1 4 11 9 12 The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

"Tapioca Tundra"(B-side of "Valleri")

34 47 — — — —

"D. W. Washburn" 19 10 5 — — 17 Non-album single.

"It's Nice To Be With You"(B-side of "D. W. Washburn")

51 26 — — — —

"Mary, Mary" — — 3 — — — More of The Monkees

"What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"(B-side of "Mary, Mary")

— — — — — — Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

"Porpoise Song" 62 41 34 — — — Head (Single and album mixes differ.)

"As We Go Along"(B-side of "Porpoise Song")

106 — — — — —

1969 "Tear Drop City" 56 37 34 — — 28 Instant Replay

"A Man Without a Dream"(B-side of "Tear Drop City")

— — — — — — Instant Replay

"Listen to the Band" 63 57 15 — — — The Monkees Present

"Someday Man"(B-side of "Listen to the Band")

81 80 — — — 47 Non-album single.

"Daddy's Song"(A-side of "Porpoise Song" in UK)

— — — — — — Head

"Good Clean Fun" A 82 90 13 26 — — The Monkees Present

"Mommy and Daddy"(B-side of "Good Clean Fun")

109 — — — — —

1970 "Oh My My" 98 94 43 — — — Changes

"I Love You Better"(B-side of "Oh My My")

— — — — — —

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1971 "Do It in the Name of Love" — — — — — — Non-album single.

"Lady Jane"(B-side of "Do It in the Name of Love")

— — — — — —

1976 "Christmas Is My Time of Year" — — — — — —

1984 "Steam Engine" — — — — — —

1986 "That Was Then, This Is Now"B C 20 24 — — — 68 Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees

"(Theme From) The Monkees"(B-side of "That Was Then, This Is Now")

— — — — — —

"Daydream Believer" (remix) 79 78 — — — —

"Randy Scouse Git"(B-side of "Daydream Believer")

— — — — — —

1987 "Heart and Soul" 87 — — — — — Pool It!

"MGBGT"(B-side of "Heart and Soul")

— — — — — — Live! (Single and album mixes differ.)

"Every Step of the Way" — — — — — — Pool It! (Single and album mixes differ.)

"(I'll) Love You Forever"(B-side of "Every Step of the Way")

— — — — — — Live! (Single and album mixes differ.)

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

NotesA.  "Good Clean Fun" also charted on the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching #29.B:  Released as Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork of The Monkees.C:  "That Was Then, This Is Now" simultaneously charted at #24 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

References[1] "Gold & Platinum: Searchable Database" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata.

php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database) (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America. .[2] "The Monkees Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ the-monkees/ chart-history/

5230?f=305& g=Albums). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved May 24, 2011.[3] "The Monkees: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p4940/ charts-awards/ billboard-albums).

Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved May 24, 2011.[4] "RPM Search Engine" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-100. 01-e. php?PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3)

(PHP). Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004. .[5] "Artist Info: The Monkees" (http:/ / lista. vg. no/ artist_info. php?ArtistOp=show& artistId=569) (PHP). VG-lista. . Retrieved May 24, 2011.[6] "Artist Chart History: Monkees" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ monkees/ ). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved May

24, 2011.[7] "The Monkees Album & Song Chart History: The Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ the-monkees/ chart-history/ 5230?f=379&

g=Singles). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved May 24, 2011.[8] "The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts" (http:/ / cashboxmagazine. com/ archives. htm). Cashbox. Cashbox Magazine, Inc.. . Retrieved

August 9, 2011.[9] "Go-Set Magazine Charts: Australian Top 40 Singles and Album Charts 1966–1974" (http:/ / www. poparchives. com. au/ gosetcharts/ index.

html). Pop Archives. . Retrieved May 24, 2011.[10] "Chartverfolgung / MONKEES,THE / Single" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ MONKEES,THE/

?type=single) (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved May 24, 2011.

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The Monkees (album)

The Monkees

Studio album by The Monkees

Released October 10, 1966

Recorded July 1966

Genre Rock

Length 30:00

Label Colgems (US)RCA Victor (UK)

Producer Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Jack Keller, Michael Nesmith

The Monkees chronology

TheMonkees

(1966)

More of theMonkees(1967)

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source Rating

Allmusic [1]

Answers.com [2]

The Monkees is the first album by the band The Monkees. It was released in October 1966 by Colgems Records inthe United States and RCA Records in the rest of the world. It was the first of four consecutive U.S. number onealbums for the group, taking the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks. It also topped the UK charts in 1967.The Monkees has been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, with sales of over five million copies.The song "Last Train to Clarksville" was released as a single shortly before the release of the album and went to thetop of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the only hit single from the album. "I'll Be True to You" was previouslyreleased as a single by The Hollies in January 1965 under the title "Yes I Will".

