Micky Dolenz

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Life and entertainment career

Dolenz, the son of actor George Dolenz and Janelle Johnson, was born in Los Angeles, California, at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Gemma Marie ("Coco"; born April 5, 1949), Deborah ("Gina") and Kathleen ("Gina"), his three sisters, Deborah (born 1960). Gemma's nickname, Coco, is a simplified version of "Coco Sunshine," a term used by Micky to describe her as a youth. Coco was a regular on the set of The Monkees television show and occasionally as a guest performer on recordings by the Monkees, singing background vocals or duetting with Micky. During his shows, she appears as a member of Micky's backing band.

As an infant, Dolenz suffered from Perthes disease, affecting his hip joint and right leg, making his leg shorter (and shorter) than the other. Dolenz's musical career included an unorthodox drum kit, right-handed and left-footed.

Dolenz began his show-business career in 1956, when he appeared in a children's television show called Circus Boy, under the name Mickey Braddock. In a one-ring circus at the start of the twentieth century, Corky, an orphanage water boy for the elephants, appeared on the elephants. Dolenz made occasional appearances on television shows and pursued his education after being unable to continue his studies. In 1962, Dolenz graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in Valley Glen, Los Angeles, California. He appeared in Ed in the NBC education drama series "Born of Kings and Angels" from 1964, starring James Franciscus as an idealistic Los Angeles educator. When he was hired for the "drummer" role in NBC's The Monkees, Dolenz was attending college in Los Angeles.

Early musical career

In the early to mid-1960s, Dolenz had his own rock band named "Micky and the One-Nighters," as lead singer/meaning singer. He'd already started writing his own songs. Dolenz's live stage performance featured rock songs, cover songs, and even some R&B. Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," which he performed at his Monkee audition, resulted in his being hired as one of the cast/band members. He had two 45s in 1965 but was unveiled until the Monkees' triumph in 1967. The recordings were released on the Challenge label as "Don't Do It" and "Huff Puff" b/w "Fate (Big Ben)" b/w "Do It" and "Huff Puff" b/w "Plastic Symphony III" and "Do It" b/w "Do It" b/w "Do It" b/w "Fate (Big Ben)" b/w "Do it" and "Don't Both of the Challenge 45s are by Dolenz, but rather a band known as The Obvious later.

Dolenz was first introduced to the band in 1965 and became the drummer and a lead vocalist. He wasn't really a drummer and needed lessons to be able to mime effectively, but eventually was taught how to play properly. Dolenz was old enough to play the drums himself by the time the Monkees went on tour in late 1966. When introduced into the studio together, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, writers of several of Monkee's songs, joked around laughing. Writers were often invited in each singer individually because of this. The antics erupted until Dolenz poured ice on Don Kirshner's head. Dolenz didn't know Kirshner on sight at the time.

Dolenz' voice made the Monkees' sound distinctive, and Nesmith and Peter Tork's lead vocal duties to Dolenz were given back to Dolenz in a time of high tension, according to Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, who later switched over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their own projects.

Dolenz wrote a few of the band's self-penned songs, the most notable being "Randy Scouse Git" from the album's headquarters. He starred on hits including "Last Train to Clarksville," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," and "I'm a Believer." Dolenz also wrote and co-wrote the show's final episode.

Dolenz bought the third modular Moog synthesizer that was commercially sold. (Because Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens owned the first two movies, it was a contest). Monkees' song "Daily Nightly" (written by Nesmith), Capricorn & Jones Ltd.'s album Pisces, Aquarius, was one of the first uses of the synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument to Bobby Sherman.

He is the last remaining Monkee, after Davy Jones' death in 2012, Tork's in 2019, and Nesmith's in 2021). He is the only member of the Monkees to perform on every lineup from the band's inception and the only one with modern recordings of his vocals on all studio albums.

After Monkees television and film career

Dolenz continued doing voice-overs for a number of Saturday-morning cartoon series, including The Funky Phantom, Partridge Family 2200 A.D., Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, These Are the Days, Devlin, and Wonder Wheels (from The Skatebirds). Arthur was the voice of Arthur in the first season of the animated film The Tick's creators, Dolenz. Dolenz appeared in the Strangler's murder mystery film Night of the Strangler in 1972. He was featured in an episode of Adam-12 named "Dirt Duel" (season 5, episode 1), as well as an episode of Cannon called "Bitter Legion" (season 2, episode 3). In the two-part episode "Two-Face" on Batman: The Animated Series, Dolenz provided the voice of two-Face's twin henchmen Min and Max. Dolenz revealed that he was the current face of Snuggle the Fabric Softener Bear at the time in a September 2006 radio interview. Dolenz returned to voice-over in the Cartoon Network series "The Saga of Robopiggeh," besides singing the featured song. In New York weeks before his Good Times, Dolenz caught the voice-acting remotely. Tour de France.

Both Dolenz and Michael Nesmith applied for Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli role on Happy Days, but neither were chosen due to being taller (6 ft., 1 in). Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), a 5 ft., has a 9.5 in. Anson Williams (Warren "Potsie" Weber) and Don Most (Ralph Malph) are tall, and co-stars Anson Williams (Ralph Malph) and Don Most (Ralph Malph) are co-stars; both under 6 feet. In the hopes that Fonzie would not overshadow the rest of the cast, the producers favoured a shorter Fonzie, a move that was ultimately unsuccessful, as the show's breakout character, the Fonz, was a female actor. Henry Winkler's appointment was the result of a look for a shorter actor.

Dolenz appeared in Linda Lovelace for President in 1975, starring Linda Lovelace.

Dolenz was a contender for the role of the Riddler, which eventually went to Jim Carrey.

Dolenz appeared in two episodes of Boy Meets World in 1994–95; in the first one (entitled "Band on the Run"), he played Norm, Alan Matthews, a bandmate. In 1995, he joined Davy Jones and Peter Tork in episode eight of the third season (entitled "Rave On"), but they did not play the Monkees, per se, while Davy Jones is "Reginald Fairfield" and Tork is "Jedidiah Lawrence." However, at the climax of the show, the three three youngsters are brought together and perform "Not Fade Away," a classic Buddy Holly song, as well as the Temptations' "My Girl." actor Dave Madden, who had appeared on The Partridge Family as an inside joke, suddenly emerged as a boss, promising to take over the "new" group and warns them that they "may be larger than The Beatles."

Derek Allan, the owner of a gun store, appeared in Rob Zombie's Halloween revival in 2007.

Dolenz appeared in the Syfy Channel film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid on January 29, 2011, as Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. In the Adult Swim TV special Bagboy, he had a cameo as himself on February 21, 2015. He appeared on the sitcom Difficult People in 2017.

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