Bobby Hart RIP

[Mike 1017]

He and partner Tommy Boyce {RIP} were the Genius Duo who made the Monkey's a hit. They wrote most of the Monkey's Hit songs and had a fabulous song writing and singing career of their own.

 

 

 

Edited September 17 by Mike 1017
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[TonyK]

Saw this the other day and wondered if anyone would comment on it. It's amazing how many songs these guys wrote that were hits; not only for others but some for themselves too.

[Jim N]

Sad to hear.  It was interesting the phenomenon that the Monkee's became, and then they got into a fight over creative control (meaning they thought they could write better music).  Well, Nesmith, who I believe was the main instigator of this won, and the music they wrote captured nobody's attention.  The band sunk like a rock soon after.

[Mark]

They got the creative upper hand in early 1967, and made one LP (Headquarters) with more of their own tunes.  They then realized they weren't quite ready to take over completely, and reverted to letting others have more control.  The Monkees never were a complete self-contained band, they never had a bass player in the studio.  The instruments they were shown to be playing in the show weren't always the ones they actually were able to play competently.

Headquarters is my favorite of their albums, precisely because it had more of their "hand" in it.  The Beatles they weren't, but then again nobody else was either.  Well into the Seventies you still had groups that didn't write or produce their own records yet were still making it big.