Derek Remembers Davy Jones

Many people have told me that I was born in the wrong generation. I grew up listening to oldies, and watching reruns of old tv programs like 'Bewitched', 'I Dream of Jeanie' and of course 'The Monkees' before I went to school.  I used to run around singing "Hey, Hey We're the Monkees' all the time while eating my bowl of 'Lucky Charms' so of course I was saddened today to hear that Davy Jones had passed due to a heart attack at the age of 66. So, in honor of him, here are some great clips of Davy and  'The Monkees'.

Here is one of my all time favorite 'Monkees song, "Steppin' Stone"

And a close second

I am also a big fan when shows crossover/ have cameos and here is one of Davy on 'The Brady Bunch'

And of course this wouldn't be complete without a clip from their actual show. Fact: they got the inspiration for 'The Monkees' after 'the Beatles' movie 'Help'

Another clip for ya :)

Davy you will be missed.

Here are some Davy facts for you as well.

After the death of his mother from emphysema when he was 14 years old, he left acting and trained as a jockey with Basil Foster.

On 9 February 1964, he appeared with the Broadway cast of Oliver! on The Ed Sullivan Show, the same episode on which The Beatles made their first appearance. Jones says of that night, "I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that."

He also appeared and sang, in animated form, on an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies and in an episode of Hey Arnold. Also, Jones made a cameo appearance as himself in the SpongeBob SquarePants, a third-season episode of the sitcom Boy Meets World and the Brady Bunch spoof movie of The Brady Bunch Movie. In 1997 he guest-starred as himself on the television show Sabrina the Teenage Witch and sang "Daydream Believer" to Sabrina