A fake band that, not unlike the Partridge Family or The Archies, was created for a television show. In the
mid-60'
s, producers hired four actors and told them to act as though they were band mates and would be called "The Monkees". Three of the four actors were actually able to
carry a tune and
one or two actually could play instruments, but the music on the records was all performed by studio musicians. They hired some of the best
pop songwriters of the era and had several Top 10 hits credited to their fictional band.