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THE MONKEES
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 1966

Line-Up (2012):

Davy Jones - voc,g
Michael Nesmith - g,voc
Peter Tork - kb,bg
Mickey Dolenz - ds,voc

Former Members:

Davy Jones (voc,g, 1966-6/70, cca 8/75, 1985-87, 1989, 1996-cca 3/97, 6/11-2/12)
Michael Nesmith (g,voc, 1966-3/70, 1986, 1989, 1996-cca 3/97, 6/11-cca 3/14)
Tommy Boyce (cca 8/75)
Bobby Hart (voc, cca 8/75)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Monkees	10/1966	RCA		1	1
2.	More Of The Monkees	10.01.1967	RCA		1	1
3.	Monkees' Headquarters	27.05.1967	RCA		2	1
4.	Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones	11/1967	RCA		5	1
5.	Live	1967
6.	The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees	22.04.1968	RCA			3
7.	Head	12/1968	RCA			45
8.	Instant Replay	15.02.1969	RCA			32
9.	Greatest Hits	6/1969	Colgems			89
10.	The Monkees Present Micky, David & Michael	10/1969	RCA			100
11.	Changes	1970	RCA			152
12.	Golden Hits	1971	Colgems
13.	Barrel Full Of Monkees	1972	Colgems
14.	The Monkees (2LP)	1973	Laurie H
15.	Re Focus	1974	Bell
16.	The Monkees	9/1974	M.F.P.
17.	The Monkees' Greatest Hits	8/1976	Arista			58
18.	40 Timeless Hits	1980
19.	The Best Of The Monkees	6/1981	M.F.P.
20.	The Monkees	6/1981	Arista		99
21.	20 Golden Greats	10/1982	Ronco
22.	Monkee Business	1984	Rhino
23.	Monkees Flips	7/1984	Rhino
24.	The Monkees' Greatest Hits	11/1984	Platinum
25.	The Monkees Greatest Hits	3/1986	Arista			69
26.	Then & Now ... The Best Of The Monkees	7/1986	Arista			21
27.	Headquarters	8/1986				121
28.	More Of The Monkees	10/1986	Rhino			96
29.	Pool It!	8/1987	Rhino			72
30.	Missing Links	10/1987	Rhino
31.	Live 1967	10/1987	Rhino
32.	That Was Then ...	10/1987	Missing Link
33.	Hey Hey It's The Monkees Greatest Hits	4/1989	K-Tel		12
34.	Listen To The Band	1992	4CD
35.	Greatest Hits	4/1994	Movieplay Gold
36.	Justus	18.11.1996	Rhino
37.	The Greatest Hits	3/1997	Telstar		15
38.	The Definitive Monkees	2/2001	WSM		15
39.	Live Summer Tour	28.01.2003	Win Media Corp
40.	The Best of the Monkees	29.04.2003	Rhino			20
41.	Extended Versions	12.10.2004	Collectables
42.	Daydream Believer: The Platinum Collection	04.10.2005	WEA
43.	Platinum Collection, Vol. 2	10.01.2006	WEA International
44.	Daydream Believer	12.09.2006	Disky
45.	Very Best of the Monkees	03.10.2006	WEA
46.	Headquarters - Deluxe Edition (2CD)	02.07.2007	Rhino
47.	Forever the Monkees	18.09.2007	Madacy Special Mkts
48.	Last Train to Clarksville and Other Hits	18.09.2007	Rhino Flashback
49.	Music Box (4CD)	06.10.2008	Rhino
50.	Original Album Series (5CD box set)	01.03.2010	Rhino
51.	Monkeemania: The Very Best Of The Monkees (2CD)	16.05.2011	Rhino		70
52.	Greatest Hits	23.02.2012	Friday Music
53.	I'm A Believer The Best Of The Monkees	2/2012	Music Club Deluxe		84
54.	Flashback With The Monkees	3/2012				125
55.	Selections From The Headquarters Sessions	18.02.2013	Rhino
56.	The Monkees Present (Deluxe Box Set 2013)	8/2013				174
57.	The Monkees In Mono (5LP box set)	03.10.2014	Friday Music
58.	Classic Album Collection	22.01.2016	Rhino
59.	Cereal Box Singles	22.01.2016	Rhino
60.	Good Times!	27.05.2016	Rhino		29	14
61.	The Monkees 50	19.08.2016	Rhino
62.	Head Alternate	03.03.2017	Friday Music
63.	The Monkees Live: The Mike & Micky Show	4/2020				178

