In the mid-1960s, The Monkees shot to fame with hit records fueled by their self-titled TV show. The pop-rock band, which featured Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, scored ...

Nobody called them real.

Few artists reigned through the latter part of the 1960s like The Monkees. The group, made up of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, released their eponymous debut album in 1966 ...

Micky Dolenz is headed to Mesa with a show called Mickey Dolenz: Songs and Stories. And it makes perfect sense that the last Monkee standing would find himself gravitating toward a storyteller format ...

The Monkees‘ songs don’t get classified as punk rock. Despite this, The Monkees released a punk rock song long before the genre really took off in the 1970s. Here’s a look at how The Doors inspired ...

Six decades on from their heyday, the Monkees are considered one of the biggest pop groups of the 1960s. Indeed, their music is still prominent thanks to its inclusion in comparatively recent movies ...

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 ...

The Monkees‘ hardest-rocking hit might be “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.” Surprisingly, the song was originally by another classic rock band. The band in question didn’t give “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ ...