The Monkees

November 2nd, 1967 - The Beatles completed recording ‘Hello Goodbye’ at Abbey Road by adding a second Paul McCartney bass line. The song had been selected for the A-side of The Beatles next single, the flip side to be John Lennon’s ‘I Am the Walrus...

October 26th, 1970 - A wake is held in San Anselmo, California to celebrate the life of Janis Joplin who had died of an accidental overdose and had left $2,500 in her will to throw a party in the event of her demise. The party was attended by close friends and family where pot-brownies were shared amongst the guests...

Here they came, walking on stage at the Mann Music Center, they got the funniest looks from everyone who showed up. Hey Hey, they’re the Monkees and they’re much older now, but they seemed so much younger because they only put up images of their sixties show on the Jumbotrons. It was that television show that made the Monkees and it was the same show that they used as the frontman.

How well do you think you know New Jersey? You may be trivial in your knowledge but are you "TREVIAL?"

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.

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

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

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.

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

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...