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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 ]
While this version went unreleased until the 1990 compilation Missing Links Volume Two, it was featured in the 10 April 1967 episode of The Monkees "Monkees, Manhattan Style". A new version of the song was made to be the B-side of "Pleasant Valley Sunday" in 1967, now produced by Chip Douglas. [3]
The Monkees' appearance on the children's program The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guests' popularity is diminishing his own. Songs: "Valleri" (original version), "Your Auntie Grizelda" 1967 reruns: "Pleasant Valley Sunday" replaced "Your Auntie Grizelda."
It contained 10 of The Monkees' greatest hits, plus lesser-known classics. The album did not include any material from the 1980s or 1990s reunions, focusing strictly on the band's 1960s output. Daydream Believer and Other Hits included both sides to the " Pleasant Valley Sunday ", " Valleri " and " D. W. Washburn " singles, as well as the A ...
In 1986, three of the four Monkees (Dolenz, Jones and Tork) mounted a successful reunion tour and had a major hit with the newly recorded "That Was Then, This Is Now." Arista Records , which owned the Monkees' masters at the time, rereleased "Daydream Believer" as a followup single, remixed with a new and heavier percussion track by Michael ...
A Monkees television show marathon ("Pleasant Valley Sunday") broadcast on 23 February 1986 by MTV resulted in a wave of Monkeemania not seen since the band's heyday. Jones reunited with Dolenz and Peter Tork from 1986 to 1989 to celebrate the band's renewed success and promote the 20th anniversary of the band.
Gonna Buy Me a Dog / I Wanna Be Free / Pleasant Valley Sunday / Words — — Words: RCA Japan, 7" vinyl 33 r.p.m. Words / Pleasant Valley Sunday / A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You / The Girl I Knew Somewhere — — Daydream Believer / Star Collector: RCA Japan, 7" vinyl 33 r.p.m. Daydream Believer / Goin' Down / Star Collector / No Time ...