In January 1967, the Monkees had a No. 1 hit with "I'm a Believer," a song originally penned by Neil Diamond. Diamond said the head of his record label initially "freaked" and "went through the roof" ...

“Fifth Monkee” may lack the cachet of “fifth Beatle”, or even “sixth Stone”, but by the middle of 1967, that's what the papers were calling Neil Diamond. The songwriter had produced two of The Monkees ...