The Monkees were a ’70’s group that performed rock songs. In my opinion, they were the U. S. equivalent of the Beatles. They made movies that recalled to me “Help” and “Hard Day’s Night”. They had their fan clubs and this is a button for that club. It is around 3/4″ in diameter.
The Monkees
Submitted by Bob Ramsdell
October 23rd, 2010
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Allee Willis
I have a lot of Monkees memorabilia but don’t have this particular button. I have a few different sets of dolls, a lunch box and thermos, a wallet and I think I have a Monkees shirt that’s way way way too small for me somewhere. Is this a button from back in the day? Love the car too.
MyFunCloset
How many remember “Circus Boy” in the mid 50’s? This was Mickey Dolan as a very young actor. What a surprise to see & hear him as a Monkee years later. Remember them fondly.
Allee Willis
Totally remember Circus Boy and Mickey Dolenz.
denny
This is a good one!
Yep, Allee has some fabulous Monkee memorabilia, some of which ended up in my postings in the “Willis Wonderland” series.
I was more a fan of all the kitsch that the Monkee’s popped up on.
Bob Ramsdell
The small pin was one that one of my kids got somewhere at the time of
the series. They are all older than 40 now. My niece (age 57) was a
huge Beatles fan. When the Beatles had their last concert in the Cow
Palace in San Francisco, her father took her, At the time, when they
came on stage Paul McCartney would throw hand fulls of jelly beans out
to his adoring fans. She was a hefty little girl and battled her way
to grab a handful. She still has them in a jewelry box in a safety
deposit box. Later after becoming an international linguist, she made
many trips to Europe and has British Parlaphone records of the
Beatles, records from Germany and even records made from tapes at
their concerts in Germany.
Bob Ramsdell
Nessa
Oh wow, I have never seen this button before. I have a Monkees button I got in the bottom of a lot of junk… it has a cartoon Peter on it and says “I HEART Peter Tork”.. it’s tiny, less than an inch across… It has a place of honor on a shelf, so I certainly appreciate this one.