![]() ![]() In May 1967, after "The Monkees" wrapped its debut TV season, the "Headquarters" album made top of the Album charts, only to be replaced by The Beatles' Sgt. In January 1967, music supervisor Don Kirshner was fired by Screen Gems Studios and replaced as Monkees' Record Producer by former Turtles bassist Chip Douglas (real name: Douglas Hatlied), who produced the 3rd "Monkees" album, "Headquarters," the first album (and only one til 1996) where the cast played their own instruments and sang every note, having only supplied the vocal tracks (lead, harmony and backing) for the first 2 "Monkees" albums. ![]() ET, "The Monkees" made its TV debut on the NBC Television Network and became an immediate made-for-TV Sensation. In August 1966, well over a month before the series' debut, "The Monkees" released its first single, "Last Train to Clarksville," which by October 1966 was a Chart-Topping Hit, the first of 11 Top 40 Hits in 2 Years (including 3 #1 hits). Studios) in Burbank, California in November 1965. Of the 437 young men who auditioned, the final four chosen were, in no particular order, 22-year-old Mike Nesmith (born on Decemin Houston, Texas, USA), a Songwriter under the stage name Mike Blessing who'd written the hit song "Until It's Time For You To Go" for Buffy Sainte-Marie 23-year-old Peter Thorkelson (born on Februin Washington, D.C., USA), a folk singer in Greenwich Village soon re-named Peter Tork 20-year-old Micky Dolenz (born on Main Los Angeles, California, USA), a former Child Actor who from ages 11-13 already had a series, "Circus Boy," under his Acting Belt and 19-year-old Davy Jones (born on Decemin Manchester, England, UK), a British Jockey who spent 5 years, ages 14-19, as a Jockey, and at age 17, in 1963, began an off-season Broadway career as the Artful Dodger in the original Broadway cast of the hit '60s Musical "Oliver!"Īccording to "The E! True Hollywood Story," Davy Jones, at age 19, NEVER auditioned for "The Monkees," having been cast without EVER having to audition for the show the Series Pilot, "Here Come The Monkees," was filmed at Columbia Ranch (now known as Warner Bros. On September 8, 1965, 437 young adult men auditioned for "The Monkees" among those who auditioned (but were passed over) included Danny Hutton (future member of the late '60s Pop Music trip Three Dog Night), Steve Stills (futurely of the Rock trio Crosby, Stills and Nash alongside David Crosby and Graham Nash, respectively), Harry Nilsson (future Singer-Songwriter with hit songs such as "Everybody's Talkin'," "Put Da Lime in Da Coconut" and "**** You" among many others he died in 1994 of a Massive Heart Attack at age 52), and Paul Williams (future Actor/Songwriter who wrote a number of Muppet songs such as "Rainbow Connection" and "When Love Is Gone" to name two). The series was first pitched early in 1965 to Bert Schneider's father, Abe, then the President of Columbia Pictures on April 16, 1965, Screen Gems, the Television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, gave the go-ahead to film a Pilot. President the Vietnam War is in full effect and aspiring young filmmakers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider created a new situation Musical Comedy called "The Monkees." ![]() That being said, I'd like to start a discussion on a TV show I've been watching since I was a baby via Nickelodeon and sister network MTV.įor those of you readers unfamiliar with the show, here's the Inside Information, unless otherwise noted courtesy of "The E! True Hollywood Story." ![]() My sincere apologies for not having written in too long, but I have been VERY busy lately with the crazy little world called Life over the last several months. ![]()
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