1967 Monkees facts
While investigating facts about 1967 Monkees, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 1967 The Monkees sold more records than The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.
In 1967 Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees. He played 8 of the 29 dates, then flipped off the audience, threw down his guitar, and walked off.
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In 1967, The Monkees sold more records than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones...combined.
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Jimi Hendrix's first US tour was opening for The Monkees in 1967, and he quit after eight shows because the audiences were "confused by his overtly sexual stage antics".
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The best selling album in 1967 was The Monkees' second album, "More of The Monkees", which was number one for 18 consecutive weeks. The Beatles's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", released later that same year was number one for 15 weeks
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In one of the weirdest music pairings in history, Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees for seven shows in 1967.
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In 1967 The Monkees outsold The Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined.
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The Monkees outsold the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, combined, in 1967.
