The Monkees were met with critical derision from the start, but their songs became bubblegum hits.
Before making it big, Jimi Hendrix played as the opening act for The Monkees on several occasions.
"If you talked to any girl who liked The Monkees, invariably, (Jones) was her favorite, " Gallo said.
The Beatles -- the group that inspired The Monkees -- released "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964.
But the thing that makes The Monkees different is that their music managed to transcend generations, Gallo said.
As former fans become parents, and introduce their children to The Monkees, Gallo said, their audience will grow.
With their growing success, the Monkees began to insist on playing their own instruments and toured as a group.
Kirshner was also instrumental in the development of The Monkees, first conceived in the mid-1960s as a made-for-television pop-rock band.
After it transferred to Broadway, he built up a career as an actor and singer before auditioning for The Monkees.
Gambaccini said The Monkees had been put together by the music industry, something which was unheard of at that time.
"The teen idol marketplace is really a two- to five-year window, " Gallo said, and that was understood back when The Monkees were at their peak.
"There's something about The Monkees and what that told us about pop culture and how music and TV and, eventually, film can work together, " Gallo said.
For many people, The Monkees were the first group they could claim as their own, as opposed to the music that belonged to their parents, Gallo added.
Yet the unfavorable multiple rights deals signed by the likes of The Monkees served as the foundation for the massive pacts landed by big names of the 2000s.
FORBES: How Davy Jones And The Monkees Paved The Way For Jay-Z And Madonna
Davy reportedly owned a condo in Fort Lauderdale and a ranch in central Florida with 14 horses, plus he clearly received significant royalties from his days as a singer and songwriter with The Monkees.
Taking a page out of The Monkees' book, Bieber has taken advantage of this time in the limelight, releasing a memoir, a movie, appearing on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, " and touring, all while making music.
"The pop world at that time loved The Beatles and that north-western English sound was something that America wanted, when they put together the so-called Pre-Fab Four, " he said, referring to the nickname given to The Monkees.
For eight years, the Massive Monkees dreamt of having their own studio.
FORBES: Bboy Crew Massive Monkees Build a Break Dancing Business
应用推荐