David Walker

This month in 1967, The Monkees released PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. It was our fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S., spending five weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart. That also made us the first act to score four No. 1 albums in a single calendar year. Not a bad run! Musically, we were stretching out quite a bit. There was my good friend Harry Nilsson’s “Cuddly Toy,” Boyce and Hart’s “Words,” Goffin and King’s “Pleasant Valley Sunday” and “Star Collector,” Mike’s “Daily Nightly” and “Don’t Call On Me,” and “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round?” bringing a little country into the mix. And then there was the Moog. I had gotten one of the earliest Moog synthesizers sold, and we put it to work on “Daily Nightly” and “Star Collector,” helping make the album one of the earliest rock records to feature the instrument. So there was pop, country, psychedelia, electric banjo, a brand-new synthesizer, and even Peter reciting “Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky.” I'd say we were keeping busy! Which track from PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. gets you moving today? #TheMonkees #MickyDolenz