Overview
Micky Dolenz is an actor, singer, director, producer, writer, radio DJ, inventor, and all-around performer extraordinaire, and stands tall as a paragon of taste and accomplishment in the rough-and-tumble world of show business and entertainment. Micky is best known as a vocalist and drummer of the 1960’s pop legends The Monkees. The Monkees not only achieved great success as a TV show, but also as recording artists, selling in excess of 65 million units, and achieving worldwide success. Their first four albums – THE MONKEES (1966); MORE OF THE MONKEES (1967); HEADQUARTERS (1967); and PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN AND JONES, LTD. (1967) all reached the number-one position on the charts and launched three number-one singles: “Last Train to Clarksville,” “I'm a Believer” (both with lead vocals by Micky), and “Daydream Believer.”
The group's first five albums also went platinum. Micky has also released several critically acclaimed solo albums: KING FOR A DAY; REMEMBER; and A LITTLE BIT BROADWAY; A LITTLE BIT ROCK AND ROLL. The Monkees re-grouped for a 50th anniversary album in 2016 entitled GOOD TIMES on Rhino.
Micky toured in 2019 as part of the It Was Fifty Years Ago Today, a celebration of The Beatles WHITE ALBUM with Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren and Joey Molland of Badfinger. In March of 2019, he released the award-winning DOLENZ SINGS NESMITH on England’s 7a Records. Micky has also toured extensively on his own and fronted Micky Dolenz Celebrates The Monkees which was a sell-out at every stop. He recently performed at the annual James Burton event, this time in England, which also featured Ron Wood, Brian May and Van Morrison.
Micky recently released the EP Dolenz Sings R.E.M. (7a Records) featuring 4 songs from R.E.M., as well as the book I’m Told I Had A Good Times: The Micky Dolenz Archives-VOLUME 1. In December of 2024, Micky released his first live album in seven years: MICKY DOLENZ: LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR. The album was recorded at the famed L.A. club in April and debuted Dolenz’s current stage show, MICKY DOLENZ: SONGS AND STORIES.
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