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The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork.Spurred by the success of TV series The Monkees, the Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s.
Sep. 13—Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith, the two remaining members of the Monkees, appeared onstage at the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Friday and were accompanied by a full band ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 October 2024. American musician and actor (born 1945) Micky Dolenz Dolenz in 2022 on the Beach Boys cruise Born George Michael Dolenz Jr. (1945-03-08) March 8, 1945 (age 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Other names Mickey Braddock Occupations Musician actor singer TV producer businessman Years active ...
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Nesmith distanced himself from the Monkees’ legacy after their dissolution, forming the seminal country-rock outfit First National Band and scoring a top 40 hit with “Joanne” in 1970.
In 1975 and 1976 band members Dolenz and Jones reunited with longtime Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to record new music and perform live as Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. Capitol Records signed the quartet and released one studio album and two singles in the United States, plus a third single and a live album in Japan.
And the Monkees’ “Good Times” album (their studio swan song, which went top 20 in 2016) — few other artists of his generation were having that kind of success … and critical success ...
By the end of the Monkees run, Nesmith was withholding many of his original song ideas from Monkees albums, planning to release them in his post-Monkees solo career. Nesmith's last contractual Monkees commitment was a commercial for Kool-Aid and Nerf balls in April 1970 (fittingly, the spot ends with Nesmith frowning and saying, "Enerf's enerf ...