Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it wasn’t ...

Four songs almost served as The Monkees’ debut single. One of the group’s regular songwriters revealed which tune he wished was The Monkees’ first single. The song appeared on the group’s most popular ...

Here are four unforgettable Monkees tunes sung by Davy Jones in honor of what would’ve been his 80th birthday.

A music industry insider expected The Monkees’ “Valleri” to become a hit. He said the group had to rerecord the song before it was released as a single. “Valleri” became The Monkees’ final top 10 ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There's a ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. When the Beatles ...

Early on in his life as one-fourth of the Monkees, Peter Tork learned a cruel truth about the gargantuan gulf between image and reality in Hollywood. He dutifully arrived at a recording studio one day ...

For Davy Jones, the Monkees' resident heartthrob, staying in the group wasn't an option in 1970. Guitarist Mike Nesmith had left in April that year, and Peter Tork had split in early 1969. Tired of ...

Michael Nesmith, the Grammy-winning, wool-capped singer and guitarist of the Monkees and a pioneer of the music video, died today of natural causes his home in Carmel Valley, CA, his family has ...

Two decades after their original formation and launch of their TV show, the Monkees came roaring back to life in 1986. And it was all thanks to MTV, after the network aired a marathon of the series on ...