Three new songs were recorded by Tork and Dolenz for a greatest hits release.

According to the Eric Lefcowitz book " The Monkees Tale Revised Edition " ( Last Gasp, 1989 ), this album and the two singles relating to it were recorded by " Dolenz, Tork & Jones " ( not the Monkees ).

According to Mike Nesmith, it was Dolenz's voice that made the Monkees ' sound distinctive, and even during tension-filled times Nesmith and Peter Tork voluntarily turned over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their own compositions, such as Tork's " For Pete's Sake ", which became the closing title theme for the second season of the TV show.

In commentary for the DVD release of the second season of the show, Tork said that Dolenz was " incapable of repeating a triumph ".

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.

When the band learned that they would not be allowed to direct themselves or to receive screenwriting credit ( since they didn't write the actual shooting script ), Dolenz, Jones, and Nesmith staged a one-day walkout, leaving Tork the only Monkee on the set the first day.

" Release hoped to have a record out immediately, and Tork has said that they did record some demos, which he may still have stored away somewhere.

A chance meeting with Sire Records executive Pat Horgan at the Bottom Line in New York City led to Tork recording a six-song demo, his first recording in many years.

During this time Tork appeared regularly on The Uncle Floyd Show broadcast on U-68 out of New Jersey.

On March 4, 2009, Tork underwent extensive surgery in New York City, which was successful.

Local New York bands including Ramones, Bon Jovi, Peter Tork and Madonna also appeared on Floyd's program.

This move was not because of any lack of Monkee talent — Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork were already experienced musicians, and Davy Jones was an established musical performer ; but as a working band they had little experience, and Micky Dolenz was completely new to drums — but to churn out ready-to-go recordings to give each new episode its own song.

Peter Tork ( born Peter Halsten Thorkelson, February 13, 1942 ) is an American musician and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees.

Peter Tork first portrays Jed, and like Topanga early on, he is very eccentric.

* December 20 – Peter Tork announces he is leaving The Monkees.

Tork: Tork is a trog, a species of reptilian humanoid.

Head is a 1968 psychedelic adventure comedy film starring TV group The Monkees ( in credit order: Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, and Michael Nesmith ), and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The album's title stems from each band member's respective astrological sign ( Dolenz is Pisces, Peter Tork is Aquarius, and both Nesmith and Davy Jones are Capricorn ).

* Organ used in the song is a Hammond B-3 ( Played by Peter Tork )

The movie is centered around the title character Dunia, a belly dancer and poet played by Egyptian actress Hanan Tork.

Tork: Prehistoric Punk is a platform video game released on January 11, 2005 for the Xbox video game console.

Hanan Tork () ( born March 7, 1972 ) is an Egyptian actress and former ballerina.

Unfortunately for Tork, even though several of his compositions were considered for release on Birds, his participation is almost zero on this album ; he appears only playing piano on " Daydream Believer.

Bloke ( Mickey Tork ), also known as Rainbow, is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe.

Issued six months after the cancellation of the group's NBC television series, it is also the first album released after Peter Tork left the group and the only album of the original nine studio albums that does not include any songs featured in the TV show from the original NBC run nor the CBS / ABC reruns.

Other musicians included John Fahey, one of the first " folk " musicians to gain national appeal, Peter Tork ( of The Monkees ), underground legend Tim Buckley, guitarist Link Wray, pop singer and songwriter Billy Stewart, country singer Patsy Cline, guitarist Danny Gatton, doo wop bands The Orioles ( based out of D. C., though from Baltimore ) and The Clovers, Scott McKenzie ( known for " If You're Going to San Francisco "), R & B singer Ruth Brown, and country star Roy Clark.

Stills suggested Tork audition for a new television series about four pop-rock musicians, when the producers asked if Stills ' had a better looking ( musician ) friend '.

In commentary tracks included in the DVD release of the first season of the show, Nesmith stated that Tork was better at playing guitar than bass.

In Tork's commentary, he stated that Jones was a good drummer and had the live performance lineups been based solely on playing ability, it should have been Tork on guitar, Nesmith on bass, and Jones on drums, with Dolenz taking the fronting role, rather than as it was done ( with Nesmith on guitar, Tork on bass, and Dolenz on drums ).

Dolenz also played one of Alan Matthews ' bandmates in the sitcom Boy Meets World, and later joined Davy Jones and Peter Tork in episode eight of the 3rd season ( titled " Rave On "), although they did not play themselves.

Tork got the job and became one of the four members of The Monkees, who ended up being both characters in a television sitcom and a band in their own right.

" Kicks " was also covered by Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork of the Monkees as one of three new recordings included on their 1986 compilation Then & Now ...

Peter Tork of The Monkees also played banjo ( specifically, one borrowed from Paul McCartney ), but was not credited.

The original plan was to release a double album which devoted one side to each member of the group, who by now were recording virtually as solo artists, but with Tork now gone, and record sales waning, the decision was made to pare the track selection down to a single disc.

" Bassist Peter Tork said, " Adios to the Manchester Cowboy ", and speaking to CNN, drummer / singer Micky Dolenz said, " He was the brother I never had and this leaves a gigantic hole in my heart ".

Tork claimed later that he had not been asked, although a Christmas single ( credited to Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork ) was produced by Chip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976.

Tork was born at the Doctor's Hospital, Washington, D. C.

Tork attended Windham High School in Willimantic, Connecticut, and was a member of the first graduating class at E. O.

Tork was a proficient musician, and though the group generally did not play their own instruments on their first two albums, he was an exception, playing what he described as " third chair guitar " on Mike Nesmith's song " Papa Gene's Blues " from their first album.

Tork was close to his grandmother, staying with her sometimes in his Greenwich Village days, and after he became a Monkee.

No longer getting the group dynamic he wanted, and pleading " exhaustion " from the grueling schedule, Tork bought out the remaining four years of his contract after filming was complete on December 20, 1968, at a default of $ 150, 000 / year.

Release could not secure a record contract, and by 1970 Tork was once again a solo artist, as he later recalled, " I didn't know how to stick to it.

Tork was credited with co-arranging a Micky Dolenz solo single on MGM Records in 1971 (" Easy On You ", b / w " Oh Someone ").

Recorded in summer 1980, it featured Tork, who sang, played rhythm guitar, keyboards, and banjo ; it was backed by Southern rock band Cottonmouth, led by guitarist / singer / songwriter Johnny Pontiff, featuring Gerard Trahan on guitar / keyboards / vocals, Gene Pyle on bass guitar / vocals and Gary Hille on drums / percussion.

Floyd claimed Tork was the " first real star " to appear on the show.

Tork was reportedly " shaken but not stirred " by the news, and said that the doctors had given him an 80 % chance of containing and shrinking the new tumor.

* 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.