The Monkees finally hit the big time. They score a recording contract and a national tour, and become a sensation. Even as they sell millions of records and play to packed concert halls, however, they struggle for artistic and creative freedom, co...
Micky managed to get some movie roles, as well as a few TV guest appearances. He tried to get some songs produced by pairing up with MGM Studios and various other producers, but the projects fell flat and the songs went either unreleased or didn't chart.
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Then an opportunity came up that seemed promising in that it offered him the chance to perform his own music, to reunite with one of the Monkees, to travel and to reclaim his place in the pantheon of rock 'n roll. Two of the outside writers whom the label had used the most, Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce, approached Micky and Davy about working up an act that would be billed as "the guys who wrote 'em and the guys who sang 'em." It would include some of the Monkees' greatest hits, as well as new tunes the audience had never heard and old standards that the audience might enjoy hearing re-interpreted Monkees-style. The project would include an album, a tour and a television special. Micky was excited about it, and managed to convince Davy it was just what they needed to get back in the swing of things. Since the two had always been close friends and Davy's post-Monkees career was also in the crapper, it was an easy sell.
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