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.

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 entertainment becomes a phenomenon while others don't. The Monkees TV ...

During a 2022 interview with Variety, Dolenz discussed how the Monkees pilot almost wasn’t picked up. “That is, until [Monkees creators] Bob [Rafelson] and Bert [Schneider], the brains of the ...

Micky Dolenz marked the 60th anniversary of 'The Monkees' by sharing rare photos from the show’s pilot and reflecting on the early days of the band.

While the 1960s was a flourishing time for music both in America and abroad with the British Invasion, The Monkees still managed to carve a lane all their own. Introduced to audiences via The Monkees ...

The Monkees were a pop culture phenomenon in the late 1960s. The group started as a fictional pop-rock band for its eponymous TV sitcom on NBC. But they became so popular that the show's singles were ...

Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of the iconic 1960s-era, made-for-TV pop band The Monkees, is suing the FBI for files indicating the agency was monitoring the group, CBS Los Angeles reports.

In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation. A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) kidnaps the ...

In 1967, The Monkees achieved a chart record that remains unbroken 58 years later. In 1967, the band created for the television series of the same name released four albums in just one year, and each ...

The television Western was among the most popular sort of program to air on the Big Three in the 1960s. Even in an age of pop music, the sexual revolution, and civil rights, most audiences flocked to ...

Playing on stage is not stopping anytime soon for Dolenz. This month, he announced the 60 Years of The Monkees tour for 2026, ...

That was in June 1967, by which time Dolenz and the Monkees had a hit NBC TV series, three chart-topping, multi-Platinum albums and three number one singles to their credit. At the time, they were in ...