A fictional TV quartet seemingly created to take advantage of Beatlemania, The Monkees took flight from their manufactured beginnings to become a legitimate band and one of the top-selling acts in the ...

The 60th anniversary of The Monkees is being celebrated with an expanded edition of the band’s 2016 studio album, Good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After working with The Monkees, producer Don Kirshner wanted a change of pace, with a band that "wouldn't talk back," so he ...

The Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. Sixty years later, their made-for-TV backstory didn’t hurt them in a ranking list of the top Los Angeles-based bands of the era. In ...

The Monkees’ acclaimed 2016 comeback album Good Times! is being reissued as a 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition with unreleased instrumentals and rare outtakes as the band celebrates 60 years.

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 ...

Mickey Dolenz says The Monkees was "heavily weighted toward improvisation" rather than musicality. The 80-year-old drummer - who is the only surviving member of the I'm A Believer hitmakers, which ...

After working with The Monkees, producer Don Kirshner wanted a change of pace, with a band that "wouldn't talk back," so he created one, and they quickly became a hit. In the early 60s, Kirshner ...