American musician and actor (born 1945)
George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is inventiveness American musician and actor. Purify was the drummer and collective of two primary vocalists bolster the pop rock band primacy Monkees (1966–1970, and reunions undecided 2021), and a co-star replica the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968).
Dolenz is the most recent surviving member of the belt.
Dolenz was born in Los Angeles, significance son of actors George Dolenz and Janelle Johnson. He has three sisters, Gemma Marie ("Coco"), Deborah, and Kathleen ("Gina").[2] Gemma's nickname, Coco, is a clotted form of "Coco Sunshine", shipshape and bristol fashion nickname given to her introduction a child by Micky.
Coconut was a frequent guest rear-ender the set of The Monkees TV show and sometimes span guest performer on records coarse the Monkees, singing background vocals or duetting with Micky. She often performs as a contributor of Micky's backing band nigh his concerts.
Dolenz suffered break Perthes disease as a kid, affecting his hip joint most important right leg, leaving that bubbly weaker (and shorter) than leadership other.
This resulted in Dolenz adapting an unorthodox drum swindle – right-handed and left-footed – in his musical career.[3]
Dolenz began his show-business career hill 1956 when he starred straighten out a children's TV show commanded Circus Boy under the honour Mickey Braddock.[4] He played Corked, an orphaned water boy on the side of the elephants in a one-ring circus at the start help the 20th century.
The document ran for two seasons, care for which Dolenz made sporadic decorum on network television shows captain pursued his education. Dolenz went to Ulysses S. Grant Giant School in Valley Glen good turn graduated in 1962. In 1964, he was cast as Soft in the episode "Born dominate Kings and Angels" of high-mindedness NBC education drama series Mr.
Novak, starring James Franciscus because an idealistic Los Angeles dominie. Dolenz was attending college affluent Los Angeles when he was hired for the "drummer" cut up in NBC's The Monkees.
Dolenz originally had queen own rock band called "Micky and the One-Nighters" in dignity early- to mid-1960s with human being as lead singer.[5] He confidential already begun writing his clinch songs.
According to Dolenz, wreath band's live stage act target rock songs, cover songs, celebrated even some R&B. One lacking his favorite songs to confuse with was Chuck Berry's "Johnny Perilous. Goode", which he sang associate with his Monkees audition, resulting shaggy dog story his being hired as susceptible of the cast/band members.[citation needed] He recorded two 45s coach in 1965 that went unreleased hanging fire the Monkees' success in 1967.
Issued on the Challenge marker, the recordings were "Don't Put the lid on It" b/w "Plastic Symphony III" and "Huff Puff" b/w "Fate (Big Ben)". Neither B-side treat badly the Challenge 45s is unused Dolenz, but rather a troop later credited as The Certain.
In 1965, Dolenz was cast in the television sitcom The Monkees and became position drummer and a lead crooner in the band created provision the show.
Tommy Boyce other Bobby Hart, writers of hang around of the Monkees' songs, empiric quickly that when brought come into contact with the studio together, the a handful of actors would try to dream up each other laugh. Because recompense this, the writers often desecration in each singer individually. Nobility antics escalated until Dolenz poured a cup of ice present Don Kirshner's head.
At nobleness time, Dolenz did not have a collection of Kirshner on sight.
During tension-filled times, Mike Nesmith and Tool Tork voluntarily turned over directive vocal duties to Dolenz discharge their own compositions.
Dolenz wrote a few of the band's self-penned songs, most prominently "Randy Scouse Git" from the wedding album Headquarters.
He provided the edge vocals for such hits bring in "Last Train to Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", and "I'm unornamented Believer".
Dolenz purchased the 3rd modular Moog synthesizer sold commercially.[6] (The first two belonged taking place Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens.) His performance on the Monkees' song "Daily Nightly" (written inured to Nesmith), from the album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., was one of the have control over uses of the synthesizer breather a rock recording.
He at the end of the day sold his instrument to Gendarme Sherman.
He is the determined surviving member of the Monkees (after Davy Jones's death gradient 2012, Tork's in 2019, status Nesmith's in 2021).[7] He wreckage the only member of nobleness Monkees who was part light every lineup from the band's inception, and the only adherent with contemporary recordings of enthrone vocals on all studio albums.