Album cover

MisprintEarly pressings of the album cover and Side 1 label featured a misspelling of "Papa Gene's Blues" as "Papa Jean'sBlues".

Front cover photoThe front cover shows (l-r) Mike, Micky, Peter and Davy. While the latter three are smiling, Mike Nesmith appearsto be either scowling or talking. He was starting to get impatient as the photo session was taking longer thanexpected. There are two accounts as to the end result. One is that Mike told the photographer to wait until he countedto three to take the photo; as he started saying "three", the photo was snapped. The other account is that Mike gave

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the photographer a count of ten to take the photo or he was leaving; the photo was snapped as Mike was saying "six".

Back coverThe photos in the "film strip" on the left side of the back cover are from two episodes of The Monkees' TV show.The first three photos are from "Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers", the other two are from the episode "TheSpy Who Came In From The Cool". Also included are brief stats of the Monkees.When the album was reissued in 1969 the Colgems symbol replaced the word "Colgems" on the bottom right-handcorner of the reverse side.

Original album track listingAll tracks composed by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, except where indicated

Side 11. "(Theme From) The Monkees"2. "Saturday's Child" (David Gates)3.3. "I Wanna Be Free"4.4. "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" (Boyce, Steve Venet)5.5. "Papa Gene's Blues" (Michael Nesmith)6. "Take a Giant Step" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)

Side 21. "Last Train to Clarksville"2.2. "This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day"3.3. "Let's Dance On"4. "I'll Be True to You" (Goffin, Russ Titelman)5.5. "Sweet Young Thing" (Goffin, King, Nesmith)6.6. "Gonna Buy Me a Dog"

1994 Rhino reissue CD bonus tracks

•• "I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" (Previously unreleased early version)2.2. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (Previously unreleased early version) (Goffin, King)3.3. "(Theme from) The Monkees" (Previously unreleased early version)

2006 Rhino deluxe edition CD bonus tracksThe following tracks were included on the 2006 deluxe edition of the album. Some were previously unreleased,while others were on the 1994 Rhino reissue or the Missing Links series. Studio chatter is included between somebonus tracks.Disc OneTracks 1-12: Original Album in Stereo

Tracks 13-21: Bonus Tracks

•• "(Theme From) The Monkees" (Second Recorded Version)2.2. "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" (Alternate Mix)3.3. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (Micky's Vocal)4.4. "So Goes Love"

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5.5. "Papa Gene's Blues" (Alternate Mix)6.6. "I Can Get Her Off My Mind"7.7. "(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love" (Alternate Mix, Davy's Vocal)8.8. "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" (Backing Track)Disc TwoTracks 1-12: Original Album in Mono

Tracks 13-20: Bonus Tracks

•• "Kellogg's Jingle"2.2. "All The King's Horses"3.3. "You Just May be The One" (TV Version)4.4. "I Wanna Be Free" (Fast Version)5.5. "I Don't Think You Know Me" (Mike's Vocal)6.6. "I Won't Be the Same Without Her" (Mono Mix)7.7. "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)" (Demo Version)8.8. "(Theme From) The Monkees" (TV Version)

Session information"(Theme From) The Monkees"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Backing vocals: Tommy Boyce•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, and Louie Shelton• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis• Percussion: Gene Estes• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 5, 1966 (2– 7:30 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller"Saturday's Child"

• Written by David Gates (later a member of the band Bread)•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Backing vocals: Tommy Boyce•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louis Shelton•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Tambourine: Gene Estes•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 9, 1966 (2-9 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller"I Wanna Be Free"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Acoustic guitar: Gerry McGee and Louis Shelton•• Harpsichord: Michael Rubini•• Violin: Bonnie Douglas and Paul Shure•• Viola: Myra Kestenbuam•• Cello: Fred Seykora

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• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 19, 1966 (2– 7:30 PM)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart"Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Acoustic guitar: Tommy Boyce•• Electric guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louis Shelton•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Harmonica: Keith Allison•• Tambourine: unknown•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart"Papa Gene's Blues"

•• Written by Michael Nesmith•• Lead vocal by Michael Nesmith•• Harmony Vocal by Micky Dolenz• Guitar: Peter Tork, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, James Helms and Don Peake•• Bass: William Pitman• Drums: Hal Blaine, Frank DeVito, and Jim Gordon•• Percussion: Gary Coleman• Recorded at Western Recorders Studio 2, Hollywood, July 7, 1966 (8– 11:30 pm)•• Produced by Michael Nesmith"Take a Giant Step"

• Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Acoustic guitar: Tommy Boyce•• Electric guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Percussion: Gene Estes•• Glockenspiel: Bobby Hart•• Piano: Jack Keller•• Harpsichord: Michael Rubini•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studio C, Hollywood, July 9, 1966 (2-9 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• An alternate mix of this song, with different backing vocals and with Micky's lead not double-tracked, was

featured on the TV series episode "The Chaperone.""Last Train to Clarksville"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Acoustic guitar: Tommy Boyce•• Electric Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Percussion: Gene Estes and David Walters•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood, July 25, 1966 (7 pm-3 am)

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•• Released as a single, reached number 1 on the pop music charts•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart"This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Percussion: Gene Estes•• Cello: Joseph Ditullio• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 6, 1966 (2– 7:30 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller•• A slightly longer version of this song, featuring an extended instrumental break in the middle of the song, was

used in the episodes "The Chaperone" and "The Royal Flush.""Let's Dance On"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Backing Vocals by Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Tommy Boyce and Ron Hicklin•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton•• Organ: Bobby Hart•• Drums: Billy Lewis• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 6, 1966 (2– 7:30 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller"I'll Be True to You"

• Written by Gerry Goffin and Russ Titelman•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Glockenspiel: Bobby Hart•• Percussion: Gene Estes•• Unknown Backing Vocals•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studio C, Hollywood, July 9, 1966 (2-9 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller•• The mono version features Davy's vocals double-tracked, reduced to a single track for the stereo version•• This was the only track from this album not to be featured in any episodes of the TV show• Originally titled "Yes I Will".•• A slightly different version appears on the Rhino/Flashback CD "Last Train From Clarksville And Other Hits"."Sweet Young Thing"

•• Written by Michael Nesmith, Gerry Goffin, Carole King•• Lead vocal by Michael Nesmith•• Backing vocals by Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork• Guitar: Peter Tork, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey and Michael Deasy• Fiddle: Jimmy Bryant•• Bass: Bob West•• Drums: Hal Blaine, Frank DeVito, and Jim Gordon

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•• Percussion: Gary Coleman•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 18, 1966 (8 pm-12 am)•• Produced by Michael Nesmith"Gonna Buy Me a Dog"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocals by Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee and Louie Shelton•• Organ: Bobby Hart•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studio #1, Hollywood, July 23, 1966 (2-8 pm)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart• At the very end of the song, Davy can be heard to sing "They're Coming to Take Us Away, Ha Ha.." referring to

the July 1966 novelty hit by Napoleon XIV, "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!", which radio stationswere beginning to ban from airplay.

CD bonus tracks"I Can't Get Her Off My Mind" (alternate take)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gery McGee, and Louie Shelton•• Piano and autoharp: Bobby Hart•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Percussion: Gene Estes and David Walters•• Recorded at RCA Victor studios, Hollywood, July 25, 1966 (7 pm-3 am)•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart• Later re-recorded by The Monkees and used on Headquarters

"I Don't Think You Know Me"

•• Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King•• Lead vocals by Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith• Guitar: James Burton, Glen Campbell, and Al Casey•• Organ: Larry Knechtel•• Drums: Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon•• Unknown backing vocals• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, July 25, 1966 (7:30 pm– 12:15 am)•• Produced by Michael Nesmith•• Two mixes were made of this song. The first featured Micky on vocals and was mixed by Tommy Boyce and

Bobby Hart. Mike recorded his own vocals later that year."(Theme From) The Monkees"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Vocals by Micky Dolenz, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Other personnel unknown•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• In another key than the album version

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•• Recording info unknown"You Just May Be The One"

•• Written and produced by Michael Nesmith•• Lead vocals by Mike Nesmith•• Guitar: James Burton, Glen Campbell, and Al Casey•• Bass: Robert West•• Drums: Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood• The song features the doubling of regular bass with Danelectro or "dano" bass, played by one of the other

guitarists; the dano bass' distinctive twang gave Mike's 1966 tracks a country flavor. The doubling of bass proveddifficult to master as some 35 takes were needed before the backing track was completed.

•• The song was featured on three episodes of the TV series - "The Chaperone," "One Man Shy," and "Monkees ALa Mode."

Chart positions

Year Chart Position

1966 Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) 1

1967

1967 UK Albums Chart[3] 1

Other personnel• Engineered by Hank Cicalo and David Hassinger• Music Supervisor: Don Kirshner• Music Coordinators: Lester Sill and Emil LaViola•• Cover Photo by Bernard Yeszin

References• Liner notes, 2006 reissue of The Monkees• The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation by Andrew Sandoval[1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r13312[2] The Monkees. "The Monkees: Information from" (http:/ / www. answers. com/ topic/ the-monkees-album). Answers.com. . Retrieved

2012-01-07.[3] "Chart Stats - The Monkees - The Monkees" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=36431). chartstats.com. . Retrieved 3 June

2011.

