24. 'Love Is Only Sleeping' (1967) The Monkees’ label, Colgems, briefly toyed with making this extremely trippy 1967 track the follow-up to “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” ultimately landing on the far more ...

One of The Monkees’ songs was inspired by The Beatles’ “Yesterday.” Another one of The Monkees’ songs was inspired by The Beatles’ “Day Tripper.” The latter song has a classic opening guitar riff. The ...

The Monkees became one of the defining bands of the 1960s, but they had some help along the way. In fact, Neil Diamond ...

The Monkees may have started their music careers as a television show band. However, the prefab four quickly morphed into one of the most beloved groups of musicians of the 1960s. Micky Dolenz, Mike ...

While the 1960s was a flourishing time for music both in America and abroad with the British Invasion, The Monkees still managed to carve a lane all their own. Introduced to audiences via The Monkees ...

In the mid-1960s, The Monkees shot to fame with hit records fueled by their self-titled TV show. The pop-rock band, which featured Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, scored ...

Meet all four members of The Monkees, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, with their instruments, roles, and biggest songs.

In 1966, the world was introduced to the television show The Monkees. While decades later bands like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC would be put together for pop fame, the Los Angeles-born group The ...