The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits reports the Monkees’ “Last Train to Clarksville” became a huge hit, however producer Don Kirshner felt the band could make music that was even more successful. He ...

A famous music supervisor discussed what he thought of The Monkees‘ “I’m a Believer.” Subsequently, he said many songwriters from the same era did not understand music. Notably, “I’m a Believer” and ...

Watch Neil Diamond and Micky Dolenz meet for the first time as they perform Diamond’s song “I’m a Believer,” a number one hit for The Monkees in 1966. Seems the more I gave the less I got. What's the ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Does it count as ...

"I'm in love....oooooh!" The 1966 Monkees hit “I'm a Believer” has been added to Shrek the Musical. A popular element in the first Shrek feature film (in which it was sung by Smash Mouth and Eddie ...