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More of The Monkees

More of The Monkees

Studio album by The Monkees

Released January 9, 1967

Recorded June - November 1966

Genre Pop

Length 33:00

Label Colgems (US)RCA Victor (UK)

Producer Various Producers

The Monkees chronology

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Headquarters(1967)

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More of The Monkees is the second full-length album by The Monkees. It was recorded in late 1966 and released onColgems label #102 on January 9, 1967. It was number one on the Billboard 200 for 18 weeks—the longest of anyMonkees album. It also went to number one in the UK. In the U.S. it has been certified quintuple platinum by theRIAA with sales of more than five million copies.Monkeemania had reached full swing by the time the album was released. The Monkees' second single, "I'm aBeliever"—included on this album—held the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and they were about toembark on a highly successful concert tour.The release of More of The Monkees was rushed to cash in on the band's popularity. Members of the band,particularly Nesmith and Tork, were upset with the songs selected for the record, leading Nesmith to later say thatMore of The Monkees was "the worst album in the history of the world." The songs on the album were selected bymusical supervisor Don Kirshner from a total of 34 songs.The group began to grow concerned over their musical output, since this album and their debut, The Monkees,featured them limited to just vocals with scattered instrumental contributions. Don Kirshner had a strict rule that TheMonkees were to provide only vocals on his productions, though separate sessions produced by Michael Nesmithhimself usually featured Peter Tork on guitar. More of the Monkees has Nesmith limited to one song as lead vocalist.Within weeks of the release of More of The Monkees, Nesmith lobbied successfully with the group's creators, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, for The Monkees to be allowed to play their instruments on future records, effectively giving the quartet artistic control. To make his point clear to Kirshner, who was balking at the idea, Nesmith proceeded to punch a hole in the wall of the Beverly Hills Hotel during a group meeting with Kirshner and Colgems

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lawyer Herb Moelis, declaring to the latter: "That could have been your face!". This outburst came after Moelissnapped to Nesmith "You'd better read your contract", when Nesmith threatened to quit. Kirshner was laterunceremoniously dumped from the project altogether.

Original album track listing

Side 11. "She" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)2. "When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)" (Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka)3. "Mary, Mary" (Michael Nesmith)4. "Hold On Girl" (Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh)5. "Your Auntie Grizelda" (Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller)6. "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)

Side 21. "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Neil Diamond)2. "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" (Roger Atkins, Michael Nesmith)3. "The Day We Fall in Love" (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell)4. "Sometime in the Morning" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)5. "Laugh" (Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel)6. "I'm a Believer" (Neil Diamond)

Session information"She"

• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz• Backing vocals: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones & Peter Tork•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, and Louie Shelton•• Organ: Bobby Hart• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Percussion: Norm Jefferies•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood, August 15, 1966•• Produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart• Covered by The Dickies in 1978 on their debut LP The Incredible Shrinking Dickies."When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door)"

• Written by Neil Sedaka and Carole Bayer Sager•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Guitar: Al Gafa, Willard Suyker and Donald Thomas• Piano: Neil Sedaka•• Bass: Russell Savakus•• Drums: Herbert Lovell• Recorded on November 23, 1966 along with The Girl I Left Behind, which popped up on The Monkees' Instant

Replay album in 1969•• Produced by Neil Sedaka and Carole Bayer

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•• Engineered by Ernie Olerich"Mary, Mary"

•• Written by Michael Nesmith•• Lead and backing vocal by Micky Dolenz• Guitar: Peter Tork, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Michael Deasy, and Don Peake•• Piano: Michael Cohen• Bass: Larry Knechtel and Bob West• Drums: Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon•• Percussion: Cary Coleman•• Recorded at Western Recorders, Hollywood, July 25, 1966•• Arrangement: Don Peake•• Produced by Michael Nesmith• "Mary Mary" appeared on the Paul Butterfield Band's "East-West" release a year before the Monkees' version was

released.• "Mary, Mary" became a rap hit for Run-DMC in 1988•• The initial CD, released by Arista, featured a much longer fade than on either original mono or stereo Colgems

LPs."Hold on Girl"

• Written by Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh and Billy Carr•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Backing vocals by Micky Dolenz•• Other personnel unknown• Produced by Jeff Barry and Jack Keller•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, September 10, 1966 and American Studios, Studio City, October

23, 1966• Slower version can be found on Missing Links Vol. 2

"Your Auntie Grizelda"

