Without a doubt, the architects of the Monkees’ sound were Music Coordinator Don Kirshner and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. In addition to posing and performing the music featured in The Monkees pilot from November ’65, Boyce and Hart’s creations included “Last Train T...
27 – Jessi Combs, Experimental car driver/ TV host – she set the land speed record for women at 477.59 mph and was attempting to break that record in a jet car when she crashed and died – age 36 30 – Valerie Harper, Actress – played Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore ...
At age 78, the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for The Monkees died on the 10th December. Another band that was somewhat posited against the Beatles, they were in fact originally conceived as a TV parody of the archetypal boy-band arrangement and image that the Beatles had perfected. In...
featuredinTheMonkeespilotfromNovember‟65,BoyceandHart‟screationsincluded“LastTrainToClarksville”(#1in1966),“(ThemeFrom)TheMonkees,”“(I‟mNotYour)Steppin‟Stone”(#20in1966),“Valleri”(#3in1968),“Words”(#11in1967),“IWannaBeFree”and“She.”TheMonkeesscoredtheirbiggesthitinlate1966...
So, it's no surprise that the excellent 'At Fillmore East' was also their breakthrough record, making them jam-band stars. Sadly, guitarist Duane Allman – the linchpin here – died in a motorcycle accident in October 1971, just three months after the album's release. Bad Company, 'Bad...
21 February 2019, American musician Peter Tork fromThe Monkeesdied age 77. He was diagnosed with a rare form of tongue cancer in 2009. The Monkees were brought together for an American sitcom TV series in 1966. Best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist, they had the 1967 UK & US...
So, it's no surprise that the excellent 'At Fillmore East' was also their breakthrough record, making them jam-band stars. Sadly, guitarist Duane Allman – the linchpin here – died in a motorcycle accident in October 1971, just three months after the album's release. Bad Company, 'Bad...
The project ultimately failed, however. Jones died in 2012. In 2016, the remaining Monkees released a reunion album titled Good Times. Also ranks #1 on Rock Bands Who Created TV Theme Songs, Ranked Best To Worst Also ranks #2 on The Best Bands With Animal Names Also ranks #2 on The ...
On the 10th, Cheltenham and district coroner Lester Maddrell concludes the official British inquest into John Entwistle's death: "He died from the effects of a single moderate usage of cocaine superimposed upon ischaemic heart disease caused by naturally-occurring coronary atherosclerosis." The verdict...
题目When I was nine years old,I was desperately in love with a man who was 40 years my senior.Don't worry;Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees didn't even know I existed because he'd stopped being an actor 20 years earlier.But that didn't stop me from decorating my books ...