During a studio session, Davy Jones decided he didn’t want to sing one of The Monkees’ songs as written. He started joking around and ad-libbing. His jokes are on the final version of the song. The ...

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart wrote songs together under the name Boyce & Hart. They wrote Monkees songs such as “Last Train to Clarksville,” “Valleri,” and “Words.” In his 2015 book Psychedelic Bubble ...