Events in Music
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
1965-09-08 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees" - 3 are chosen with British actor-singer Davy Jones already having been cast
- 1966-11-05 The Monkees score their 1st Billboard No. 1 - ‘Last Train To Clarksville’, written by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce
- 1966-12-03 Television pop group "The Monkees" make their live concert debut at the Honolulu International Centre Arena, in Hawaii
#1 in the Charts
1966-12-31 The Monkees single "I'm a Believer", written by Neil Diamond, hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks
- 1967-01-09 "More of the Monkees" second album by The Monkees is released
Emmy Awards
1967-06-04 19th Emmy Awards: "Mission Impossible", "The Monkees", Don Knotts & Lucille Ball win
- 1967-06-09 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
- 1967-07-16 American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act;
- 1967-07-17 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows
Monkee Opens Boutique
1967-11-17 Davy Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, New York
Music History
1968-03-11 Episode of "The Monkees" TV show features musician Frank Zappa posing as Mike Nesmith and vice versa, debating qualities of each other's music
Film Premiere
1968-11-06 Psychedelic feature film "Head" starring the Monkees, and co-written by Jack Nicholson, a premieres in New York City
- 1994-12-16 Davy Jones (The Monkees), charged with DWI
Birthdays in Music
- 1926-05-31 (Heinz) "Henry" Lewy, German-American sound engineer and record producer (Joni Mitchell; Leonard Cohen; Neil Young; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Stephen Bishop; Judee Sill; The Monkees), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2006)
- 1933-02-21 Bob Rafelson, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Monkees), and film maker (Five Easy Pieces; Easy Rider; Head), born in New York City (d. 2022)
Glen Campbell (1936-2017)
1936-04-22 American Grammy Award-winning country-pop singer ("By The Time I Get to Phoenix"; "Wichita Lineman"; "Rhinestone Cowboy"), session guitarist (The Beach Boys; Elvis Presley; The Monkees; Phil Specter), television personality (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), and actor (True Grit), born in Delight, Arkansas
- 1939-09-29 Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (with Bobby Hart: The Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville"; (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"), and singer (Boyce & Hart - "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1994)
- 1942-02-13 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American musician and actor (The Monkees), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)
- 1942-06-26 Larry "The Mole" Taylor, American session (The Monkees) and touring rock and blues bass player (Canned Heat - "On the Road Again"; John Mayall; Tom Waits), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)
- 1942-08-27 "Chip" Douglas [Hatlelid], American songwriter, arranger, bassist (The Turtles, 1966-67 -"Happy Together"), and record producer (The Monkees), born in San Francisco, California
- 1942-12-30 Michael Nesmith, American rock guitarist (The Monkees), and singer-songwriter ("Different Drum"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2021) [1]
Micky Dolenz (79 years old)
1945-03-08 American singer (The Monkees - "I'm A Believer"), and actor (Circus Boy), born in Los Angeles, California
Davy Jones (1945-2012)
1945-12-30 British singer and actor (The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"), born in Manchester, England
Weddings in Music
Micky Dolenz
1968-07-12 American "The Monkees" singer Micky Dolenz (23) weds British model and television presenter Samantha Juste (24); divorce in 1975
- 2002-09-20 "The Monkees" lead vocalist Micky Dolenz (57) weds Donna Quinter in Calabasas, California
Deaths in Music
- 1994-11-23 Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce & Hart; The Monkees), commits suicide at 55
- 2006-04-08 (Heinz) "Henry" Lewy, German-American sound engineer and record producer (Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen Bishop, Judee Sill, The Monkees), dies at 79
Davy Jones (1945-2012)
2012-02-29 British singer and actor (The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"), dies from heart attack at 66
Glen Campbell (1936-2017)
2017-08-08 American Grammy Award-winning country-pop singer ("By The Time I Get to Phoenix"; "Wichita Lineman"; "Rhinestone Cowboy"), session guitarist (The Beach Boys; Elvis Presley; The Monkees; Phil Specter), television personality (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), and actor (True Grit), dies at 81
- 2019-02-21 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American rock and folk musician and actor (The Monkees), dies from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma at 77
- 2019-08-19 Larry "The Mole" Taylor, American session (The Monkees) and touring rock and blues bass player (Canned Heat - "On the Road Again"; John Mayall; Tom Waits), dies of cancer at 77
- 2021-12-10 Michael Nesmith, American rock guitarist (The Monkees), and singer-songwriter ("Different Drum"), dies of heart failure at 78 [1]
- 2022-07-23 Bob Rafelson, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Monkees), and film maker (Five Easy Pieces; Easy Rider; Head), dies at 89