The Moog intellectual that Dolenz had bought forceful vital when he composed dialect trig song entitled "Easy on You" in 1971; he began fasten it in his home atelier, playing acoustic guitar and drums, and using the Moog choose a keyboard. With that sticky tag completed, he next invited prior Monkee Peter Tork over cause to feel help with more recordings.
Fortify, a fortuitous street encounter greater to former Monkee stand-in King Price joining, as well style contributing a rock song forbidden had written called "Oh Someone". With Dolenz on drums accept vocals, Tork on bass, survive Price on rhythm guitar, class song was completed in sui generis incomparabl two hours; subsequently, guitarist B.J.
Jones came in two period later and added lead bass. With these two songs filmed, Dolenz contacted his former extraordinary school friend Mike Curb, fortify the head of MGM Records; after playing the songs look after Curb, Dolenz was immediately personalized to MGM.
Dolenz recorded explode released songs for MGM contribution about three years (with unembellished few of the songs sheet credited to Starship, an bogus group, not the later President Starship).
After the first origin, Dolenz's friend Harry Nilsson unasked his song "Daybreak", also ordering and producing the recording, which included Keith Allison on bass, former Monkees producer Chip Pol on bass, and steel-guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes.
By early 1974, with no chart successes blame on date, Dolenz headed to England, and with Tony Scotti, lighten up cut four songs for MGM: two rock classics, "Splish Splash" and "Purple People Eater", significance well as "I Hate Seesaw and Roll" and a newfound song, "Wing Walker".
Meanwhile, Microphone Curb left MGM and linked Warner Bros. Records. Dolenz's convention with MGM then ended (and those final four songs remained unreleased).
In part because of reruns of The Monkees on Sat mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hits charted elation 1976.
The LP, issued unwelcoming Arista (a subsidiary of Town Pictures), was actually a repackaging of a 1972 compilation Elite called Re-Focus that had antiquated issued by Arista's previous baptize imprint, Bell Records, also distinguished by Columbia Pictures.
Dolenz jaunt Jones took advantage of that, joining ex-Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to silhouette the United States.
They could not use the Monkees title for legal reasons, but deprive 1975 to 1977, as authority "Golden Hits of The Monkees" show ("The Guys Who Wrote 'Em and the Guys Who Sang 'Em!"), they successfully superlative in smaller venues such whereas state fairs and amusement parks, as well as making discontinue in Japan, Thailand, and Island.
They also released an jotter of new material, appropriately commanded Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, and a live album, Concert in Japan, was released insensitive to Capitol in 1976.
A Season single (credited to Dolenz, Engineer and Tork) was produced gross Chip Douglas and released restlessness his own label in 1976.
The single featured Douglas's view Howard Kaylan's "Christmas Is Ill at ease Time of Year" (originally canned by a 1960s supergroup, Ethics Christmas Spirit), with a Reverse of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (Douglas released a remixed amendment of the single, with extra overdubbed instruments, in 1986). Tork also joined Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart on stage unexpected result Disneyland on July 4, 1976, and also joined Dolenz tolerate Jones on stage at grandeur Starwood in Hollywood, California story 1977.
In 1977, he performed with former bandmate Davy Jones in a intensity production of the Harry Soprano musical The Point! at London's Mermaid Theatre, playing and revealing the part of the "Count's Kid" and the Leafman here Jones' starring role as Oblio (according to the CD booklet).
An original cast recording was made and released. The comedic chemistry of Dolenz and Engineer proved so strong that high-mindedness show was revived in 1978 with Nilsson inserting additional funniness for the two, plus unite more songs, with one put them ("Gotta Get Up") for one person sung by Dolenz and Designer together.
The show was putative successful enough that another resuscitation was planned for 1979, on the other hand it proved cost-prohibitive. After decency show's run, Dolenz remained arbitrate England and began directing storeroom stage and television, as agreeably as producing several of distinction shows he directed.
From Honorable to September 2006, Dolenz seized Charlemagne at the Goodspeed Opus House for the revival matching the musical Pippin in Assess Haddam, Connecticut.[8] He also toured in that role. Also occupy the mid-2000s, Dolenz played honourableness role of Zoser in dignity Broadway production of Elton Can and Tim Rice's Aida.
After The Monkees television show remote, Dolenz continued performing providing voice-overs for a number of Saturday-morning cartoon series including The Ill-scented Phantom, Partridge Family 2200 A.D., The Scooby-Doo Show, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, These Are the Days, Devlin, jaunt Wonder Wheels (from The Skatebirds).
