This Day in 1965 — The Birth of The Monkees On September 11, 1965, two small ads appeared in Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, calling for “madness folk & roll musicians” to audition for a brand-new television project. The response was overwhelming — 437 hopeful young men lined up, chasing a chance at stardom. British actor-singer Davy Jones had already been chosen, and soon three more faces would join him to create something no one had seen before: The Monkees, the world’s first manufactured boy band. A year later, on September 12, 1966, the show premiered — and a pop culture phenomenon was born.
phil THIS DAY IN 1965 — HOW A NEWSPAPER AD GAVE BIRTH TO THE MONKEES AND A POP CULTURE PHENOMENON On…