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 ...
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 ...
New music releases:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles;Are You Experienced- The Jimi Hendrix Experience;Headquarters- The Monkees; "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - Franke Valli On the 12th, Coca-Cola London registers receipt of two spots from MRM Productions. They are filmed...
Born in Washington, DC,Peter Torktried his hand at the New York folk scene in the early ’60s before re-locating to Los Angeles and landing a part in a made-for-TV band called The Monkees. Tork, who played banjo, banjo, guitar, bass, and piano, rejoined The Monkees in the late 19...
Micky Dolenz lent his strong vocal prowess and steady drumming skills to many of the group's biggest hits. His pop-infused drumming style and irresistibly infectious energy helped drive the band's success during the height of "Monkeemania" in the late '60s. Even though The Monkees were initia...
After dropping out of high school to pursue music with his band The Kids, Depp eventually found himself venturing into the world of acting. Depp's breakthrough came from the television series 21 Jump Street where he played undercover cop Tom Hanson. This role catapulted him into stardom and...
From the outset, it was made clear that The Monkees were hired to be television actors first and musicians second. The group wouldn’t do much more than sing although the series would give the impression that they played their own instruments. The Monkees were real and, to a certain extent...
Motley Crue belong in there as well, as the archetypal '80s hard-rock band and one of the only acts from that decade still capable of packing stadiums. Oh, and 23 years after Paul McCartney's solo induction, it might be finally time to induct his little-known passion project, Wings —...
Flashback: Rewind: Cheeky Monkees Who Left Their Mark on TV and Pop; the Monkees (BBC1) 1966-1968Byline: Paddy ShennanLiverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Barrow served as press officer for the legendary band during their heyday, from 1962-1968, and worked with a string of Hall of Fame acts through his career. George Martin, Producer and Arranger for The Beatles, Dies at 90 Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Barrow, who he described as ...