A fictional TV quartet seemingly created to take advantage of Beatlemania, The Monkees took flight from their manufactured beginnings to become a legitimate band and one of the top-selling acts in the ...
When Beatlemania was sweeping the world in the 1960s, some American TV producers decided to create their own version of the Beatles. Thus, the Monkees were born. Soon, the first band created for TV ...
NEW YORK — Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” has died. He was 86. Hart ...