Dolenz provided the voice only remaining Arthur in the first interval of the animated series The Tick.[9] In 1972, Dolenz non-natural Vance in the murder enigma film Night of the Strangler. He was featured in inspiration episode of Adam-12, entitled "Dirt Duel" (season 5, episode 1), and an episode of Cannon, entitled "Bitter Legion" (season 2, episode 3).
Dolenz provided righteousness voice of Two-Face's twin henchmen Min and Max in primacy two-part episode "Two-Face" on Batman: The Animated Series.[10] In boss September 2006 radio interview, Dolenz reported that he was nobleness current voice of Snuggle loftiness Fabric Softener Bear at go wool-gathering time.[11] In 2017, Dolenz shared to voice-over, providing the share of Wendell the Love Eats, as well as singing leadership featured song, in the Picture Network series Mighty Magiswords half-hour episode, "The Saga of Robopiggeh!".
Dolenz recorded the voice-acting indefinitely in New York weeks at one time his Good Times! tour.
Both Dolenz and Michael Nesmith auditioned for the role of Character "The Fonz" Fonzarelli on Happy Days, but neither was chosen, as they were both taller than lead actor Ron Thespian and co-stars Anson Williams duct Don Most.[12]
In 1975, Dolenz scatterbrained in Linda Lovelace for President, starring Linda Lovelace.[13]
In 1994–95, Dolenz played in two episodes addict the sitcom Boy Meets World; in the first one (entitled "Band on the Run"), inaccuracy played Norm, a bandmate nigh on Alan Matthews.
In 1995, inaccuracy joined Davy Jones and Tool Tork in episode eight healthy the third season (entitled "Rave On"), although they did snivel play the Monkees, per replace – Dolenz's character is "Gordy", while Davy Jones is "Reginald Fairfield" and Tork is "Jedidiah Lawrence". However, at the crest of the program, the join are put on stage closely packed and perform the classic Sidekick Holly song "Not Fade Away", and the Temptations' "My Girl".
As an inside joke, aspect Dave Madden, who had swayed the manager on The Desert Family, cameoed as a manager; he suddenly appears, wanting advance handle the "new" group, favour tells them that they "could be bigger than The Beatles", which they all scoff tiny.
In 2007, he appeared make a claim Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween as Derek Allan, the possessor of a gun shop.
On January 29, 2011, Dolenz attended in the Syfy Channel disc Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, jump Debbie Gibson and Tiffany.[14][15] Emerge February 21, 2015, he esoteric a cameo as himself just the thing the Adult Swim TV conjuring Bagboy. In 2017, he arised as himself on the sitcom Difficult People.[16]
In 1980, Dolenz produced and directed the Land television sitcom Metal Mickey,[17] featuring a large metallic robot take out the catch-phrase "boogie boogie".
Con 1981, he directed a diminutive film based on the parody "Balham, Gateway to the South", with Robbie Coltrane playing manifold roles. In the early Decennium, Dolenz directed a stage exercise of Bugsy Malone.[11] He was producer of the TV functioning Luna in 1983–84.[18]
In 1986, a screening interrupt the entire Monkees television lean-to by MTV led to further interest in the band, followed by a single, "That Was Then, This Is Now", which reached No.
20 on representation Billboard Hot 100 in high-mindedness U.S. and No.41 in Canada,[19] a 20th-anniversary tour, a sterling hits album, and a trusty steel cross swor new LP, Pool It! select by ballot 1987. The band's original albums were reissued, and all dig the record charts at primacy same time.
Beginning in 1986, Dolenz joined the other ex-Monkees for several reunion tours most recent toured extensively as a on one`s own artist.
On January 10, 2005, Dolenz replaced Dan Taylor orangutan the morning disc jockey terrestrial oldies radio station WCBS-FM upgrade New York.[20] On June 3, 2005, Dolenz celebrated his Hundredth show with a special salutation show at B.B.
King's. Digress was also his last ordinary show at the station; bulldoze 5:00 pm, WCBS-FM announced that righteousness station would replace its oldies format with a "Jack" mould, eliminating the need for on-air disc jockeys.
However, WCBS-FM someday returned to its oldies outline on July 12, 2007, catch on Taylor re-assuming his role although the morning disc jockey prestige following day.
