LISTENER'S GUIDE TO WDAM RADIO'S HISTORY OF THE MONKEES
Here they come! It's the Monkees ... as you've never heard them before! WDAM Radio's production staff obviously had too much time on their hands, so they got into some big time monkey business! And now you have more than three hours of tunes to monkey around with on your hifi or MP3 player.
Not only will you enjoy every Monkees hit ever, but also the original versions of songs they covered, as well as hit covers of their tunes by other artists. And as yet another WDAM Radio exclusive, we've also included every hit ever by individual members of the Monkees as solo artists. Naturally, all of this is in precise chronological order!
And there's more. (Did you expect less?) WDAM Radio remembers all of the Monkees album cuts that were not released as singles, but should have been, and were played lots of lots on the radio anyway. You'll remember them, too, because they're included in this collection...along with some rare "missing links" from the Monkees.
All of us at WDAM Radio hope you'll enjoy this collection as much as we did putting it together.
Rock on!
Radio Dave
WDAM Radio's History Of The Monkees
# Artist Title Chart Comments Position/Year 00 Mr Announcer & The WDAM Radio Introduction-Station ID Singers TV THEME & HIT SINGLES 01 Monkees “(Theme From) The Monkees” #1-Albums/1966 From The Monkees. Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. 01A Monkees Tema Di Monkees (Italian) 1966 02 Monkees “Last Train To Clarksville” #1/1966 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. 03 Monkees “I’m A Believer” #1/1966 03A Neil Diamond “I’m A Believer” #80-Albums/ 1967 Composer. From Just For You. Recorded in 1966.
03B Smash Mouth “I'm A Believer" #25/2001 From the Schreck movie soundtrack (#28- Albums/2001). 04 Monkees “(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" #20/1966 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. 04A Paul Revere & The Raiders “(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" #9-Albums/1966 From Midnight Ride – pre-dated the Monkees Featuring Mark Lindsay single. 05 Monkees “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" #2/1967 Neil Diamond – composer. A-side. 05A Monkees “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (Spanish) 06 Monkees “The Girl I Knew Somewhere" #39/1967 Michael Nesmith – composer. B-side. Don Kirshner’s refusal to make this the B-side of A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, ultimately led to his dismissal. 07 Monkees “Pleasant Valley Sunday” #3/1967 Gerry Goffin & Carole King – composers. Inspired by a street – Pleasant Valley Way, in West Orange, New Jersey where they were living at the time. 07A Carole King “Pleasant Valley Sunday” –/1967 Demo recording. 08 Monkees “Words #11/1967 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. 08A Leaves “Words” #127-Albums/1967 Earliest recorded version. From Hey Joe. 09 Monkees “Daydream Believer” #1/1967 09A John Stewart “Daydream Believer” #195-Albums/1972 Composer. From The Lonesome Picker Rides Again. 09B Anne Murray “Daydream Believer” #12/1979 10 Monkees “Goin’ Down” #104/1967 Mickey Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork & Diane Hildebrandt – composers. 11 Monkees “Valleri” #3/1968 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. 11A Monkees “Valleri” –/1966 First recorded version – from The Monkees television show. 11B Pineapple Herd “Valleri” –/1966 Earliest recorded version. 12 Monkees “Tapioca Tundra" #34/1968 Michael Nesmith – composer. 13 Monkees “D.W. Washburn" #19/1968 A-side. 13A Coasters “D.W. Washburn" –/1971 Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller – composers. Earliest version – recorded in 1968 – B-side of Love Potion #9 (#76/1971). 14 Monkees “It's Nice To Be With You" #51/1968 Jerry Goldstein – composer. B-side 15 Monkees “Porpoise Song” #62/1968 Theme from the movie, Head, starring the Monkees. Gerry Goffin & Carole King – composers. A-side. 16 Monkees “As We Go Along” #106/1968 Carole King & Toni Stern – composers. B-side. 17 Monkees “Tear Drop City” #56/1969 17A Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart “Tear Drop City" #109-Albums/1968 Composers. From I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight? 18 Monkees “Listen To The Band" #63/1969 Michael Nesmith – composer. A-side. 19 Monkees “Someday Man" #81/1969 Paul Williams & Roger Nichols – composers. B- side. 20 Monkees “Good Clean Fun” #82/1969 Michael Nesmith – composer. A-side. 21 Monkees “Mommy And Daddy” #109/1969 Micky Dolenz – composer. B-side. 22 Monkees “Oh My My” #98/1970 Jeff Barry & Andy Kim – composers. 23 Monkees [First Pressings: Micky “That Was Then, This Is Now" #20/1986 Vance Brescia – composer Dolenz And Peter Tork (Of The Monkees)] 23A Mosquitos “That Was Then, This Is Now" –/1985 Earliest recorded version. 24 Monkees “Daydream Believer" (1986 Version) #79/1986 Different mix from 1967 hit single release. 25 Monkees “Heart And Soul” #87/1987 Andrew Howell & Simon Byrne – composers RADIO DAVE’S FAVORITE LP CUTS + SELECTED SOUND SOUVENIRS 26 Monkees “Take A Giant Step” #1-Albums/1966 Carole King & Toni Stern – composers. B-side of Last Train To Clarksville. From The Monkees. 