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The Monkees were an American pop - rock band.

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The band was created originally for a comedy television series of the same name which aired on NBC , from to Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were songwriters and producers who worked with the Monkees. Four actors with musical skills were chosen, out of hopefuls who auditioned for the series. Britisher Davy Jones was under contract to Columbia Pictures , had issued records, and performed on British and American television.

Columbia was looking for a project for Jones, and Screen Gems , who would produce the show, was their TV division.

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Nesmith was from Texas , played in country and rock bands, and had published his own songs. Dolenz was a grown-up child actor from Los Angeles, California , who sang and played in cover bands. Tork had been a working folk musician in New York 's Greenwich Village. Each had their own wit and personality , could entertain an audience, and could also sing.

Other young men who auditioned for the show included Stephen Stills who showed great talent, but looked too old for a role; he referred Tork, an old friend who looked a little like him , Danny Hutton who later found fame with Three Dog Night , Harry Nilsson who later met the Monkees, wrote for them, and recorded with them , and Paul Williams who had lost a role in Circus Boy to Dolenz ten years earlier; the Monkees later recorded his song "Someday Man".

Charles Manson was later rumored to have auditioned, but he was imprisoned at the time. Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider wanted to make movies, but had little experience in that. Schneider's father was president of Columbia Pictures, and offered them the chance to make a pilot episode for a television series. If the series was sold to a network , they could produce and direct episodes , and gain experience.