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The Monkees were an American pop rock group that released music under its original incarnation between 1966 and 1971, with subsequent reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1965 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which lasted 2 seasons from 1966-1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones. The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner.

Described by band member Micky Dolenz as initially being "a TV show about an imaginary band [...] that wanted to be The Beatles, [but] that was never successful"[1], the actors/musicians soon became a real band, which Dolenz would later describe as follows: "The Monkees really becoming a band was like the equivalent of Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan."[2] For the first few months of their almost 5 year initial career, the four actor/musicians were only allowed limited roles in the recording studio, mainly to allow all 4 members to sing the songs (partially due to the excessive time spent filming the TV series,[3][4] which also contributed to the fact that they didn't have enough time to progress enough as a band during rehearsals, plus the fact that it was very common in the L.A. music scene of the time to have session musicians perform the backing tracks for a variety of top 40 bands[5][6]), but they did use group member Michael Nesmith's composed songs from the beginning, as well as allowing Nesmith to produce some songs, and they also allowed limited guitar work from group member Peter Tork on the Nesmith produced sessions. They soon fought for and earned the right to collectively supervise all musical output under the band's name for the vast majority of the band's career, which in addition to the singing that they were already doing, it also allowed all 4 members to play the instruments, produce songs, as well as record and release songs written by all 4 individual members, as they saw fit. They would often return to session musicians due to time constraints and the independently diverse musical visions of each member. The group also undertook several concert tours, allowing an opportunity to perform as a live band as well as appear on the TV series. Although the show was canceled in 1968, the band continued to record music through 1970, releasing their last single under their original incarnation in 1971.

In 1986, their 20th year, the television show and music experienced a revival, which led to a series of reunion tours, and new records featuring various incarnations of the band's lineup. In 1997, all 4 members reunited to record an album, plus they filmed a new television special, and went on tour. A smaller budget tour occurred in 2001. In 2011, for their 45th anniversary, band members Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork reunited for a critically [7] and commercially successful tour that sold out [8]several venues. It would be the last tour with Davy Jones, who passed away on February 29, 2012. Micky Dolenz stated that "just before the untimely passing of Davy Jones, all four of the original group were contemplating another reunion." [9]

The Monkees had a number of international hits which are still heard on pop and oldies stations. These include "(Theme From) The Monkees", "Last Train to Clarksville", "I'm a Believer", "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone", "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", and "Daydream Believer". At the height of their popularity, in 1967, known as Monkeemania, The Monkees sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined.[10]Their albums and singles have sold over 65 million copies worldwide.[11]

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