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The song “I’m a Believer” by The Monkees is one of the great examples of popular Sixties music. If you have Neil Diamond write a song, Jeff Barry produce it, a TV show with a Beatles-like group of cute fun-loving guys, and 1, 051,280 advance orders for the record, what do you get? You get an RIAA gold record within two days of its release. “I’m a Believer” was #1 around the world, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 11 and in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Norway. It was the #1 hit of 1966 and the biggest-selling record for all of 1967.
The Monkees were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Robert “Bob” Rafelson and Bert Schneider specifically for the television show The Monkees. The series aired from 1966 to 1968. They were to be an imaginary band who wanted to be The Beatles but were not that successful. Strangely enough, they sold more than 75 million records worldwide, and at the point in 1967 when The Monkees were at the height of their fame, they had outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined. Of course, time moved on and things changed. The Monkees were Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith.
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