NEW! THE NEW MONKEES LP ALSO AVAILABLE on STEREO 8 TAPE . . . “WHEREVER RECORDS and TAPES ARE SOLD”

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MONKEES THE TOP BANANA GLOBALLY . . . FEBRUARY 11, 1967

Hot Popularity Fuels Monkees’ Recordings Across Europe and Beyond

NEW YORK — The Monkees are swinging to the top on a global scale. Their Colgems releases, which are distributed by RCA Victor, are following the phenomenal sales pattern set in the U. S. in such foreign countries as England, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Germany Canada, Japan, Australia and the Philippines.

In the U.S., the Monkees’ two album releases, “More Of The Monkees” and “The Monkees,” which holds the one and two spots in Billboard’s best-selling popular LP chart this week, have sold in excess of three million copies. Their two single releases, “Last Train To Clarksville” and “I’m A Believer,” have sold more than 5,000,000 copies.

In England, “I’m A Believer,” has passed the 600,000 sales mark, and their first album, “Monkees,” is selling at a fast-sales clip. The first single release, “Last Train To Clarksville,” which failed to stimulate much interest in its initial round, is now beginning to perk up in sales.

“I’m A Believer” is No. 1 in Holland and Sweden; in the Top 10 in Belgium and Norway; a run-away seller in Canada; in the Top 10 in Japan and Australia, and starting to move up in Germany and the Philippines.

Victor also reports that the Stereo-8 version of the Monkees LP is a fast moving item, and that “More Of The Monkees” is scheduled for Stereo-8 cartridge release later this month. END

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Information, credit, and news source: Billboard; February 11, 1967

The Monkees, 1966 (Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)

BILLBOARD! THE MONKEES, AUGUST 1966: A CLASSIC COLGEMS RECORD 45 AD

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!

**THE MONKEES * 1968**

THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * The Monkees * 11/26/67 – 12/23/1967

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING DECEMBER 02, 1967

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!

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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Daydream Believer” by the Monkees peaked this week at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week November 26 through December 23, 1967. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.

JULY ’67: WHEN DETROIT CANCELLED MONKEES’ SHOW

National Guardsmen patrolling Detroit’s Grand River Avenue in front of the Olympia, Thursday, July 27, 1967 — **The National Guardsmen** patrolling Detroit’s Grand River Avenue in front of the Olympia. *Thursday, July 27, 1967 (click on image for largest view)*

J U L Y 2 9 , 1 9 6 7 : T O D A Y I N M U S I C H I S T O R Y

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In Detroit, the Monkees scheduled concert at Olympia Stadium was immediately canceled days earlier due to widespread rioting, shootings, fires, and block-to-block looting — affecting local and federal mandated curfews imposed over the entire city through a four day period, week of July 23-27. Sponsored and scheduled by Dick Clark Productions and WKNR for Saturday, July 29, the concert would later be rescheduled for another date in August.