Davy Jones Dead: Singer Of The Monkees Dies At 66
The Monkees singer Davy Jones has passed away at the age of 66, TMZ reports.
The singer is survived by his wife Jessica and four daughters from previous marriages. TMZ confirmed Jones' death with an official from the medical examiner's office for Martin County, Florida.
The Monkees were started in 1966, and their "I'm a Believer," was the top charting song of 1967. Their career spanned many accolades, including two Emmy awards and a number of Billboard hit singles and albums.
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Very sad to report the news that Davy Jones has passed away - we will pass along more information as it comes in.
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Monkees - Daydream Believer
jillan
(39,451 posts)Kurmudgeon
(1,751 posts)NICO9000
(970 posts)We saw the Monkees last summer and it was a great show. Very sad to hear this.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)And he sang the "Girl" song.
RIP Davy!!
n/t
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)I found an address online for Maureen McCormick's fan club, so I wrote to it asking if they knew what album that song was from and where I could get a copy. At the time, her fan club was run by some of her family (maybe her parents?) and they actually had Maureen write me an email back to respond, saying it was just created for the show and doesn't really appear on any of his albums. Oh well.
RIP Davy! Great distinctive singer!!
Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 29, 2012, 09:16 PM - Edit history (1)
"The Star Spangled Girl" starring Sandy Duncan. I think it's on Netflix
Drunken Irishman
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Don't know why it went to source and no link yet.
Anyway, this was what I originally put:
There's a funny scene where Marsha asks him to sing at her class prom and no one in the school likes him (it is the 90s, after all). When he begins playing, though, all the middle aged teachers storm the stage.
Horrible quality of the bit, but still funny!
See the movie if you haven't. It's a favorite.
dflprincess
(28,057 posts)when I mentioned this to her today. Then I found out it was because of "Brady Bunch" reruns.
I will confess to still having all my Monkee albums (somewhere is a box) and am also pleased to say I saw them in concert in St. Paul in the summer of '67.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)threes, these things.
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I hope Davey's loved ones find some comfort. Sudden deaths are so much tougher.
Some of my first political thoughts were due to the Monkees. Their 'Zor and Zam' is a great, and much ignored, anti-war song!
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...and the music was pretty good.
Rest In...
PEACE!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)RIP.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Thought I'd respond here, too.
RIP, Davy. Thanks for bringing a lot of music and laughter to my childhood.
mac56
(17,561 posts)Love to his family members.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)At least I'll be able to stand "Daydream Believah" played again and again.
RIP.
trumad
(41,692 posts)hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)That one hurts...Damn, I feel old.
calimary
(80,700 posts)I loved that TV show and never missed it. It was a real pioneering effort. I remember it being referred to in the press as "a romp." Set the tone for a LOT of music video production from then on.
yardwork
(61,418 posts)Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)singer and actor. RIP. Sending well wishes to his family.
(When I was 10 I had a crush on him -seeing the monkee's re-runs. That was in the 80s)
otohara
(24,135 posts)and Davey was my favorite - their TV show was hysterical RIP
drm604
(16,230 posts)It was a fun show and they had some good songs. This makes me feel old.
edbermac
(15,919 posts)And some of their songs were good as well.
RIP Davy
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)And some of their songs were good as well.
**************
Yes. True, indeed.
I used to love the sorta running joke of the show where the plot would get ridiculous, and one of them would just go "Oh good grief! Wait a minute!" and they'd walk thru the set and cameras into a room marked "WRITERS" and around the conference table would be... one time a bunch of old Chinese men in traditional dress, once a bunch of chimps... HAHAHAHAHA!
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...a few others, of course
Neil Diamond, Carole King, Boyce & Hart, etc. And, of course, Peter and Mike were songwriters and musicians and Mikey wrote a few as well. They were, indeed fabricated, but as the talent they took part in and succeeded in radioing those songs and--by proxy--those songwriters into people's living rooms. They were also part of the transition in American television and film pioneered by new, young directors like Rafelson and Schneider (the creators).