Michael Nesmith:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Wichita Train Whistle Sings	1968
2.	Magnetic South credited to: The First National Band	10/1970	RCA
3.	Loose Salute credited to: The First National Band	1/1971	RCA
4.	Nevada Fighter	1971
5.	Tantamount To Treason, Volume One	1972	RCA
6.	And The Hits Just Keep Comin'	8/1972	RCA
7.	Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash	3/1974	RCA
8.	The Prison (reissued 19.11.1990, Awareness)	1975
9.	The Best Of Michael Nesmith	20.08.1976	RCA
10.	From A Radio Engine To A Photon Wing	04.03.1977	Island
11.	Compilation	1977
12.	Live At The Palais	1/1979	Pacific Arts
13.	Infinite Rider On The Big Dogma	1979
14.	The Older Stuff	1980
15.	Elephant Parts	1981
16.	The Best Of Michael Nesmith (70-73)	03.03.1992	Awareness
17.	The Newer Stuff	03.03.1992	Awareness
18.	Tropical Campfires	1993
19.	Live At The Britt Festival	20.09.1999
20.	Michael Nesmith & The First National Band	28.09.1999	Collectables
21.	Silver Moon	16.07.2002	Audiophile Classics
22.	Rays	12.09.2006
23.	Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs - The Music	14.04.2017	Rhino

Mickey Dolenz:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Point & David Jones	1/1978	MCA
2.	King For A Day produced by: Jeff Foskett	31.08.2010
3.	Remember	02.10.2012	Robo
4.	Micky Dolenz Puts You to Sleep / Broadway Micky	25.03.2014	Friday Music
5.	The MGM Singles Collection	28.08.2015	7a
6.	A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock & Roll	25.09.2015	Broadway
7.	Pittsburgh, August 1994 & Davy Jones	17.06.2016	Air Cuts

Davy Jones:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	David Jones	1965	Colpix
2.	Davy Jones	1971
3.	The Point & Mickey Dolenz	1/1978	MCA
4.	Pittsburgh, August 1994 & Mickey Dolenz	17.06.2016	Air Cuts
5.	The Bell Recordings (1971-1972)	24.04.2012	Friday Music
6.	Girl	25.09.2012	Friday Music

Peter Tork:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Two Man Band	17.12.1996	Beachwood
2.	Live / Backstage at the Coffee Gallery & James Lee Stanley	07.11.2006	Beachwood
3.	Step by Step & Shoe Suede Blues	09.09.2016

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Last Train To Clarksville / Take A Giant Step	16.08.1966	Colgems/RCA	23	1
2.	I'm A Believer / I'm Not Your Stepping Stone	12/1966	Colgems/RCA	1	1
3.	A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You / The Girl I Knew Somewhere	3/1967	Colgems/RCA	3	2
4.	Alternative Title ("Randy Scouse Git") / Forget That Girl	6/1967	RCA	2
5.	Plesant Valley Sunday / Words	7/1967	Colgems/RCA	11	3
6.	Daydream Believer / Going Down	11/1967	Colgems/RCA	5	1
7.	Valleri / Tapioca Tundra	2/1968	Colgems/RCA	12	3
8.	D.W. Washburn / It's Nice To Be With You	5/1968	Colgems/RCA	17	19
9.	Porpoise Song / As We Go Along	9/1968	Colgems/RCA		62
10.	Teardrop City / A Man Without A Dream	2/1969	Colgems/RCA	45	56
11.	Someday Man / Listen To The Band	4/1969	Colgems/RCA	47	63
12.	Daddy's Song / The Porpoise Song	8/1969	RCA
13.	Good Clean Fun / Mommy And Daddy	9/1969	Colgems/RCA		82
14.	Oh My My / Love You Better	5/1970	Colgems/RCA		98
15.	Monkees' Theme / I'm A Believer	31.05.1974	Bell
16.	Daydream Believer / The Monkees Theme	16.07.1976	Arista
17.	The Monkees EP (Daydream Believer / Last Train To Clarksville / I'm A Believer / A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You)	08.02.1980	Arista	33
18.	The Monkees Vol. 2 EP (I'm Not Your Stepping Stone / Pleasant Valley Sunday / Alternative Title ("Randy Scouse Git") / What Am I Doing)	19.06.1981	Arista
19.	I'm A Believer / Don't Listen To Linda / Last Train To Clarskville / Theme From The Monkees	8/1982	Arista
20.	6 Track Hits EP (I'm A Believer / Valleri / Alternative Title ("Randy Scouse Git") / Somebody ... / A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You / Pleasant Valley Sunday)	6/1984	Scoop
21.	That Was Then, This Is Now / Theme From The Monkees 12" + Pleasant Valley Sunday / Last Train To Clarksville	6/1986	Arista	68	20
22.	Daydream Believer / Randy Scouse Git	10/1986	Arista		79
23.	Heart And Soul / M.G.B.G.T.	8/1987	Rhino		87
24.	Every Step Of The Way / I Love You Forever	11/1987	Rhino
25.	Hey Hey It's The Monkees EP (Daydream Believer / A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You / Theme From The Monkees)	3/1989	Arista	62
26.	EP2 (Last Train To Clarksville / I'm A Believer / Pleasant Valley Sunday)	4/1989	Arista
27.	Rampage	11/1995		51
28.	I'm A Believer	2/2012	Rhino	94
29.	Daydream Believer	2/2012	Rhino	69
30.	She Makes Me Laugh	4/2016

