RIP Davy Jones

No cause of death given. He was the lead singer at first, the best looking one, the short British one. The Circus Boy one stole his lead singer duties.

 

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This song mirrors the relationship many Americans would like to have with their government.

 

Wasnt he in an episode of the Brady Bunch? Other than that, I have no clue who he is.

 

BoBo, in the mid 60s, a TV show was created to deal with the adventures of a fictional squeaky clean pop band, The Monkees. Auditions were held for actors. The most accomplished was a diminutive Englishman, Davy Jones, who had among other things played the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist. He was joined by 3 Americans, Michael Nasmith, Peter Tork and Mickey Dolenz. Although they played a band, only Dolenz was actually a musician. Yet, The Monkees became popular especially with the preteen female set as a "band", even though they did not play their own instruments, and released several hit songs. True rock fans looked down on them as they were not musicians. After the show ended & the band broke up, Dolenz continued as a musician (he wasn't bad) and I don't know what became of the others.

I'm going by memory so may be off in a detail or two.

BTW, yes I am dating myself, I remember a classmate when we were 11 telling me, "The Monkees are bigger than the Beatles ever were or ever will be!" I was, as you might guess, and am still, a Beatles fan.

Also I saw it reported that Jones died of a heart attack. 66 is really not that old. RIP.

 

As I recall, they were all musicians before the group began and all continued in music afterwards.

 

Turn in your media credentials for the duration of Homeland Security's investigation into your citizenship. During their 2-year TV show, the Monkees sold more records than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.

Results in. Born in Kenya, eh? We'll make short work of you.

 

No, Mike Nesmith was the only real musician. I saw the Monkees after a Portland Beavers game back in the 80's. Sadly Mike Nesmith wasn't there. He was always my favorite Monkee. Davy was there banging on a tambourine. At the end of their set Davy, Mickey and Peter ran over and slid into home plate.

RIP Davy Jones

 

David Thomas Jones was born on December 30, 1945 in Manchester, England. He is the brother of three sisters and son of a railroad fitter and homemaker. Nicknamed "Davy," he acted in his first play, "Tom Sawyer" at a young age. At the age of 11, he starred in the daytime soap opera "Coronation Street," as well as other productions such as "June Evening" and the BBC radio plays, "There Is a Happy Land" & "The Morning Story." After his mother's death in 1960, he lost interest in school and his surroundings and left home to live his dream of becoming a horse racing jockey. While working as an apprentice jockey for Basil Foster, who often suggested Jones become and entertainer, an agent approached Davy about an entertainment career. As a young teenager, Davy played the part of the Artful Dodger in the production, "Oliver!" After playing the part in London, he was moved to Broadway and where he was nominated for a Tony Award at the age of 16. Soon after an appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964 (the same night The Beatles guest starred), Jones signed with Colpix Records/Columbia Pictures. His first solo album, "David Jones" was released in 1965, but didn't chart until 1967 when it placed No. 185 on the Billboard charts. Also in 1965, a single featuring "What Are We Going To Do?" charted at No. 93.

In the fall of 1965, Davy was the first to be selected as a member of the soon-to-be music and TV phenomenon, "The Monkees." By the time "The Monkees" premiered in September 1966, Davy had captured the hearts of millions of teenaged girls with his long hair and charming English accent. After the success of The Monkees had faded away, Jones left the group in late-1970.

Soon after The Monkees, Davy signed with Bell Records to release his second solo record, simply titled "Davy Jones." The 1971 album contained the single, "Rainy Jane" that would end up as a somewhat successful effort, charting at No. 52. Another career landmark in 1971 was David's famous appearance on the "Getting Davy Jones" episode of the popular TV show "The Brady Bunch." On the show, he sang what is now perhaps his most recognized solo recording, "Girl." This particular episode of "The Brady Bunch" is the most re-run episode of any TV show in history. Jones also found time to make guest appearances on other TV programs such as "Love American Style," among others. Between this time and 1973, when Davy signed with MGM, he released a small number of singles and performed numerous solo concerts.

