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Nesmith was 25 years old when The Monkees premiered on NBC in 1966. Although it ran for only two seasons, it became an instant smash, winning two Emmy Awards, shifting 35 million in record sales ...
The Monkees' original albums saw renewed sales, complemented by the release of a new greatest hits compilation, which achieved platinum certification. [90] The success of the band during this period led to the release of their first single since 1971, "That Was Then, This Is Now". The track reached No. 20 on Billboard magazine's charts.
Michael Nesmith -- the longtime singer/guitarist of The Monkees and whose company inspired the creation of MTV -- has died. He was 78.The Nesmith family released a statement to Rolling Stone ...
After Tork died in 2012, Nesmith and Dolenz continued to tour as The Monkees Mike & Micky, according to the Associated Press. Earlier this year, Dolenz released “Dolenz Sings Nesmith,” a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. 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 ...
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 ...
Nesmith’s final show was less than a month ago, when he and the cohort who is now the Monkees’ only surviving member, Micky Dolenz, capped a farewell tour at L.A.’s Greek Theatre Nov. 14.
From 1966 to 1970, Jones was a member of the Monkees, a pop-rock band formed expressly for a television show of the same name. With Screen Gems producing the series, Jones was shortlisted for auditions, as he was the only Monkee who was signed to a deal with the studio, but still had to meet the standards of producers Bob Rafelson and Bert ...