This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. In this instalment of our 2006 Week, we turn to the rapid rise of Arctic Monkeys, an early ...

In the early days of Arctic Monkeys, the band released a few instrumental B-sides. “Chun Li Flying Bird Kick” is one of the earliest, released in 2005 under the single “I Bet You Look Good On the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. Sixty years later, their made-for-TV backstory didn’t hurt them in ...

The Monkees are one of the most storied bands of the 1960s. For example, there is a common rumor that notorious cult leader Charles Manson tried to join The Monkees. A member of the band explained how ...

In 1967, The Monkees achieved a chart record that remains unbroken 58 years later. In 1967, the band created for the television series of the same name released four albums in just one year, and each ...

Micky Dolenz, the last surviving member of The Monkees, was part of a unique band of entertainers who continue to have a great impact on both the music and television industries for nearly 60 years.

The Monkees were no strangers to chart success, but their final Top 40 hit came two decades after their first smash song. It was 1987 when The Monkees recorded what would be their final Top 20 ...

The 80s proved a fertile breeding ground for unlikely comeback stories. When The Monkees came busting back onto the scene in the mid-80s, it just might have been the unlikeliest of all. They even made ...