“Check this out — yesterday in 1965, I got my original contract for The Monkees pilot!” the 80-year-old singer wrote. “I was paid a whopping $600 for the pilot, and if the show got picked up, my ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before there was MTV, before "American Idol" made overnight stars of people you never heard of, there was "The Monkees," a band fronted by a diminutive singer named Davy Jones who ...

Just days after songwriter Bobby Hart's death at age 86, Micky Dolenz — the last surviving member of The Monkees — shared a new tribute that struck a chord with fans. The video features a vintage clip ...

Walter Koenig's Mr. Chekov isn't Star Trek's only connection to The Monkees. No, three Trek guest stars "Monkeed" around, too. Captain Kirk and his crew encountered a variety of different aliens ...

Bobby Hart, the songwriter behind some of the Monkees' most iconic hits, has died. He was 86. The Monkees' official account confirmed the news on social media: "He will be remembered for his ...

Bobby Hart, who has died aged 86, was a songwriter and producer who played a leading role in the rise of the Monkees; he co-wrote some of their biggest hits, including their debut single, Last Train ...

Peter Tork, a struggling musician who became an overnight teenage idol in the 1960s with The Monkees, died Thursday at a family home in eastern Connecticut. He was 77. A Anita Gates Follow His son, ...

The star - one half of the legendary Boyce and Hart songwriting duo, who were behind some of The Monkees' smash-hit songs, including I Wanna Be Free and Last Train to Clarksville - passed away at his ...

Bobby Hart, a pivotal figure in The Monkees' multimedia empire, has died aged 86. Mr Hart passed away at his Los Angeles home, confirmed by his friend and co-author, Glenn Ballantyne. He had been in ...