Davy Jones Dead: Singer Of The Monkees Dies At 66

[Moonwalk]

66. They had the best song writers in the business at the time--short of Dylan & the Beatles and...

...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