In the mid-1960s, The Monkees shot to fame with hit records fueled by their self-titled TV show. The pop-rock band, which ...

For Davy Jones, the Monkees' resident heartthrob, staying in the group wasn't an option in 1970. Guitarist Mike Nesmith had left in April that year, and Peter Tork had split in early 1969. Tired of ...

Davy Jones didn’t shy away from The Monkees’ bubblegum music. He took to heart the name of the music that delivered catchy, upbeat songs for young audiences in the late ‘60s and beyond. However, Jones ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before there was MTV, before "American Idol" made overnight stars of people you never heard of, there was "The Monkees," a band fronted by a diminutive singer named Davy Jones who ...

With the death of the legendary frontman, the band's former manager reveals the impact of the "Prefab Four." By Andrew Sandoval The group posed with the Monkeemobile in 1966. Each got a free Pontiac ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Davy Jones’ moppish long hair, boyish good looks and British accent endeared him to legions of screaming young fans after “The Monkees” premiered on NBC in 1966 as a made ...

The singer and actor died of a heart attack in Florida. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Jones died Wednesday at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla., after suffering a heart attack, according ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An autopsy confirms that Davy Jones, star of 1960s band The Monkees, died of a heart attack. The medical examiner’s office in Martin County, Fla., says authorities completed ...

A sad day for Marcia Brady and a certain generation of teen-idol worshippers: Davy Jones, the breakout heartthrob of the Beatles-inspired, made-for-TV band the Monkees, died today in a Florda hospital ...