Witty, funny, timely, wacky, charming, sweet and tuneful. While they may have only been "stepping stones," they paved the way for many changes and developments in music and television. And few of us would have seen any of it if not for Davy, the one we crushed on. We watched for him, but then we began to see so much more in those shows. We got the jokes, listened to the songs, and grew up.
RIP Davy
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Amaril
(1,267 posts)So sad! The Monkees were a big part of my childhood -- Peter was my first star-crush, but I adored Davy too!
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)Their song "Hard to Believe" from Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones album was one of the most beautiful songs he sang:
I liked that and "Valerie".
Rest in peace, dear Davy.
Beaverhausen
(24,467 posts)You, me and millions of others. So sad.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)Billy Joel lists the things he doesn't want in a woman.... things like clever conversation... and then proclaims he loves you without all of those things you are incapable of.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)Cuddly Toy was the meanest song they ever recorded. It was a Harry Nilsson tune, but nonetheless... ... it was mean.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)Cuddly Toy is about pulling a train on a girl and besmirching her honor. Auntie Grizelda is about someone who doesn't like him.
Star Collector is rather in the same vein as Cuddly Toy, but not quite as vicious.
Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)written by Coffer and King. The song was about groupies.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)Damn damn damn. He's one of those prepetually young, sweet icons from my youth. Oh, this makes me so sad.
mrs_p
(3,012 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)My favorite Monkee.
Here's a bit of Monkee trivia: Stephen Stills tried out for the Monkees but didn't get it because they thought he looked too old. He recommended his friend, Peter Tork.
calimary
(80,700 posts)I was a Mickey Dolenz fan, myself, but he was still awfully cute. And their overall contribution to pop music was under-rated. Michael Nesmith is actually the father of the music video, if I remember correctly. He made the first one - called "Elephant Parts." Nobody'd done anything like it before.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)However, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody predates it by a couple of years:
While it's basically a film of them performing, it's not just one performance - the harmony bits are separate, and there's a bit of visual effects.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)If I ever hear that stupid song again, it will be too soon.!
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)To quote from Wiki: "Nesmith created a video clip for "Rio" which, in a roundabout way, helped spur Nesmith's creation of a television program called Pop Clips for the Nickelodeon cable network. In 1980, Nesmith's Pop Clips was sold to Time Warner/Amex consortium. Time Warner/Amex developed Pop Clips into the MTV network."
And as an aside, his mother invented liquid paper.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,897 posts)What about Bob Dylan flipping the cards with the lyrics to "Subterranean Homesick Blues?"
Subterranean Homesick Blues
One of Dylan's first 'electric' pieces, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" was also notable for its innovative film clip, which first appeared in D. A. Pennebaker's documentary, Dont Look Back.
I am not a big Dylan fan, so I have to accept at face value the statement that the clip first appeared in a documentary a long time after it was made. I am sure that it was shot on film, and not video. Whatever video there was at the time was probably about 2" wide and required a huge amount of supporting equipment.
Gemini Cat
(2,820 posts)RIP.
I feel so old.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)R.I.P. Davy.......you earned it
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)raccoon
(31,091 posts)TBF
(31,922 posts)workinclasszero
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TBF
(31,922 posts)my mom had all the 45's (those are records!) ... along with the Beach Boys, Beatles, etc... I'm sure she's crushed hearing of his death. She's only a couple years older than him.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)Davy was one of my first t.v. crushes. I loved the Monkees and this song in particular. I've often played it or sang it to myself when world events got depressing.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)WheelWalker
(8,943 posts)LoZoccolo
(29,393 posts)to music of the 60s. My parents had records by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and the Jefferson Airplane and the Doors but kids my age were often told not to mess with the record collection when we were very young and that idea that you don't touch someone else's records was pretty ingrained. But when they started playing the Monkees on MTV and Nickelodeon in the mid-eighties, that was something we could explore.
TBF
(31,922 posts)to play with! (I was born just a little earlier - late 60s). We listened to the monkees, beach boys, beatles on our little record player. In the car we listed to the 70s music on the radio and 8-track. The college kids right now are nodding, remembering that they've seen such devices while touring the Smithsonian ...
