Hey Hey It's The Monkees

Hey, Hey, it was forty years ago that The Monkees walked down our street and into our hearts. Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz made their zany television debut in 1966, and sold more than 16 million copies of their first two albums.

Rhino Entertainment has just released deluxe, double CD sets of The Monkees '66 debut and '67 follow-up albums as limited-edition reissues. Both of these number one hit albums have been remastered and expanded and feature stereo and mono mixes of the original releases, rare alternate versions of album tracks, as well as previously unreleased tracks.

My favorite from this era has to be their top twenty hit "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone." It was right up there near the top of every garage band's hit parade, along with the Stones "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the Kinks "You Really Got Me!"



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Did You Know..?

The Monkees TV sitcom was designed to mimic the madcap spirit of The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night," and earned an Emmy award in 1967 for "Outstanding Comedy Series."

"Last Train To Clarksville" was the band's first number one hit single.

Neil Diamond wrote their number one single "I'm A Believer."

Michael Nesmith, a native Texan, was the only real musician in the group. He went on to pioneer what we now know as music videos, and has a successful solo career. Check out what Nez is up to lately at his videoranch.com.

Text Monkees to 74466 for official Monkees mobile phone content.



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Posted By : Mike