Mickey Dolenz:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Don't Do It	2/1967	Challenge		75
2.	Do It In The Name Of Love / Lady Jane & David Jones	4/1971	Bell
3.	O Someone	1971
4.	Unattended In The Dungeon	1972
5.	Daybreak	01.06.1973	MGM
6.	Life Line / It's A Jungle Out There / Gotta Get Up & David Jones	1978	MCA
7.	Tomorrow / Fat Sam	6/1983	A&M
8.	Chance of a Lifetime / Livin on Lies	03.06.2016
9.	Micky Dolenz Christian Nesmith & Circe Link EP (Porpoise Song / Good Morning, Good Morning / Crying In The Rain / Randy Scouse G'it) & Christian Nesmith & Circe Link	01.07.2016
10.	Sunny Girlfriend / Zor And Zam	02.12.2016
11.	Dolenz Sings R.E.M. EP (Shiny Happy People / Radio Free Europe / Man On The Moon / Leaving New York)	03.11.2023	7A

Michael Nesmith:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Joanne & The First National Band	7/1970	RCA		21
2.	Silver Moon & The First National Band	11/1970	RCA		42
3.	Nevada Fighter & The First National Band	4/1971	RCA		70
4.	Silver Moon	18.06.1976	RCA
5.	Nesmith EP (I Fall To Pieces / Silver Moon / Some Of Shelly's Blues / Joanne)	10.09.1976	Island
6.	Rio	11.03.1977	Island	28
7.	Navajo Trail	01.07.1977	Island

Davy Jones:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	What Are We Going To Do	7/1965	Colpix		93
2.	Theme For A New Love	7/1967
3.	Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner	7/1967
4.	Dream Girl	9/1967
5.	Do It In The Name Of Love / Lady Jane & Mickey Dolenz	4/1971	Bell
6.	Rainy Jane	6/1971	Bell		52
7.	Life Line / It's A Jungle Out There / Gotta Get Up & Mickey Dolenz	1978	MCA
8.	Daydream Believer / I Wanna Be Free	03.03.2017

Videos:

Michael Nesmith:

1. Michael Nesmith In Elephant Parts - 1981, Pacific Arts Video

Movies:

1. Head (1968, music by, starring, directed by B. Rafelson)

Bibliography:

Eric Lefcowitz: The Monkees Tale
Glenn A. Baxter: Monkeemania
Jiří Černý: Hvězdy tehdejších hitparád

Awards:

1996 Rolling Stone Awards - Worst comeback

Various:

disbanded 6/1970
reunited 1975
reunited 1985
disbanded 1987
reunited 1989
reunited 1996
disbanded 1997
reunited 6/2011

Mickey Dolenz:

appeared in stage performance "Remains To Be Seen"

Michael Nesmith:

1975 editorship Pacific Arts Corporation

produced by LP:

Ian Matthews: Valley High (9/73, Elektra)
Bert Jansch: L.A. Turnaround (27.9.74, Charisma)

Awards:

1981 Grammy Awards - Video Of The Year ("Michael Nesmith In Elephant Parts")

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	22	05.06.1997	26	Forum kritikum	album review
2002	3	07.02.2002	293	A léta běží ...	profile, discography
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	22	01.06.1974	16	New Pop Singles	single review
1975	36	06.09.1975	48	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	19	08.05.1976	30	Making Waves	profile
1980	6	09.02.1980	23	Singles	single review
1981	25	20.06.1981	23	Singles	single review
1992	50	12.12.1992	43	Info Freako
1995	3	21.01.1995	9	A.W.O.L.	profile
1996	2	13.01.1996	39	Info Freako	profile
1996	17	27.04.1996	54		single review
1997	14	05.04.1997	32	Live	gig review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1967	0	27.05.1967	4
1967	0	27.05.1967	4	Recenze LP	album review
1968	0	06.04.1968	3
1974	0	19.01.1974	2	News Survey
1974	0	02.03.1974	44
1974	38	21.09.1974	25
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	7	11.04.1995	6	Galerie
2007	3		93	Retro
2008	11		95	Rewind - Classic Rock	profile