The Monkees occupy a curious place in the history of pop. In equal parts derided for setting the mold for the artificial boyband via their manufactured, television-based origins, and in other quarters ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a definitive ranking of the Monkees’ songs. I mean, it’s hard to come up with a ranking of any popular band’s songs, but I think the Monkees pose a ...

They were assigned to the Monkees. Asked to come up with songs for a quartet openly modeled on the Beatles, they devised a twangy guitar line similar to the one for the “Paperback Writer” and wrote ...

9-11-66: Del Mar was renamed “Clarksville” for the day, as part of a promotion for The Monkees TV show, which would debut the following night. The Sunday event marked the first time the foursome ever ...

The teasing is over. New versions of the Monkees ’ landmark 1967 chart-topping album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

After releasing “Cherry Cherry” in 1966, Neil Diamond had his first big hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Along with his debut single “Solitary Man,” which would fare better on the charts ...

Micky Dolenz and Paul McCartney came together in the ’60s. The Monkees drummer, 80, is looking back at the first time he met the Beatle, 82, decades ago. “The first Beatle I met was Paul [McCartney], ...