The Monkees (TV series) project by his agent. Englishman Davy Jones was a former jockey who had achieved some initial success on the musical stage, appearing with the cast of "Oliver!" on "The Ed Sullivan Show" the night of the Beatles' live American debut. He was appearing in Columbia Pictures productions and recording for the Colpix record label and had been identified in advance as a potential star for the series. Texan Michael Nesmith's mother Bette Nesmith Graham had invented a correction fluid and founded the company that became Liquid Paper. He had served a brief stint in the U.S. Air Force and had
Monkee Flips Monkee Flips Monkee Flips is a compilation album of songs by the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1984. Labeled as the "Best of the Monkees, Volume Four" (as it followed the two Arista Records compilations "Greatest Hits" and "More Greatest Hits" and the Rhino Records picture disc "Monkee Business"), the album featured an all-stereo selection of single sides and album tracks, including several songs featured in the "Monkees" TV series. It was available on both LP record and cassette formats. "Tear Drop City," "Good Clean Fun" and "Oh My My," all of which charted in the Billboard Top 100,