The real story of the Monkees, straight from surviving member Micky Dolenz

In a three-hour conversation with USA TODAY for 60 years of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz shares a detailed oral history of the TV show and the music.

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On the 8th of March 1945: #MickyDolenz, American singer (The Monkees - "I'm A Believer"), and #actor (Circus Boy), born in Los Angeles, California.
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Micky Dolenz Pays Tribute to Neil Sedaka: A Rare Songwriter ‘Who Could Do It All’

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"I'm a Believer" is a song written by #NeilDiamond and recorded by the American #popRock band #theMonkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by #MickyDolenz. The single, produced by #JeffBarry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks becoming the last number-one hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967.
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"I'm a Believer" is a song written by #NeilDiamond and recorded by the American #popRock band #theMonkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by #MickyDolenz. The single, produced by #JeffBarry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks becoming the last number-one hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967.
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"I'm a Believer" is a song written by #NeilDiamond and recorded by the American #popRock band #theMonkees in 1966 with the lead vocals by #MickyDolenz. The single, produced by #JeffBarry, hit the number-one spot on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 chart for the week ending December 31, 1966, and remained there for seven weeks becoming the last number-one hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling single for all of 1967. Billboard ranked the record as the number-five song for 1967.

Micky Dolenz Was Almost Cast as Fonzie on ‘Happy Days’: ‘It Wasn’t Gonna Happen!’

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SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: The Monkees live at the Royal Albert Hall 5/19/11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxW1Cdo5LTo&t=3181s I was the bassist-vocalist on this tour, a reunion featuring the multi-media staging of Andrew Sandoval, deep cuts as well as the hits, and the entire HEAD soundtrack. It would also be the last tour with Davy Jones, who died 9 months later.

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‘It was not a boyband!’ Micky Dolenz on the madness of being in the Monkees

He was in one of the biggest groups in the world – all without playing a note. As the last surviving Monkee turns 80, he remembers 60s fame – and what happened when the band broke free

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