working a grittier side of his voice than we tended to hear on the Monkees hits he sang as he navigates the lyrics to a song he co-wrote with Bill Chadwick, a writer for the TV show. The song is ...

And in the midst of it all, there were the Monkees ... also became good friends. As the TV show progressed and they started seeing success with their music, they began working together as ...

The Monkees ... a pretty important song in rock ‘n’ roll history — even if it was recorded by a bubblegum band that was prefabricated for a children’s television show.