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 ...

Nearly six decades later, Micky Dolenz still remembers the excitement and uncertainty surrounding The Monkees' first single release. This month marks the anniversary of "Last Train to Clarksville" ...

Sixty years ago, “4 insane boys” answered an ad, not knowing they’d change their lives—and television—forever. The Monkees all began after producers advertised a casting call in The Hollywood Reporter ...

Bobby Hart, a songwriting dynamo who partnered with Tommy Boyce to write iconic hits for “The Monkees” has died, the band announced. He was 86. Hart had been in poor health since breaking his hip last ...

Musician-songwriter Bobby Hart, half of a composer duo who penned the Monkees’ theme song and many of the group’s mega-hits, has died. He was 86. His friend and co-author, Glenn Ballantyne, said Hart ...

He and Tommy Boyce also penned “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone” for the TV band and “Come a Little Bit Closer” for Jay and the Americans. By The Associated Press Bobby Hart, a key part of The Monkees’ ...

NEW YORK — Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” has died. He was 86. Hart ...

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 ...