By the time 1975 came around, Davy had joined up with fellow Monkee, Micky Dolenz and Monkees songwriters, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, to form Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. After DJB&H went their separate ways, Jones traveled to England to star in Harry Nilsson's "The Point" with Micky Dolenz, as well as re-join the production cast of "Oliver!"

The early 1980s brought Davy joining a group called Toast and acting in the play, "Godspell." Then in 1986, The Monkees celebrated their 20th Anniversary with an album and tours that lasted until the end of 1989. During The Monkees reunion, David released a very notable solo album titled, "Incredible." In the early-90s, Jones returned to the theatre by, again acting in "Oliver!" but this time playing the part of ***in. During this time period, he also joined the stage production of "Grease." After numerous solo tours, Davy once again got together with Micky Dolenz in 1994 and 1995 to travel across the U.S. on their "Together Again" tour. Additionally, David was supposed to provide background vocals on Peter Tork's 1994 solo album "Stranger Things Have Happened," but ended up talking during the recording session and never got to it. In 1995, Davy appeared on "The Brady Bunch Movie" to sing a new, more modern version of "Girl."

From 1996 through the end of 1997, Jones re-joined his band mates for The Monkees' 30th Anniversary Reunion. Still having a passion for horses, David's childhood dream came true in 1996 when he won his first amateur horse race in Lingfield, England with his horse, Digpast. Unfortunately, Digpast died after injuries he sustained during a race in 2001. Throughout the late-90s, Davy found time to make guest appearances on several popular TV shows, such as "The Single Guy," "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch," and "Boy Meets World." Also, in the late-90s Davy released four volumes of his "Just For The Record" series that features his unreleased solo material. In 1998, Jones got together with Bobby Sherman and Peter Noone to travel the country on their successful "Teen Idols Tour." Davy has also written multiple autobiographies about his life such as They Made A Monkee Out Of Me, They Made A Monkee Out Of Me...Again, Mutant Monkees Meet the Masters of the Multi-Media Manipulation Machine!, and Daydream Believin', which also brought a number of book tours.

Now, in the 21st century, Davy has kept busy by releasing a new and long-awaited solo album called, "Just Me." Also, for the third time, he got together with The Monkees for tours and other projects during 2001 and 2002. Just recently, reaching an important landmark in his personal life, Davy became a grandfather for the first time in July 2002. Starting in September 2003, Davy began hosting episodes of A&E's weekly series, "Meet The Royals." New episodes are no longer being aired, but reruns are being shown on the Biography Channel. He released three new CDs in 2004 and looking forward into 2006, Davy has more solo concerts planned.

 

Then how is it Peter had a band and performed for years?

 

8 days ago the Daily Mail announced the 3 active Monkees would tour Britain this summer. The 10 concert dates and contracts had already been set up.

The TV program began in Fall 1966 when he was 20. I think Star Trek was the same, while Batman started Fall 1965. I'm pretty sure. You don't forget the milestones of your life or the red-letter dates in history like those ones.

 

More accurate to say Mike Nesmith was easily the most accomplished musician and song writer of the bunch before the Monkees were formed. Is that better?

 

ive run spotlight for a few monkeys shows, cheese central

 

are you saying you need to be a musician to be in a "band"?

i could teach any monkey 3 chords and viola, musician?

 

Best.

 

Nesmith and Jones both had records on the same label before The Monkees.

Jones wanted to be a professional jockey, but became an actor/singer at an early age. As a Monkee, he (not the group) quickly became the most desired star in the history of the world (in the eyes of teenage and preteen girls). Unlike the acid-dropping Beatles, flippant Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, and later edgier Monkee clone David Cassidy of The Partridge Family, Davy was exactly the adorable, safe, wholesome guy you could take home to meet your mother.

Nesmith is something of a Leonardo Da Vinci of media, having written hit songs for several big names, created what became MTV, picked up the very first ever Grammy for video, produced several movies including Repo Man., pioneered home video, successfully sued PBS for $48 mil over copyright issues, gave unknowns Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, Whoopi Goldberg, Arsenio Hall their first breaks on his television series, and his mother invented Liquid Paper.

 

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I remember watching the Monkees as a kid on saturday mornings. I liked their show.