Save the Monkees
Title
Save the Monkees
Subject
Popular Culture and Music
Description
This button commemorates the NBC television series, The Monkees, which ran from 1966 to 1968. The series followed a fictional band, The Monkees, who sought stardom in the music business. According to vocalist and drummer, Mickey Dolenz, the Monkees were initially "a TV show about an imaginary band… that wanted to be the Beatles that was never successfu.l" Yet, in reality, beyond the tv show, the Monkees recorded several albums and became one of the most popular musical acts of the 1960s, selling more than 75 million records to date. The Monkees disbanded in 1971, but have reunited several times over the decades since to tour and record.
Creator
unknown
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. 1968
Format
Button
Type
Physical Object
Collection
Citation
unknown, “Save the Monkees,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/202.