The first episode of the musical sitcom was filmed in June 1966.

Some things can’t be explained. Take The Monkees. In the mid-sixties, a comedic television show parodying a struggling rock band living on a California beach unexpectedly caught fire on NBC, the host ...

Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To be fair, nobody really knows why anything connects with the audience in the way that it does, and why one piece of pop culture ...

When the Monkees launched their inaugural tour in 1967, they played to throngs of screaming teenagers – and at least one FBI informant. “During the concert, subliminal messages were depicted on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, on Sept. 18, 1970, guitar legend Jimi Hendrix died of asphyxia while intoxicated. He was only 27 years old, and ...

The Monkees have survived many logical endpoints. They first seemed like they were done when their TV show went off the air in early 1968, and then again multiple times after: when they disbanded as a ...

Micky Dolenz is celebrating his late Monkees bandmates Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork with a 60th anniversary tour. In a lengthy USA TODAY interview, he digs into the Monkees' backstory, from ...