The Monkees sold almost 80 million records worldwide. It was thought they had outsold The Beatles at one point, however, there was no base for that claim. Their discography includes 13 albums, the latest of which, "Christmas Party," came out in 2018.Recommended Listening: "Daydream B...
The Monkees—I’m a Believer/(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone (1966) The Monkees’ second consecutive #1, written by Neil Diamond, stayed in that position for seven weeks, as well it should have: it was a perfectly conceived and executed pop-rock gem. For the B-side, the quartet (or...
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While working as a computer programmer at a bank, he grew interested in musical composition and close-harmony singing, and was successful in having some of his songs recorded by various artists such as the Monkees. In 1967, he debuted on RCA Victor with the LP Pandemonium Shadow Show, ...
Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., and Glen Campbell, as well as the Everly Brothers, the Monkees and Buffalo Springfield. He played on the soundtracks for films like “Rio Bravo,”“Viva Las Vegas” and a myriad of other movies including most rece...
Pure Pop for Now people from The Monkees with, ‘Last Train to Clarkesville’. A deep Soul cry (from the Ghetto, from the battlefields of Vietnam, from a tragic Lover’s heart) roared out by The Four Tops with, ‘Reach Out, I’ll Be There’. ...
so I gave the track another chance. Then I gave it another chance. And another. Eventually the song wove it’s magic on me and it’s one of my favorites on the record. But like “Me & Magdalena” it doesn’t feel like a Monkees track, it’s a bit of an outlier. But that’s...