FirstLight
(13,352 posts)used to come home every day and watch brady bunch and monkeeys reruns after school religiously... (channel 44, Oakland, lol)
My mom used to think they were silly & stupid... what's really funny, is that I showed my kids some clips of their videos and even an episode of them, and they LOVE it! some things never go out of style
he will be missed...thank goodness we have his talent on vinyl and film...
beac
(9,992 posts)soundtrack of my childhood.
RIP Davy.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Sparkly
(24,141 posts)DFW
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SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)when a person who brings nothing but a smile to your face when you remember them, their work and where you were when you were listening to them dies, it does feel like a bit of your past is gone. Goodnight, Daydream Believer.
Skittles
(152,966 posts)it hurts, losing those folk
I spent a lot of my childhood in England and Davy and his buddies made me smile a lot
swimboy
(7,279 posts)it was years and years before I understood that. Hearing about his death really struck me. I was unprepared for how sad it made me. The last time I was unexpectedly affected like this was when Elizabeth Montgomery died.
Skittles
(152,966 posts)when your crushes pass away, it feels more personal
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Your passing saddens me greatly. You simply cannot know how big the crush was that I had on you when I was a teenager. I was SO jealous of Marcia Brady for getting to take you to her prom!!!
RIP and thanks for the memories!
kiva
(4,373 posts)He was my early teen crush, but then he was that to many...RIP, Davy.
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(9,463 posts)LibDemAlways
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wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)1967,I was 6,--- RIP Davey.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)For a while, I thought every four piece guitar band was named "The Beatles".
Those TV show reruns are a real treat.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Myself, I thought The Monkees were the American version of The Beatles at the time.
Which of course they were meant to be.
I believe that I imagined that every country had their own Beatles franchise.
Which eventually, was probably true.
See: ABBA, for example.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Walking past the America Gardens Theatre, we've seen a lot of musicians of yesteryear.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)The late John Stewart
The Monkees TV show contained what were really among the first music videos.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)It was a TV version of the Richard Lester Beatles films.... "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help".
begin_within
(21,551 posts)I watched the Monkees during its original run. I saw Davy only one time, at some event at Royce Hall at UCLA where he was a guest star.
Faygo Kid
(21,477 posts)My younger brother, however, had all their albums.
I feel older today, but mostly saddened.
Irishonly
(3,344 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Damn this really makes me sad! I cant believe Davy has died. I loved the Monkees as a kid and all my life since then.
Daydream Believer is my favorite Monkee song and its sung by Davy...
You left us too soon Davy, RIP.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)The Monkees were often the finale for my Saturday mornings
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)If you have FB: https://www.facebook.com/michaelnesmith/posts/10150642506705116
Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)mac56
(17,561 posts)In both cases, they are engulfed by comments written by fans. But worth sifting through if you have the time.
Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)Hell, I've read that even Bobby Hart is getting hammered with condolences. Now that's die hard.
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BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)Got an alert on my phone when the news hit and it was sortof like a punch in the gut. What a great campy silly show The Monkees was when I watched as a kid in the late '60s (and many more times in re-run in the early '70s). Davey was one of the rare but very popular (non-Beatles) young Brit gracing U.S. TV and I am so sorry to see him depart this life.
R.I.P.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)as were the gang from The Doubledeckers. On Saturday mornings they were always a delight to watch.
On edit: Looking on the Internet, I was shocked to see that Jack Wild passed away 6 years ago today (March 1). He was only 53.
Damn. So many entertainers from the '60s are gone.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)"H.R. Pufnstuf
He's your friend when things get rough..."
even getting to the part where Pufnstuf announces "Pufnstuf is brought to you by toymaker, toymaker Hasbro"
And when I finally got that out of my head, it was
"Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
People say we monkey around..."
unionworks
(3,574 posts)...here in status symbol land.
