HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKE NESMITH & DAVY JONES! Born Robert Michael Nesmith on December 30th 1942 in Houston, Texas & David Thomas Jones on December 30th 1945 in Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Both are best known as two of the Monkees four man pop/rock group and co-stars of the TV series of the same name. Mike is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist. His songwriting includes Different Drum (sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys), and executive producer of the cult film Repo Man (1984). In 1981, Nesmith won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. His parents divorced when their only son was four. He and his mother moved to Dallas to be closer to her family. When Nesmith was 13, his mother invented a typewriter correction fluid later known commercially as Liquid Paper. Over the next 25 years she built the Liquid Paper Corporation into a multimillion dollar international company, which she finally sold to Gillette in 1979 for $48 million. Davy was an English singer-songwriter, musician, actor and businessman. His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of Oliver! as well as a starring cameo role in a hallmark episode of The Brady Bunch television show and later reprised parody film; Love, American Style; and My Two Dads. Jones is considered one of the great teen idols. He died of a heart attack after a morning of horse back riding on February 29th 2012. Here are The Monkees performing, what would become their 2nd of 3 No1 songs, starting tomorrow, December 31st 1966, and remaining there for 7 weeks, Im A Believer..... Enjoy!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:34:32 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015