"A Daydream Ends for Davy Jones...Marcia Brady will be Inconsolable"

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Last Wednesday, we lost another person in the music industry.  His death was quietly announced but soon the news spread to millions of people around the world.  Al Roker Tweeted " ...A little bit of my youth just died."  Ralph Macchio posted "...RIP Davy Jones.  My wife's childhood crush." 

The Monkees in 1968
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Davy Jones died of a heart attack at the young age of 66.  As the lead singer and front man of the Monkees, he was arguably the most recognisable and popular of the made-for-tv pre-fab 'Fab Four'.  Their show lay the groundwork for the music videos revolution which began in the 1980's.

The Monkees's haming it up
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The Monkees television show ran for two crazy seasons from 1966-1968.  Regarded as a shameless copy of the Beatles, Jones and his group transcended the medium to become a legitimate band, producing many albums for their die-hard fans.  Jimi Hendrix once opened up for them at a concert!  Jones was the smallest, youngest and the only Brit in the band, the rest comprised of Americans.  Jones was a child actor who appeared on stage and television.

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This picture shows lead singer Davy Jones on "Coronation Street".
He made his first and only appearance on the March 6th, 1961 where a 15-year old Davy played Colin Lomax, Ena Sharples’ grandson, who came to visit her.  This was to be the first of many television roles in the years to come.

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Perhaps the most famous of his cameos occurred in the 1971 "Brady Bunch" story when Jones, playing himself, turned up at the Brady house to surprise a star struck Marcia to present her with a gift-wrapped album.  He accepted his fan club president's invitation to her high school prom.  There he performed to the swaying and giggly girls. 

Jones reprised the role, in a way, with a cameo in 1995's The Brady Bunch Movie. The women he wooed were older, but the song he sang was the same: "Girl."

Davy Jones was a groovy guy with boyish good looks, charm and a sweet singing voice.  He will be missed.

Carol