•• Written by Jack Keller and Diane Hildebrand•• Lead vocal by Peter Tork•• Other personnel unknown• Produced by Jeff Barry and Jack Keller•• Engineered by Richard Podolor•• Recorded at American Studios, Studio City, October 23, 1966"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz•• Backing vocal: Tommy Boyce•• Guitar: Wayne Erwin, Gerry McGee, Louie Shelton•• Organ: Bobby Hart•• Bass: Larry Taylor•• Drums: Billy Lewis•• Percussion: Henry Levy•• Produced and Arranged by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Recorded at Western Recorders, Studio #1, Hollywood, July 26, 1966•• Appeared on the flip side of "I'm a Believer"•• Reached number 20 on the pop charts, making it the first Monkees b-side to chart

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•• The original mono and stereo mixes differ slightly in two spots. On the stereo mix, Micky's vocal is dubbed in atthe end of the instrumental bridge just before the second verse; this vocal bridge does not appear on the monomix. During the fade, Micky's repeated, "Not your steppin' stone" begins sooner on the stereo mix than on themono mix. The mono single fades out earlier than the track from the mono album, despite that both versions areshown with a playing time of 2:25.

"Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"

• Written by Neil Diamond•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones• Backing vocals by Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz & Peter Tork•• Organ: Maurgan Cheff•• Percussion: Kauren Seguer•• Other personnel unknown•• Produced by Jeff Barry•• Recorded in New York City, October 15 and 23, 1966 (studio unknown)•• First of the two Neil Diamond songs performed by The Monkees on this album"The Kind of Girl I Could Love"

•• Written by Michael Nesmith and Roger Atkins•• Lead vocal by Michael Nesmith• Backing vocals by Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones & Peter Tork• Guitar: James Burton, Glen Campbell, Al Casey, Michael Deasy, and Don Peake•• Bass: Larry Knetchtel and Bob West• Drums: Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon•• Percussion: Gary Coleman•• Arrangement: Don Peake•• Produced by Michael Nesmith•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, June 25, 1966•• Last Nesmith collaboration with another composer"The Day We Fall in Love"

• Written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Guitar: Al Casey•• Harpsichord and Organ: Don Randi and Michael Rubini•• Bass: Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman•• Drums: Hal Blaine•• Percussion: Frank Capp and Julius Wechter•• Violin: Louis Haber, Irving Spice, and Lousi Stone•• Viola: David Sackson and Murray Sandry•• Cello: Seymour Barab•• Conductor: Arthur Butler•• Arranged and Produced by Jeff Barry•• Engineered by Ray Hall•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios Hollywood, October 28, 1966 and RCA Victor Studio B, New York, November

23, 1966"Sometime in the Morning"

• Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz

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• Backing vocals by Micky Dolenz & Carole King•• Other personnel unknown•• Produced by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Jeff Barry•• Recorded at New York City, October 13 and 25, 1966 (studio unknown)"Laugh"

•• Written by Hank Medress, Phil Margo, Mitchell Margo and Jay Siegal•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones•• Guitar: Al Casey•• Harpsichord and Organ: Don Randi and Michael Rubini• Bass: Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman•• Drums: Hal Blaine•• Percussion: Frank Capp and Julius Wechter•• Produced and Arranged by Jeff Barry•• Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, October 28, 1966"I'm a Believer"

• Written by Neil Diamond•• Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz• Backing Vocals by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones & Peter Tork• Guitar: Neil Diamond•• Drums: Buddy Salzman•• Other personnel unknown•• Produced by Jeff Barry•• Recorded in New York City, October 15 and 23, 1966•• Reached number 1 on the pop charts

1994 CD Bonus Tracks"Don't Listen to Linda" (Previously Unissued Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Davy Jones• Intended for More of the Monkees, then put aside and re-cut for The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees, but then

again put aside later for the Instant Replay album."I'll Spend My Life With You" (Alternate Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart• Unused until Headquarters, when it was re-recorded by The Monkees"I Don't Think You Know Me" (Previously Unreleased Version)

•• Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King•• Lead vocal by Peter Tork•• Backing vocals: Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith•• Intended for use for the television series, but never broadcast"Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (Previously Unreleased Version)

•• Includes an organ solo•• Used in the episode "Monkees in Manhattan""I'm a Believer" (Previously Unreleased Early Version)

•• Take 4A, which is slightly slower and features raw vocals from Micky

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2006 Bonus Tracks"Apples, Peaches, Bananas & Pears"

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Featured on Missing Links Volume 1"Ladies Aid Society" (Original Mono Mix)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Davy•• Previously Unissued"I'll Spend My Life With You" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart• Unused until Headquarters, when it was re-recorded by The Monkees/On the 1994 reissue"I Don't Think You Know Me" (Second Recorded Version)

•• Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King•• Lead vocal by Peter Tork•• Backing vocals: Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Mike Nesmith•• Intended for use for the television series, but never broadcast/On the 1994 reissue"Through The Looking Glass" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Backing vocal by Davy•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 3"Don't Listen To Linda" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Backing vocal by Davy•• Originally on the 1994 reissue"Kicking Stones"

•• Written by Lynn Castle and Wayne Erwin•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 1, titled "Teeny Tiny Gnome.""Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"

•• Features a narration by Peter Tork. This was intended to give Peter a bigger role in the album"I'm a Believer" (Alternate Mix)

•• Same track from 1994 reissue, but in stereo and different studio chatter."Mr. Webster" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 2."Valleri" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Davy•• Backing vocal by Micky

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•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 2."Words" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart•• Lead vocal by Micky and Peter•• Backing vocal by Davy•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 2."Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (TV Version)

•• Written by Neil Diamond•• Lead vocal by Davy•• Backing vocal by Micky and Peter•• Originally featured on the Music Box set, remixed in stereo.•• Same version on the 1994 release"I'll Be Back Up On My Feet" (TV Version)

•• Written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 2."Tear Drop City" (Alternate Mix)

•• Written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Later sped up (and mixed in stereo) for Instant Replay in 1969. Previously unissued."Of You" (Mono Mix)

•• Written by Bill and John Chadwick•• Lead vocal by Mike•• Originally featured on the Music Box set. A stereo mix with backing vocals from Micky Dolenz featured on

Missing Links Volume 1."Hold On Girl" (First Recorded Version)

•• Written by Jack Keller, Ben Raleih, and Billy Carr•• Lead vocal by Davy•• Backing vocal by Micky and Davy• Later re-recorded for More of the Monkees.•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 2."(I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love"

• Written by Michael Martin Murphy•• Lead vocal by Micky•• Originally featured on Missing Links Volume 2.•• Two sessions for Micky's vocals were made. The second (which Micky believed was "terribly out of sync") came

in October 1966 and was the basis for the song's 1990 release. A different vocal by Micky was recorded earlierthat summer.

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Other personnel• Music supervisor: Don Kirshner•• Music coordinators: Lester Sill and Emil LaViola

Chart positions

Year Chart Position

1967 Billboard Top LPs 1

1967 UK Albums Chart[3] 1

References• More of The Monkees CD liner notes• The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation by Andrew Sandoval[1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r13319[2] The Monkees. "More of The Monkees: Information from" (http:/ / www. answers. com/ topic/ more-of-the-monkees-rock-album).

Answers.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-07.[3] "Chart Stats - The Monkees - More of the Monkees" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=36460). chartstats.com. . Retrieved

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Peter Tork  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=479616275  Contributors: AarHan3, Aia94, Alansohn, All Hallow's Wraith, Arwel Parry, Aussieman92, Band 6, Barrettmagic,Ben Tibbetts, Betty kerner, Bronxband, Butterflyflower, Capmango, Ckatz, Ckruschke, Cornhuskman, Cpreovol, Curtangel, Cwray27, D6, Dancter, David the Aspie, David47Jens,DavidFarmbrough, Davidmedlar, Dawkeye, Deb, Derek R Bullamore, Desertskies, Diannaa, Drat, Drmargi, Eikko, Eilish99, Elg26, Fhb3, Flashback1989, Fortdj33, Fourchette, GoingBatty,GorgeCustersSabre, GregMan3, Gretschcc, Hallieiannoli, Halpeters, Hastor, Isfisk, Itsbydesign, J Milburn, JeremyBoggs, Jim 14159, JoannMT, JumpR, KHM03, Karl-Henner, Kumioko, LaneWright, LanternLight, Longhair, LorenzoB, LovelyLillith, Ludde23, MagicManky, Markvs88, MartinSFSA, Matthew Yeager, Mav, Mazu tsai, Mercurywoodrose, Mighty Antar, Mike Selinker,Mild Bill Hiccup, Miniapolis, Misterpeaches83, Mlindi, Moncrief, Narutolovehinata5, NinjaTazzyDevil, Nsaa, Oanabay04, Observerrelate, Orlady, Peterroane, Petertorksgal70, Phil Boswell,Philip Trueman, Phl3djo, QuasyBoy, RewindShowBob, Rhindle The Red, Rich Farmbrough, Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), Ricky81682, Rjwilmsi, RobLa, Ronny corral, Santonivich,Seekthesky, Shamrox, Shiai, Spiff666, State of Love and Trust, Suddenly There Is a Valley, Sunshineco, Swinging60szone, TMC1982, Tovojolo, Usodious, Valfontis, WP addict 0, WalterBreitzke, WikHead, Wikid77, Wildhartlivie, Wizardman, Wlmg, Woodlandmoth, Woohookitty, Wuhwuzdat, Zephyrad, Zippy, 157 anonymous edits

