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When Stephen Stillsturned down a role in a TV show about a Beatles-like fictional band in 1965, he suggested his friend Peter Thorkelson instead. The two had met in the Sixties Greenwich Village folk scene back in New York, and Thorkelson had a similar “Nordic look” the producers were looking …

From the earliest days of theMonkees, Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith had a special bond. Their harmony blend was a crucial part of the group’s signature sound, and on the group’s television show they shared impeccable comic timing and loved nothing more than to go off script and improv with …