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Micky Dolenz of The Monkees

The Monkees' Micky Dolenz is Jools' guest in the first of a new series, playing his favourite records and singing live with Jools and the band.

The Monkees' Micky Dolenz is Jools' guest in the first of a new series, playing his favourite records and singing live with Jools and the band.

Micky Dolenz is one of pop music's legendary characters. Originally a child actor - his breakthrough role was as Corky in the TV series "Circus Boy" - he was cast as a Monkee in 1966 and eventually morphed into an accomplished singer & musician.

Dolenz sang the majority of the Monkees hits and fell foul of British censors in 1967 when his song Randy Scouse Git - inspired by the TV series Till Death Us Do Part - had to be renamed "Alternate Title" ! He married a Top Of The Pops presenter, was a close friend of the Beatles and later became an acclaimed TV director and the man behind the hugely popular series Metal Mickey.

The Monkees are currently celebrating their 50th anniversary with a new album featuring songs written by Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller among others.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 12 Sep 2016 23:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Little Richard

    Hey - Hey - Hey - Hey!

    • Heavy Sugar.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • 1.

  • Little Walter

    Up The Line

    • Confessin' The Blues.
    • Chess.
    • 13.

  • Aretha Franklin

    How Deep Is The Ocean

    • The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Allen Toussaint

    Chico

    • Toussaint/Allen - Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky.
    • SNAPPER MUSIC PLC.
    • 11.

  • Sterling Moss

    Safety Sue

    • Soho Blondes & Peeping Toms!.
    • CHERRY RED RECORDS.
    • 25.

  • Laura Mvula

    Show Me Love

    • The Dreaming Room.
    • RCA RECORDS LAB.
    • 7.

  • The Monkees

    You Bring The Summer

    • Good Times.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

  • Billie Holiday

    But Not For Me

    • All Or Nothing At All.
    • Verve.
    • 3.

  • Mose Allison

    Parchman Farm

    • Mose Alive!.
    • Edsel.
    • 3.

  • Micky Dolenz & Jools Holland & Band

    Gimme Some Lovin'

  • The Monkees

    I Was There (And I'm Told I Had A Good Time)

    • Good Times!.
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Sep 2016 23:00
    BBC Radio 2