ScottLand
(2,485 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)66, is way too young. I loved the Monkees TV show. RIP Davy and thanks for the memories.
sendero
(28,552 posts).... were always pretty much slagged off as Beatles imitators (which in some senses they were), who had session musicians play everything on their albums (which was true at first) - but there was a lot of talent there regardless.
The very first single 45 I bought as a youth was I'm a Believer/Stepping Stone and by gosh it was a damn fine purchase.
RIP Davey.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)he wasn't my favorite, Micky is my favorite. But, I still liked him a lot. He seemed to have such a sunny personality, almost as bright as Peter. Well I liked all of them actually. Davy just seemed to be such a regular guy really in touch with his fan base and hard working. I dunno, didn't really get to experience their music too much you know mother didn't approve. But, I got to listen to them later on thank goodness for records and later on in cd form. They were a great group and Davy was great too.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)I was 10 or 11 and wanted to marry him when I grew up! My 15 year old cousin kept telling me he was hers and I couldn't have him because I was only a baby. Used to make me fume ...
Getting old sucks! RIP Davy
Herlong
(649 posts)Now first imagine a black kid with a Monkees lunch box. We were poor and I fought tooth and nail for that damn lunch box and I'm still proud of that!
RUMMYisFROSTED
(30,749 posts)FirstLight
(13,352 posts)...something in my eye...
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)My exact thought was, man, it would feel weird when he passes away.
Big part of my TV saturated childhood. I liked how surreal the show was. I'm very sad that he's gone.
I'm going to try an experiment. Now I'm going to think about how weird it'll feel when Rush Limbaugh passes away.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)If you do that, Rush will never be able to blow up on television for our entertainment, from his own gasbag and thunder....
Face it, you were a little bit psychic and got the vibes of something that was a fond thought.
And, I'm so sad he's gone, also.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)This is encouraging, though.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Maybe Breitbart will convert in his eventual straightjacket...
Oops.... I got a little bitter taste in my esophagus holding simultaneous images of Rush and Breitbart.... ....
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)Man! It almost worked. I might be a prodigy of psychic destruction. This is like the Twilight Zone!
klook
(12,134 posts)Mister Bob Dobalina... Zilch!
I enjoyed that and many of their other creations. The Monkees also had " target="_blank">Frank Zappa on the show before he was well known to most people.
Sorry to hear about Davy's passing.
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)good thing The Monkees didn't have a theater there.
DGMW- i liked Jones' work a lot.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)RIP Davy Jones...I'll always remember my friends and I singin' and dancin' down the street to "Hey Hey We're The Monkees"
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Kablooie
(18,572 posts)Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)What a DU experience. This place never ceases to amaze and captivate me. Poor Davy Jones. RIP
Alcibiades
(5,061 posts)I'm old enough to remember when the show was a syndication staple back in the early 1970's. It was a fun show.
It wasn't until many years later that I saw Head, which debuted the year I was born. As long as we're mentioning the Monkees' contributions to our culture, we shouldn't fail to mention that movie. I love horrible films, and Head was horrible on purpose, in a late 1960's Jack Nicholson wrote this on acid kind of way.
BallardWA
(97 posts)and to quote the Simpsons, one of the early stars of "Non-Threatening Boys Magazine".
Oh, Davy, gentle journey.
You take a piece of my childhood with you.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)As you can see here:
Maybe they were the creation of network execs, but the Monkees were loads of fun. I wasn't around for their heydey, but as a child of the 80s, I enjoyed the second wave of Monkeemania when their show was rerun on MTV and Nick.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)And I'm feelin low
Oh no no no,
Oh no no no,
and I don't know
if I'm ever coming home.
(you are home now Davy)
CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)I'll admit it, I was a fan of The Monkees! I liked Davy Jones a lot but Mickey Dolenz was my favorite. I even had a lock of his hair believe it or not.
May Davy Jones RIP!
Herlong
(649 posts)We were poor and that damn lunchbox meant everything to me!
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Beacool
(30,244 posts)They were a little before my time, but when I was a child I enjoyed listening to their music and watching re-runs of their show.
May Davy rest in peace.
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)A part of my life.
mvd
(65,148 posts)was pretty young.