Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "Davy Jones (musician)" ¶ 10
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

Monkees and until
Monkees member Micky Dolenz maintained a close friendship until Nilsson's death in 1994.
* Peter Tork of The Monkees was a student of English at Carleton from 1960 to 1963 until he dropped out to pursue music full-time.
Donruss produced several entertainment-themed trading cards, from such television shows as The Addams Family, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Monkees and The Flying Nun from 1961 until 1969.
After being dropped by his manager for Paul — who was in a boy band rivalling " Busboyz "— Steve tries to make his own way through ever more demeaning auditions until he hears of a casting call for a " Monkees "- like TV show where he could showcase his acting, dancing and singing talents.
After Kirshner's dismissal from Colgems Records, however, Barry would not produce for the Monkees again until 1970's Changes, which contained many songs co-written by Barry.
* Unused until Headquarters, when it was re-recorded by the Monkees
* Unused until Headquarters, when it was re-recorded by the Monkees / On the 1994 reissue
By the time recording had begun in earnest for this album, the Monkees had passed their popularity peak, and as Screen Gems cared less and less about the Monkees ' activities, the members were given more control over the creation of this, the second album released after the departure of Peter Tork, and the last to feature Michael Nesmith until 1996's Justus.
It was The Monkees ' sixth album and their last to feature Peter Tork until 1987's Pool It!
and the last to feature all four Monkees until 1996's Justus.
LBS distributed The Monkees until 1993 and was turned over to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution.

Monkees and 1996
They divorced in 1996, during the Monkees30th Anniversary reunion tour.
The album was recorded in celebration of their 30th anniversary and released on October 15, 1996 ( although the television show premiered on September 9, 1966, Justus does coincide with the release of their first album, The Monkees, which was released on October 10, 1966 ).

Monkees and when
Music commented that Jones's death " hit so many people so hard " because " Monkees nostalgia cuts across generations: from the people who discovered the band during their original 1960s run ; to the kids who came of age watching 1970s reruns ; to the twenty-and thirtysomethings who discovered the Monkees when MTV ( a network that owes much to the Monkees ' influence ) began airing old episodes in 1986.
' Forever Changes ' is like a horizontal slice of Los Angeles in 1967, when LA rivalled London as the centre of pop music. On this album, you can hear Tim Buckley's folk-meets-jazz, the Doors ' brooding rock with its arty leanings, Buffalo Springfield's folk / pop, early signs of LA's less mannered psychedelia and even a smidgin of the sheer pop prettiness of the likes of the Turtles and the Monkees.
He was attending college in Los Angeles when hired for the " drummer " role in The Monkees.
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, writers of many of The Monkees ' songs, observed quickly that when brought in to the studio together, the four actors would try to crack each other up.
" ( The Coasters recorded it first, but when Date declined to release it, Leiber and Stoller sent it as a demo to the Monkees.
At the peak of its success the band was originally selected to perform on the television show that became The Monkees, and also gained an added bit of publicity when Butler replaced Jim Rado in the role of Claude for a sold-out four-month run with the Broadway production of the rock musical Hair.
They burst onto the scene in 1969 when they performed at the Woodstock music festival and went on to have their own variety show similar to The Monkees.
Head, a 1968 film featuring The Monkees was a flop that became profitable for its studio years later when its cult film status led to its sale to Rhino Entertainment and its re-release in various video formats.
The strike ended after the first day when, to mollify the Monkees, the studio agreed to a larger percentage share of the film's net for the group.
Elements of the film were based in fact, including the stampede leaving the studio canteen when the Monkees break for lunch, and the " big black box "* the band repeatedly becomes trapped in.
( During the first season, veteran performers would regularly complain about the Monkees ' presence – and walk out of the cafeteria whenever they came in – while members would sometimes wander off-set when they weren't needed on camera.
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. was the fourth album by the Monkees, released on November 6, 1967, when the Monkees were exerting more control over their music and actually playing many of the instruments themselves, something their record company had earlier forbidden.
Beginning in 1966, Gretsch had weekly television exposure when the company supplied the guitars and drums for The Monkees, extending the demand for guitars.

Monkees and Jones
* 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer, songwriter and actor ( The Monkees )( d. 2012 )
Dissatisfied with his stage name as Davy ( and Davie ) Jones, which in the mid-1960s invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th century American frontiersman Jim Bowie and the knife he had popularised.
David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012 ) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name.
From 1966 to 1971, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a television show of the same name.
Jones sang lead vocals on many of the Monkees ' recordings, including " I Wanna Be Free " and " Daydream Believer ".
After the band disbanded in 1971, Jones reunited with Micky Dolenz as well as Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart in 1974 as a short-lived group called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart.
In February 2011, Jones confirmed rumours of another Monkees reunion.
After the Monkees officially disbanded in 1971, Jones kept himself busy by establishing a New York City-style street market in Los Angeles called " The Street ," which cost him approximately $ 40, 000.
The final single, " Road to Love ," was poorly received. Jones and Maureen McCormick in 1971 during The Brady Bunch episode in which he was a guest star Jones also continued acting after the Monkees, either as himself or another character.
Despite his initial high profile after the end of the Monkees, Jones struggled to establish himself as a solo artist.
Glenn A. Baker, author of Monkeemania: The True Story of the Monkees, commented in 1986 that " for an artist as versatile and confident as Jones, the relative failure of his post-Monkees activities is puzzling.
Jones also returned to theater several times after the Monkees.
In 2001, Jones released Just Me, an album of his own songs, some written for the album and others originally on Monkees releases.
In tribute to Jones, Lingfield Park announced that the first two races on the card for 3 March 2012 would be renamed the " Hey Hey We're The Monkees Handicap " and the " In Memory of Davy Jones Selling Stakes " with successful horses in those races accompanied into the Winners ' Enclosure by some of The Monkees ' biggest hits.
The news of Jones ' death triggered a surge of Internet traffic, causing sales of The Monkees ' music to increase dramatically.
" Dolenz was gratified by the public affection expressed for both Jones and the Monkees in the wake of his bandmate's death.
The Monkees obviously had a following, and so did ( Jones ) on his own.
Monkees co-creator Bob Rafelson commented that Jones " deserves a lot of credit, let me tell you.

0.188 seconds.