The Monkees bassist Peter Tork spent most of his time as a band member singing backup for Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, and Micky Dolenz. But, when given a chance to sing lead on songs such as “Your ...

Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, died Feb.

Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, ...

Peter Tork was positioned as the goofy one, the court jester of The Monkees. Director Bob Rafelson, one of the show’s creators, compared him to Harpo Marx. Ray Howard ASSOCIATED PRESS Peter Tork, a ...

Peter Tork, bassist of The Monkees, died Thursday at the age of 77. Remembering Peter Tork Of The Monkees DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. This morning we are remembering Peter Tork, the bassist for the ...

LOS ANGELES — Peter Tork, a talented singer-songwriter and instrumentalist whose musical skills were often overshadowed by his role as the goofy, lovable bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock ...

Peter Tork resented the idea that the member of The Monkees were disposable. He felt the band’s producers got good performers for the job although they didn’t want “professionals.” Each member of the ...

Peter Tork, a member of the Monkees, has died at 77. Tork had been battling adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer affecting his tongue, in 2009, his sister told the Washington Post. “The Monkees” TV ...

Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, died Feb.