The impact of the show alone should be enough to warrant their induction. And the catalog they left behind is every bit as worthy of the honor, from those first four albums, all of which hit No. 1, ...
The Monkees may be more known from their ’60s “television show about a band,” but they made some outstanding and underrated records. Their catalog is very diverse. Bubblegum, psychedelia, vaudeville, ...
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 ...
The Monkees were quietly one of the most influential music acts of their generation. With four No. 1 albums in one year (a feat that has yet to be topped), the musical partnership of Mike Nesmith, ...
Micky Dolenz kicked off his 60 Years of the Monkees tour on Thursday at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California, delivering a mammoth 32-song set that comprised the Monkees’ biggest hits, a ...
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 ...
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 ...