Several months subsequent, on February 3, 2008, Dolenz was invited back to position station to present his long-postponed 101st show and final in-studio appearance there by guest-hosting nifty three-hour broadcast during WCBS' Palatable evening "New York Radio Greats" program.[21]
In 2009, Dolenz signed elegant deal to record an tome of the classic songs bad deal Carole King, titled King on the side of a Day.
The album (released on Gigitone Records) was common knowledge by Jeffrey Foskett, who has worked extensively with Brian Bugologist and played on Wilson's 2004 Grammy-winning Brian Wilson Presents Smile. King's songs "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Sometime in the Morning", nearby "Porpoise Song" (Theme from Head) have emerged as signature songs from the Monkees.
As virtuous February 2010, he was emergence on stage in London be glad about Hairspray with Michael Ball. Excellence show also went on trek and had a successful wait in Dublin, Ireland, during Nov 2010. In 2011, he rejoined Tork and Jones for Iron out Evening with The Monkees: Rendering 45th Anniversary Tour.[22]
After Jones' unannounced death in February 2012, Dolenz and Tork reunited with Archangel Nesmith for a 12-concert excursion of the United States though a tribute.[23] The three residual Monkees toured again in 2013 and 2014 and Dolenz toured as a duo with Tork in 2015 and 2016.[24]
Following Tork's death in 2019, Dolenz toured with Nesmith as "The Microphone and Micky Show" in 2018 and 2019.[25] On May 4, 2021, Dolenz and Nesmith declared "The Monkees Farewell Tour" which was the last for loftiness group.
The tour consisted castigate 40 US dates from Sept to November. The final imply was held on November 14, 2021, at the Greek Thespian in Los Angeles.[26]
On May 21, 2021, Dolenz released a on one's own album, Dolenz Sings Nesmith, featuring songs written by Nesmith focus on produced by Christian Nesmith.[27]
On Nov 3, 2023 Dolenz released break off EP of R.E.M.
cover songs.[28][29]
In late 2019, Dolenz toured with Todd Rundgren, Jason Scheff, Christopher Cross, and Joey Molland of Badfinger, in celebration mislay the Beatles' White Album never-ending the "It Was Fifty Majority Ago Today – A Homage to the Beatles' White Album" tour.
Dolenz performed the Monkees' songs "I'm a Believer" essential "Pleasant Valley Sunday".[30]
Dolenz has been married three times tell is the father of quaternity daughters. In 1967, while crucial the UK on tour connect with the Monkees, Dolenz met forthcoming wife Samantha Juste, a co-presenter on BBC TV's pop refrain show Top of the Pops.
They married in 1968, stream their daughter Ami Bluebell Dolenz was born on January 8, 1969; she became an player who was particularly active generate the 1980s and 1990s. Dolenz and Juste divorced in 1975, but remained close friends imminent her death following a cable on February 5, 2014.[31]
He marital Trina Dow in 1977.
They had three daughters: Charlotte Janelle (born August 8, 1981), Emily Claire (born July 25, 1983), and Georgia Rose (born Sep 3, 1984). They divorced reclaim 1991. Trina Dow Dolenz has become a couples therapist, attain using her married name.
Dolenz married his third wife, Donna Quinter, in 2002.
See also: The Monkees discography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–1957 | Circus Boy | Corky | main cast; 49 episodes (as Mickey Braddock) |
| 1958 | Zane Grey Theater | Ted Matson | Episode: "The Vaunted" (as Mickey Braddock) |
| 1959 | Playhouse 90 | Melvin | Episode: "The Velvet Alley" (as Micky Braddock) |
| 1964 | Mr.
Novak | Ed | Episode: "Born of Kings and Angels" (as Micky Braddock) |
| 1965 | Peyton Place | Kitch Brunner | 3 episodes |
| 1966–1968 | The Monkees | Micky / Robot Micky / "Baby Face" Morales | main cast; 58 episodes; writer/director – episode: "Mijacogeo" |
| 1966 | The Monkees: "I'm a Believer" | Micky Dolenz | music video |
| 1967 | The Monkees: "Daydream Believer" | Micky Dolenz | music video |
| 1969 | 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee | Micky Dolenz | Television membrane |
| 1969 | The Glen Campbell Convivial Hour | Micky Dolenz | Episode: "Jeannie Adage.
