One of The Monkees‘ most famous songs is “Valleri.” The Monkees’ songwriters started writing the track during a car ride to see the band’s supervisor. Subsequently, the songwriter went through several ...
A music industry insider expected The Monkees’ “Valleri” to become a hit. He said the group had to rerecord the song before it was released as a single. “Valleri” became The Monkees’ final top 10 ...
Monkees music supervisor Don Kirshner called Boyce one morning at 10 a.m. and told him he wanted the next Monkees single to be a girl’s name. The songwriter lied and told Kirshner they had just ...
Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it wasn’t ...
The Monkees were a prefab band and mostly played songs penned by professional songwriters from the Brill Building, so they only occasionally get the respect they deserve for performing some of the ...
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