The Monkees

August 4th
1967 - The Monkees find a stowaway on their plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The young female's father threatens to bring up charges for transporting a minor across state lines. 

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July 8th
1967 - The Monkees kick off their 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as an opening act. However, Hendrix was eventually dropped after just six shows

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May 11th
1965 - The Byrds make their first nationwide Television appearance, singing "Mr. Tambourine Man" on Hullabaloo.

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March 25th
1968 - The last episode of The Monkees television show airs. The idea of following the hi-jinks of a rock band's life was taken from the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night film.

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Here's the Top 5 requests on The Big Joe Jersey Request Show for the weekend of 3/9, 3/10, 3/11/12.

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For the ladies, Tiger Beat and "16" Magazine were the bibles of growing up.

For guys, mostly it was Playboy, and they usually belonged to your father or older cousin.

(My cousin Dominick used to have stacks of them!)

As far as Tiger Beat and "16" went, my sister Laura collected them by the dozens

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A Martin County, Florida medical examiner official has confirmed reports that Monkees singer and teen heartthrob Davy Jones has passed away at age 66 of a heart attack.

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Monkees frontman Davy Jones has died of at heart attack at age 66, TMZ reports.

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February 11th
1969 - The Monkees set a new record when their second album, 'More Of The Monkees' jumped from No.122 to the top of the US chart. The album then stayed in pole position for eighteen weeks.

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November 20th:
1968 - The Monkees film 'Head' opened in six US cities. Reviews were harsh and the picture was a box office disaster.

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