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Bobby Hart, who co-wrote 'Last Train to Clarksville' and other Monkees hits, dies

This July 6, 1967 file photo shows the musical group, The Monkees, from left, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, David Jones, and Micky Dolenz at a news conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York. (Ray Howard ...
American Songwriter

Hey, Hey: 3 Eternal Songs from TV’s Favorite Band, The Monkees

In 1966, the world was introduced to the television show The Monkees. While decades later bands like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC would be put together for pop fame, the Los Angeles-born group The ...
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Only Half of The Monkees Played on Their Final Hit: Fans Are Just Finding Out Why

The Monkees’ 1986 reunion was a surprise to fans and to the band’s members, who hadn’t expected the overwhelming response and renewed interest in their music after 16 years. Subsequently, only half ...
MLive

Legendary songwriter behind many beloved ‘Monkees’ hits has died

Bobby Hart, a songwriting dynamo who partnered with Tommy Boyce to write iconic hits for “The Monkees” has died, the band announced. He was 86. Hart had been in poor health since breaking his hip last ...
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Bobby Hart, Who Co-Wrote Monkees Smashes, the ‘Days of Our Lives’ Theme and His Own Hit as a Member of Boyce and Hart, Dies at 86

Bobby Hart, a songwriter who co-wrote some of the greatest hits of the Monkees, and a performer in his own right who made the top 10 as a member of the duo Boyce and Hart, died Wednesday at age 86.