27 Monkees “I Wanna Be Free” #1-Albums/1966 From The Monkees. 27A Monkees “I Wanna Be Free” (Fast Version) Version they performed on the television series. 27B Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart “I Wanna Be Free” #109-Albums/1968 Composers. From I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight? 28 Monkees “Saturday’s Child’ #1-Albums/1966 David Gates – composer. One of the songs considered, but not used, for the Monkees first single release. From The Monkees. 29 Monkees “Let’s Dance On” –/1966 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. This was the pilot broadcast’s dance sequence. It “borrows” from Twist & Shout and La Bomba. 30 Monkees “When Love Comes Knocking On Your #1-Albums/1967 Carole Bayer Sager & Neil Sedaka – composers. Door" From More Of The Monkees. 31 Monkees “She” #1-Albums/1967 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – composers. From More Of The Monkees. 31A Del Shannon “She” #131/1967 32 Monkees “Mary, Mary” #1-Albums/1967 Michael Nesmith – composer. From More Of The Monkees. 32A Paul Butterfield Blues Band “Mary, Mary” #65-Albums/1966 Earliest recorded version. From East-West. 32B Run-D.M.C. “Mary, Mary” #75/1988 33 Monkees “Shades Of Gray” #1-Albums/1967 Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil – composers. From Headquarters. 33A Will-O-Bees “Shades Of Gray” “Breakout Hit”- Earliest known recording – released in 1966. Milwaukee/1967 34 Monkees “For Pete’s Sake” #1-Albums/1967 Joey Richards & Peter Tork – composers. Replaced "Theme From The Monkees" as the closing song on the television series. From Headquarters. 35 Monkees “Zilch” #1-Albums/1967 From Headquarters. Lyrics reportedly based on an airport page the Monkees heard while awaiting a flight. 36 Monkees “Randy Scouse Git” #1-Albums/1967 Micky Dolenz – composer. Written the morning after going to a party with the Beatles, who are referenced as the “Four Kings Of E.M.I.” From Headquarters. 37 Monkees “Cuddly Toy" #1-Albums/1967 From Pisces, Acquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. 37A Nilsson “Cuddly Toy” –/1967 Composer. From Pandemonium Shadow Show. 38 Monkees “Steam Engine” –/1967 Chip Douglas – composer. Regularly played on their television show, but never released on their U.S. albums except for later compilation collections. 39 Monkees “She Hangs Out" (Single Version) –/1967 Jeff Barry – composer. “Unauthorized/later withdrawn" single version. 39A Monkees “She Hangs Out” (Album Version) #1-Albums/1967 Newer version. From Pisces, Acquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. 40 Monkees “Star Collector” #1-Albums/1967 Carole King & Toni Stern – composers. One of the earliest rock & roll recordings to use the Moog synthesizer. From Pisces, Acquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. 41 Monkees “Ditty Diego/War Chant” #45-Albums/1968 Jack Nicholson & Robert Rafelson – composers. Recorded for the movie, Head, under the working title Movie Jingle. It’s a satirical re-write of Last Theme From The Monkees with lyrics about the group’s “manufactured image,” it helped destroy the Monkees’ teen idol status. From Head. 42 Monkees “Every Step Of The Way” –/1987 Ian Hunter & Mark Clarke – composers. The Monkees final single release. COMMERCIAL BREAK 43 Monkees “Kellogg’s Jingle” –/1966 43A Monkees “We'll Be Back In A Minute #1” INDIVIDUAL MONKEES 44 David Jones “What Are We Gonna Do?" #93/1965 Yes, he was "David" before he joined the Monkees. 45 Davy Jones “Rainy Jane” #52/1971 “Rainy Jane" 45A Neil Sedaka “Rainy Jane” –/1969 Co-composer. 46 Davy Jones “I Really Love You" #107/1971 47 Micky Dolenz “Don't Do It" #75/1967 48 Micky Dolenz “Buddy Holly Tribute" –/1974 49 Michael Nesmith & The First “Joanne" #21/1970 Michael Nesmith – composer. National Band 50 Michael Nesmith & The First “Silver Moon” #49/1970 Michael Nesmith – composer. National Band 51 Michael Nesmith & The First “Nevada Fighter” #70/1971 Michael Nesmith – composer. National Band 52 Stone Poneys Featuring Linda “Different Drum” #13/1967 Michael Nesmith – composer. Ronstadt 53 Michael Nesmith “Different Drum” –/1970 Michael Nesmith – composer. 54 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Some Of Shelley’s Blues” #106/1969 & #64/1971 55 Monkees “Some Of Shelley’s Blues” –/1968 Michael Nesmith – composer. Unissued until the 1990s. 56 Michael Nesmith “Some Of Shelley’s Blues” –/1970 This song was written in the early 1960s when Michael Nesmith was a “struggling failure.” FAKE MONKEES & PARODIES 57 New Monkees “What I Want" –/1987 Warner Brothers Records' lame attempt to resurrect the Monkees franchise with a new group of young performers. 58 Ray Stevens “Theme From The Monkees" #118-Albums/1985 From He Thinks He's Ray Stevens. 59 Benzedrine Monks Of Santo “(Theme From) The Monkees" –/1994 From Chantmania – a CD satire of the then- Domonica current "Gregorian chant" craze using famous rock songs. 60 WDAM Radio Players & Singers & “The End”/”That’s All Folks” Porky Pig