Davy Jones
Born: 1945 in Manchester, England
Occupation: Actor
Active: '60s
Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Head, Treasure Island, Meet the Royals: Prince William
First Major Screen Credit: The Monkees: Here Come the Monkees (1966)
Posted on 12/30/2006 7:11:15 AM PST by yankeedame
Born: 1945 in Manchester, England
Occupation: Actor
Active: '60s
Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Head, Treasure Island, Meet the Royals: Prince William
First Major Screen Credit: The Monkees: Here Come the Monkees (1966)
Jones was born in Manchester, England. His father had hopes for him as a jockey, but Jones was more interested in being in show business, and as a teenager he appeared on British TV soap operas, including Coronation Street. He appeared to great acclaim in the musical Oliver! as the Artful Dodger, playing the role both in London and on Broadway, where he was nominated for a Tony Award. (When the film of the musical was made in 1968, Jones was at the height of his TV success and too heavily committed to take the part. He was also 22 years old.) He then toured in another musical adaptation of a Charles Dickens classic, Pickwick, and did some American television as well as recording three singles. As part of the Oliver! cast, Jones appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show on the same night that the Beatles made their American TV debut on the show.
From 1965 to 1970, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a TV show of the same name. He sang lead vocals on many of the group's songs, including "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer". After the show went off the air and the group disbanded, he continued to perform solo, later joining with fellow-Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as a short-lived group.
In recent years, Jones has performed with his former bandmates in reunion tours and has appeared in several productions of Oliver! as Fagin. He has also continued to race horses with some success in his native England, United Kingdom, while residing in Beavertown, Pennsylvania, United States.
In the summer of 2006, Davy recorded "Your Personal Penguin", written by children's author Sandra Boynton as a companion piece to her new board book of the same title.
thanks ... I appreciate the age reminder!
Aw....so cute!
Davey Jones is 61?!
That makes me... ouch.
Michael Nesmith? Wasn't he the only real musician of the group?
Little Davey ruined my memories of the Monkees when he appeared on Howard Stern years back.
Now when I see him I see a crude little pervert.
Daydream Believer Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWnt_ww2jaQ
He did?!
Wow. I may need extensive therapy now. :-(
Demo Version of the Monkee's Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOpFccz_OnI
Look at the bright side, Bobby Sherman's 63. ;)
I know. A friend of mine went out on a boat with him and a few others. I didn't go--wanted to, but I had to work. She told me that when she took out a cigarette, she asked him, "mind if I smoke?" His reply was, "No, mind if I fart?" It was at that point that I remember why I always liked Mickey Dolenz for his humor more than I got caught up in the "beauty" of Davey Jones. Too bad this was his choice to act like this as he grew up...he WAS a cutie pie, though.
Even brighter:
We're alive and Saddam's dead;)
I think it was Peter (Tork) that could actually play the guitar; i.e. knew what he was doing and what all those 'fret things' on the neck were for - although he was 'stuck' playing bass.
Nesmith IIRC was capable of strumming a couple basic chords (C G F) and that was it (at least at their inception).
Gotta say something in defense of Davy here (it's Davy, not Davey,) friends of mine knew him, I met him several times, and he was always gracious and nice.
One of my teenage heart throbs. *Sigh*
Oh bummer. Yeah that comment about sums up how he sounded on Stern.
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