(Theme From) The Monkees  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=472908760  Contributors: E-Kartoffel, Freshacconci, KHM03, Kingboyk, Koavf, Labalius, Marcus Brute,Metropolitan90, Rich Farmbrough, Richhoncho, Rlendog, Suddenly There Is a Valley, Wolfer68, 4 anonymous edits

Daydream Believer  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=479620859  Contributors: 4meter4, Accurizer, Aj-tibast, Am86, Angr, Another Believer, BGC, Bigtuna1994, Bobo192,Bossrat, Briguy52748, Caldorwards4, Carlossfsu, CaseyPenk, DC, DFS, David829, DaydreamBeliever1, Dayewalker, DougDean, Dravecky, E-Kartoffel, EHonkoop, Engineer Bob, Eric444,Ericorbit, Erpert, Esasus, Evil Eye, FakePlasticSpirit, Fortdj33, Ground Zero, Grstain, Hacserman, Holiday56, InnocuousPseudonym, JamesBWatson, Jesterhaku, Josquius, Koavf, Kohoutek1138,Kww, Lemus07, Lightmouse, Lincolnite, Lordjim13, MGD11, Markt3, Master of Puppets, Metropolitan90, Mike Selinker, Monkeeshq, Mrkssn, Ndugu, PKT, PTSE, Petepait, Piriczki, Postkiwi,Putnam269, QueryOne, Richhoncho, RobinCarmody, Sandcherry, Seduisant, Setanta747, SigKauffman, Sources said, Spellcast, Sponge1987, SpongeSebastian, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars,Suddenly There Is a Valley, ThomasO1989, Tinton5, Topbanana, TreoBoy680, Tsenre18149, Tsenre49, Watcherq, Woohookitty, Xtra, Yends, Zephyrad, Zephyrnthesky, Zoizoiz2, Калан, 118anonymous edits

Last Train to Clarksville  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=479589648  Contributors: A Nobody, Alansohn, Aquatiki, Azumanga1, BGC, Bagwiki, BearWiki, Bearcat, BlackFalcon, Blake75090, CaptHayfever, Captain Screebo, Chaucer1387, Chrissypan, Christianhomekeeper, Crywalt, Danemkarrish, Dansham, Digmen1, DocWatson42, Dodiad, DuncanHill,E-Kartoffel, EoGuy, Eric444, Ericorbit, Europe22, Fhb3, Foamy, Fortdj33, Fragbert, Fru1tbat, FuriousFreddy, GaMeReVoLuTiOnX, Grand51paul, Guyburns, HauntingYourKids, Headonent,Hux, Hydrargyrum, InnocuousPseudonym, J 1982, Jamilsamara, Jaydec, Kumioko, Lucas0707, Martarius, Martinevans123, Mbakkel2, Mike Selinker, Mondocanerules, Multiverse, Munci,Nareek, Oanabay04, Ostalocutanje, Pennsy22, PhilipBembridge, Rbrandao, Richhoncho, Rjwilmsi, Rlendog, Rock'N'More, Rodhullandemu, SGBailey, Sixstring1965, SlubGlub,TenPoundHammer, Wikibuff91, 43 anonymous edits

I'm a Believer  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=477521611  Contributors: A Quest For Knowledge, Aia94, Alhutch, AxelBoldt, Azumanga1, BGC, Badbats, Bearcat, Beardo,Beyond My Ken, BigT2006, Black Condor, Brhodewalt, Bulldog73, Campwise05, Chappy84, Chnv, Chris the speller, Cleanupbabe, Cresix, Crywalt, DJghr1, Design, Dewelar, E-Kartoffel,EHonkoop, EamonnPKeane, Elmarto, Engineer Bob, EngineerScotty, Eric444, Ericorbit, EstebanF, Eumolpo, Filll, Finkefamily, Fortdj33, Funnyhat, FuriousFreddy, Fuzzysun, Giftednumber10,Gnfnrf, Guingu, Gurch, Holek, Holiday56, Hydrargyrum, JQF, Jmg38, Jmoehlis, Joealterio, Jogers, John Cardinal, Jumping cheese, Kchishol1970, Kidlittle, Kww, Laurapinto, Laxskinn,LilHelpa, MER-C, Manbilong, Manway, McSly, MegX, Michaelas10, Mike Selinker, MisterBadIdea, MrWhipple, Mysdaao, Nbarth, Neoguri, Nicholas Love, Nick Number, Nickersonl, NrDg,PaulVIF, Pennyforth, Petepait, Pigsonthewing, RSLitman, Retro junkie, Richhoncho, Rob Burbidge, RobinCarmody, Roma emu, Rusty201, SGBailey, SamuraiClinton, Seraphim, Sholtar,SilkTork, SlubGlub, Smartsmith, Smmurphy, Spacini, Squids and Chips, Steelbeard1, Sue Wallace, SuperHamster, Superchicken781, TUF-KAT, Ted Wilkes, Topbanana, Ulric1313,Woohookitty, 95 anonymous edits

