Who wrote the song Theme from The Monkees?
According to allmusic.com, "There would be original material
generated for [Th Monkees] to sing in the [TV] series, mostly by
professional songwriters like Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole King,
Gerry Goffin, and Neil Diamond." Most of these songs were the early
hits, like "I'm a Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," "A Little
Bit Me, a Little Bit You," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Stepping
Stone," "Take a Giant Step," "Valleri," and "Words". Later, The
Monkees wrote more of their own material, but nothing that would be
as big a hit as those mentioned above. In October 1996 in honor of
their 30th Anniversary, The Monkees released an album called Justus
(meaning Just Us), and that's exactly what it was from start to
finish anything & everything that went into it was by the 4
Monkees (Micky, Peter, Davy & Mike), from the song writing
(lyrics & music), to the singing & instruments to the
production! Although all of the Monkees did very occasionally write
their own material the only regular writer was Mike Nesmith. He
wrote many of their songs such as "Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary
Mary", "Listen To The Band" and many others. He also produced many
of the sessions himself.