Biographie

Because of his popularity with The Monkees, another singer named David Jones was forced to change his name to David Bowie.

Had appeared on Toast of the Town (1948) on February 9, 1964 with the cast of "Oliver!" (as the Artful Dodger). This is the same night The Beatles made their legendary debut.

Shared a birthday with fellow Monkee Michael Nesmith.

Longtime friends with David Cassidy. They were planning to go on tour in April 2012 before Davy's death.

His popularity with teenage girls led to the casting of lookalike Walter Koenig by the producers of Star Trek (1966), who were looking to attract a younger, more female audience.

My wife says when I go out to the refrigerator, I do three minutes (entertaining) when the light goes on!

[looking back at The Monkees (1965)'s premiere episode, Royal Flush (1966)] I look just like my fourteen-year-old daughter, I can't believe it. Wait 'til she sees this episode.

I keep hearing that "any excuse you can give for a Monkees reunion is a good excuse," which doesn't bother me at all - since I couldn't agree more!

[explaining what made him decide on transferring from theater to rock & roll] I watched the Beatles from backstage at The Ed Sullivan Show. When I saw the girls going crazy, I said to myself, "This is it. I want a piece of that."

There's one thing I've never forgiven myself for: When the Monkees wrapped in 1970, I should have gotten straight away from Hollywood and back onto the horse-racing circuit; Instead, I waited ten more years. Everyone makes mistakes in life, and that was my own biggest.