Nesmith was one of the four Monkees known for hits like ‘I’m a believer’. The American band was originally put together by TV producers for the sitcom of the same name and peaked in the late 1960s. Nesmith turned 78.
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Michael Nesmith, the Monkee in the green wool cap, died of natural causes at home. His family announced that to Rolling Stone and has been confirmed by his manager, Andrew Sandoval.
The quartet, which includes Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davy Jones in addition to Nesmith, was originally put together by television producers for a musical sitcom of the same name that ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. They performed songs that were written especially for the program and made it to the charts. Their most famous song, “I’m a believer,” was written by Neil Diamond and appeared in four episodes of the sitcom.
But in 1967, the Monkees fought their way out of the TV studio. Nesmith, in particular, insisted that the band take creative control. “We had our own taste in music and were happier when we brought songs that we liked and wrote ourselves than when we played songs that were given to us,” he said in 2012. Rolling Stone. He wrote songs like ‘Listen to the band’ and ‘The girl I knew somewhere’.
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In 1970, the band broke up, although they later got together several more times for reunions. A month ago, Nesmith and Micky Dolenz performed together. Dolenz is now the last remaining Monkee.
After the Monkees, Michael Nesmith recorded three country rock albums with the First National Band and also released a lot of solo work. In 1980 his mother died and he invested the inheritance in a multimedia company, among other things. With the program Popclips on Nickelodeon, in which music videos were shown, Nesmith sowed the seeds for the later MTV in 1980.
Michael Nesmith was born in Kansas in 1942 and would have turned 79 on December 30. He was married three times and leaves behind three sons and a daughter.
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