In a three-hour conversation with USA TODAY for 60 years of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz shares a detailed oral history of the TV show and the music.

The way Micky Dolenz sees it, the Monkees’ success was neither predictable nor replicable. “You can't reduce it, you can't take it apart,” he says of the beloved made-for-TV band, soon to turn 60.

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