The Monkees Premiered On TV In September 1966 Historian Scott G Shea Recaps The Impact

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On September 12, 1966, at 7:30pm ET, the Monkees television sitcom debuted on NBC and, overnight, a manufactured television rock and roll group was beamed into American living rooms and onto the pop culture scene. Known affectionately, or disparagingly, depending on your point-of-view, as a "manufactured image with no philosophies," the Monkees supplemented their TV stardom with nearly a dozen actual hits on the pop charts and became a sensation to mostly pre-drivers license teenagers and adolescents. Author and music historian Scott Shea believes that this talented musical foursome was the real deal, that their music continues to have broad appeal and rode all the trends of the mid-to-late 1960s rock scene. They even elicited a few. In his recent article for the Strange Brew, Scott makes the case of why the Monkees should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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