The Monkees discography  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=474323450  Contributors: Acsenray, Alansohn, Aspects, BGC, Dbone828, E-Kartoffel, Fortdj33, Gnomism,Granpuff, Grievous Angel, Gul e, Jeremylr68, Koavf, Mike dots2000, Nikonezburns, Rich Farmbrough, Rock'N'More, Schroeder74, Sir Reverence, Snow1215, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars,Tassedethe, The Keymaster, Tom H12, TorontoDrew, Woohookitty, Zephyrad, 109 anonymous edits

The Monkees (album)  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=479554590  Contributors: AarHan3, Avram Fawcett, BGC, Blackjack48, CanisRufus, CaptHayfever, Chairman S.,Cholmes75, Classicrockfan42, Cmdrjameson, David Humphreys, DavidOPerson, Derek R Bullamore, Design, Docob5, Editsmcgee, Eissme, Engineer Bob, Eric444, Faradayplank, FinlayMcWalter, Fortdj33, Freshacconci, Fritz Saalfeld, FuriousFreddy, HorrorFreak, J Milburn, Jairo rosa, Jdistheone, Jogers, Keraunoscopia, Koavf, Ktalon, MakeRocketGoNow, Mark Lungo,Martin IIIa, Mattbrundage, MusicFan, NawlinWiki, Ohthelameness, Papa November, PeterCanthropus, Publichall, Raymondluxuryacht, Redhearted Knight, Regent of the Seatopians, RichFarmbrough, Rillian, Salamurai, ShaunMichaels, SlubGlub, Sounddude, Squad51, Steelbeard1, Suddenly There Is a Valley, Tassedethe, The Keymaster, Theherald1000, TwentiethApril1986,Ulric1313, Wiki alf, Wikibuff91, Wizzard2k, Zephyrad, 78 anonymous edits

More of The Monkees  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=479554504  Contributors: A8avexp, Alcuin, Avram Fawcett, BGC, CanisRufus, Chadbryant, Chairman S., Cholmes75,Chris the speller, Cjmarsicano, Classicrockfan42, Cmdrjameson, CuriousEric, DavidOPerson, Derek R Bullamore, Docob5, DynamiteKid, E-Kartoffel, Emersoni, Engineer Bob, Firsfron,Fortdj33, FrickFrack, Fritz Saalfeld, Fromgermany, HorrorFreak, J Milburn, Jogers, Keraunoscopia, Koavf, Laurapinto, MakeRocketGoNow, Mark Lungo, Martin IIIa, Mattbrundage, Meelar,Monkeeman3, MusicFan, Nikkimaria, Nikonezburns, Oanabay04, Ohthelameness, PeterCanthropus, Raymondluxuryacht, Rich Farmbrough, Rjwilmsi, Salamurai, ShaunMichaels, Smith03,Sounddude, Squad51, Stan Simmons, Steelbeard1, Stevewonder2, Suddenly There Is a Valley, TenPoundHammer, Theherald1000, TonyTheTiger, TwentiethApril1986, Ulric1313, Wolfer68,Zephyrad, 72 anonymous edits

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Image Sources, Licenses and ContributorsFile:Davy Jones (Geneva, IL, 2006).jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Davy_Jones_(Geneva,_IL,_2006).jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0  Contributors:Karla KaulfussFile:David Jones 1965.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:David_Jones_1965.JPG  License: Public Domain  Contributors: Colpix RecordsFile:Davy Jones and Ilene 1972.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Davy_Jones_and_Ilene_1972.JPG  License: Public Domain  Contributors: ABC TelevisionFile:Micky Dolenz at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Micky_Dolenz_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg  License: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0  Contributors: David ShankboneFile:Micky Dolenz Braddock Circus Boy 1958.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Micky_Dolenz_Braddock_Circus_Boy_1958.JPG  License: Public Domain Contributors: NBC/NBC Photo. I believe the photographer's full name is Elmer Holloway, as he did quite a bit of still photography for NBC.File:Peter tork.png  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Peter_tork.png  License: Public Domain  Contributors: GregMan3File:Star full.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Star_full.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: User:Conti from the original images by User:RedHotHeatFile:Star empty.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Star_empty.svg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5  Contributors: User:Conti from the originalimages by User:RedHotHeatFile:Star half.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Star_half.svg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5  Contributors: User:Conti

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