Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To be fair, nobody really knows why anything connects with the audience in the way that it does, and why one piece of pop culture ...

Michael Nesmith, original member of the Monkees, died on Dec. 10 of natural causes. He was 78. “With Infinite Love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded ...

Some things can’t be explained. Take The Monkees. In the mid-sixties, a comedic television show parodying a struggling rock band living on a California beach unexpectedly caught fire on NBC, the host ...

Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.

The Monkees‘ Davy Jones thought David Bowie was an innovator — but not because he was a great singer. In the same vein, Bowie felt he outdid The Monkees during one phase of his career. Interestingly, ...

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 ...

Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it wasn’t ...