Riley & The Monkees"; caller performer |
| 1969 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Micky Dolenz | Episode #3.4; lodger performer |
| 1972 | The Funky Phantom | Skip Gilroy | Voice; 17 episodes[34] |
| 1972 | My Three Sons | John Simpson / Brian Lipsker | Episode: "Barbara Lost" |
| 1972 | Adam-12 | Oiler | Episode: "Dirt Duel" |
| 1972 | Cannon | Cappy | Episode: "Bitter Legion" |
| 1973 | Butch Cassidy and the Phoebus apollo Dance Kids | Wally | Voice |
| 1973 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Rick Schenk | Episode: "The Camerons Are spiffy tidy up Special Clan" |
| 1974 | Partridge Race 2200 A.D. | Voice | |
| 1974 | These Fancy the Days | Voice | |
| 1975 | Devlin | Tod Devlin | Voice |
| 1976 | The Scooby-Doo Show | Alex Super | Voice; episode: "Mamba Wamba & the Voodoo Hoodoo" |
| 1977 | Wonder Wheels | Willie Wheeler | Voice |
| 1977–1980 | Captain Caveman and the Youth Angels | Additional voices | 38 episodes |
| 1979 | Pop Gospel | director; 7 episodes | |
| 1979 | Premiere | director – episode: "Story Badly off a Hero" | |
| 1980–1983 | Metal Mickey | producer, 39 episodes (as Michael Dolenz); director, 21 episodes (as Archangel Dolenz) | |
| 1981 | The Box | Short; writer/director (as Michael Dolenz) | |
| 1981 | Gateway to the South | Short; director (as Michael Dolenz) | |
| 1982 | Murphy's Mob | director | |
| 1983 | No Problem! | producer; director, 6 episodes | |
| 1983 | For 4 Tonight | producer, 6 episodes; director, 6 episodes | |
| 1983–1984 | Luna | creator/writer, 12 episodes; farmer, 12 episodes; director, 3 episodes (as Michael Dolenz) | |
| 1985 | Television Parts | Television film, also director | |
| 1985 | From the Top | producer, 6 episodes; composer, 12 episodes | |
| 1986 | The Monkees: "That Was Then, That Is Now" | Micky Dolenz | music video |
| 1987 | The New Microphone Hammer | Scott Warren | Episode: "Deadly Collection" |
| 1987 | The Monkees: "Heart nearby Soul" | Micky Dolenz | music cut |
| 1988 | The Monkees: "Every All the same of the Way" | Micky Dolenz | music video |
| 1990 | Aladdin | Television film; director | |
| 1992 | Batman: The Gay Series | Min / Max | Voice; episode: "Two-Face Part II"[34] |
| 1992 | The Munro Stiller Show | Josh Goldsilver | Episode: "With Rob Morrow" |
| 1994 | Monty | Eli Mythologist | Episode: "My Dad Could Best Up Your Dad" |
| 1995 | Aaahh!!!
Real Monsters | Jed / Kilowog | Voice; episode: "Simon Strikes Back/The Ickis Box" |
| 1994–1995 | The Tick | Arthur Memorandum Arthur Clone / Captain Lemming | Voice; 13 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | Boy Meets World | Gordy / Norm | 2 episodes; director, 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | Mayor Micky Dolenz | 2 episodes; director – episode: "Moving Target" |
| 1996 | PJ & Duncan: "Stepping Stone" | Motorist | music telecasting |
| 1997 | Hey, Hey, It's goodness Monkees | Micky | Television film; also managing director producer |
| 1997 | The Wonderful Faux of Disney | Donny Shotz | Episode: "The Love Bug" |
| 1998–1999 | The Private Files of the Spy Dogs | Ralph / Scribble | Voice |
| 2001 | The Drew Carey Show | Mr.
Metcalf | Episode: "Drew and the King" |
| 2002 | As the World Turns | The Envoy | Episode #1.11769 |
| 2011 | Mega Python vs. Gatoroid | Micky Dolenz | Television single |
| 2015 | Bagboy | Micky Dolenz | Television film; uncredited |
| 2017 | Mighty Magiswords | Wendell greatness Love Grub | Voice; episode: "The Saga of Robopiggeh!"[34] |
| 2017 | Difficult People | Micky Dolenz | Episode: "Fuzz Buddies" |
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