Davy Jones, owazalelwa eManchester, ushone ngoLwesithathu olwedlule esibhedlela iMartin Memorial eStuart, eFlorida, eneminyaka engama-66, ngemuva kokuhlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo. Ngemuva kokuvela kwezindaba, izinkanyezi ezinjengoWill Smith, u-Eva Longoria noma uNeil Diamond - obhalele iThe Monkees 'I'm a Believer' - uzwakalise ukuzisola kwabo kuTwitter nakuFacebook.
UJones wayeqale ukulingisa eneminyaka eyi-11 ochungechungeni lwaseBrithani 'iCoronation Street'. Ukubamba iqhaza kwakhe kumculo 'u-Oliver!' kungamusa Broadway, lapho ezofinyelela khona ukuqokwa kukaTony futhi axhumane nenkampani ye-Screen Gems, okwathi ngo-1966 yakha uchungechunge lwethelevishini oluthi 'The Monkees'.
Phakathi kuka-1966 no-1968 uchungechunge oluthi 'The Monkees' lwathola impumelelo enkulu kuthelevishini, kufaka phakathi Imiklomelo emibili ye-Emmy, kepha impumelelo yangempela ibikhona kumashadi okuthengisa umculo. Ama-albhamu amane okuqala afinyelele kunombolo yokuqala kumashadi ase-US, wonke ethola isitifiketi se-platinum eningi. Ngemuva kokukhanselwa kochungechunge kanye nempi esemthethweni yokulawula umculo abawenzile, iMonkees yaqhubeka namarekhodi nokuvakasha, yaze yahlanganyela nakwifilimu ethi, 'Head', kusukela ngo-1968. Nokho, ngokuhamba kweminyaka nguMicky Dolenz noDavy Jones kuphela abasala bephethe le phrojekthi, okuyi yaphela ngo-1970.
Kwaphela iminyaka, uJones noDolenz baqhubeka nokulandela umculo kanye noTommy Boyce noBobby Hart, kwaze kwaba maphakathi nawo-80s IMTV ivuse uchungechunge kanti uNesmith noTork baphinde bahlangana nabalingani babo bakudala ohambweni oluzogcina luholele ekuqopheni ama-albhamu amabili amasha. Isikhathi sokugcina lapho abakwaMonkees bebengabonakala khona esiteji ngonyaka owedlule, lapho bezohambela iminyaka engu-45 yaleli qembu.
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Umthombo: I-Europa Press