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"Pleasant Valley Sunday" is a song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, recorded and released by the Monkees in the summer of 1967. Inspired by their move to West Orange, New Jersey , and named for a street there, Goffin and King wrote the song about their dissatisfaction with life in the suburbs .
The album's single, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" b/w "Words", was a hit, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was among the earliest to make use of the Moog synthesizer , which Micky Dolenz introduced to the group and played in the studio; he owned one of the first twenty ever sold. [ 6 ]
Initially dismissed by critics in the late 1960s as a fabricated and talentless pop group, The Monkees experienced a significant resurgence in critical and commercial popularity during the mid-1980s. This revival was catalyzed by a marathon of their original television series, titled "Pleasant Valley Sunday", broadcast on MTV on
Daydream Believer and Other Hits included both sides to the "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Valleri" and "D. W. Washburn" singles, as well as the A-sides of the "Daydream Believer", "Good Clean Fun" and "Oh, My, My" single releases. "You Can't Tie a Mustang Down" is a bubblegum rocker that makes its debut here.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "(You Make Me ...
Goffin and King formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the period, with hit songs including: "Take Good Care of My Baby" (a hit for Bobby Vee), "Halfway to Paradise" (Tony Orlando, Billy Fury), "The Loco-Motion" (Little Eva, and later Grand Funk Railroad and Kylie Minogue), "Go Away Little Girl" (Steve Lawrence, and later ...
The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation is a book covering the history of the made-for-TV rock band, the Monkees. Written by Andrew Sandoval , [ 1 ] it fully details the band's recording sessions, filming dates and public appearances from 1965-1970.
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