Mr. Pop History – Even though “The Monkees” was a show about a rock band, pop history tells us that David Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork stood on their own early on. “The Monkees” TV show debuted in September of 1966, but just a few short months later, the boys were performing in Hawaii. So, they could play. OK – Mickey had to learn the drums in a short time, but the other three had terrific music credentials and didn’t have to act like they were playing and signing. Actually, Mickey was a great pop singer in his own rite.

They came to New York and Forest Hills during the summer of 1967 (a great concert summer for the Monkees BTW). The WMCA Goodguys and Dick Clark presented them – and I was told they were great!