For a band that was initially conceived as America's answer to the Beatles, in sitcom form, the Monkees really didn't do too bad. John Lennon famously referred to them as the "Marx Brothers" in recognition...
The Monkees' Tragic Real Life Story
For a band that was initially conceived as America's answer to the Beatles, in sitcom form, the Monkees really didn't do too bad. John Lennon famously referred to them as the "Marx Brothers" in recognition of their comedy chops, and then he got to sit back and watch while the Marx Brothers of rock sold more albums than he did. And they didn't just sell more albums than he did; in 1967 they sold more albums than the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined.
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Here they come ... walkin' down the street. Hey. HEY! It's the Monkees! For a very brief period back in the late 1960s — not much more than two years — these wild pop-rockers with the creatively misspelled...
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