The death of Davy Jones from a heart attack at the age of 66 earlier today (February 29) came as a massive shock. Alongside Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, the Manchester-born ...

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, ...

The Monkees and punk rock debuted in the same year: 1966. The two battled for chart supremacy. Interestingly, Jim Morrison of The Doors had a similar view of both. 1 of the masterminds behind the 1st ...

Bobby Hart, a songwriter who co-wrote some of the greatest hits of the Monkees, and a performer in his own right who made the top 10 as a member of the duo Boyce and Hart, died Wednesday at age 86.

Micky Dolenz will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Monkees with a lengthy 2026 tour. The first shows arrive in ...

One of the most successful bands of the late 1960s wasn’t really a band at all, at least at first. The Monkees, the quartet of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, were put ...

I was disappointed with the thoughtless and ill-informed review of the Monkees concert [Style, March 16]. Clearly, Teresa Wiltz thought the concert was lousy, and that's her opinion. But it by no ...

The last surviving member of The Monkees shared a tribute to a beloved colleague who has died. Micky Dolenz shared, "Another great is gone," after learning that songwriter Bobby Hart died at the age ...

Before starring in his 1970 film Five Easy Pieces, Jack Nicholson learned to play the piano for his role as a former prodigy pianist who gives up music to work in the oil fields. Before then, music ...