It’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a definitive ranking of the Monkees’ songs. I mean, it’s hard to come up with a ranking of any popular band’s songs, but I think the Monkees pose a ...

Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it wasn’t ...

The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith wrote many classic rock songs. During an interview, Nesmith revealed one of The Monkees’ songs was inspired by a real-life incident that upset him. He said the song was about ...

Four songs almost served as The Monkees’ debut single. One of the group’s regular songwriters revealed which tune he wished was The Monkees’ first single. The song appeared on the group’s most popular ...

Monkees music supervisor Don Kirshner called Boyce one morning at 10 a.m. and told him he wanted the next Monkees single to be a girl’s name. The songwriter lied and told Kirshner they had just ...