Which of The Monkees wrote Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Different Drum’? Michael Nesmith of The Monkees penned the song “Different Drum.” He took it to the producers of The Monkees’ sitcom, who felt it did not ...

When Ronstadt was set to record “Different Drum” in 1967, the song was a ballad. However, it wasn’t originally written that way. Nesmith told The Wall Street Journal that it was 1964 when he was a ...

One of the Coachella Valley's Cabaret sweethearts, Francesca Amari, is bringing the music of Linda Ronstadt to Palm Canyon Theatre on Wednesday, February 15 - for one night only. Amari is an ...

The Monkees' run was still young when the late Michael Nesmith had another hit with "Different Drum" — as a writer rather than a performer. "It's so funny," Dolenz told UCR earlier this year, when he ...

The Monkees didn't start out recording their own material, but it wasn't because they didn't have any. In fact, Mike Nesmith arrived with a ready-made hit. “The very first songs I remember singing as ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The show was conceived by cabaret maven Francesca Amari and producer Rickie ...

The guy that wrote the song wanted to record it with his hit band but was turned down flat. And the girl that sang it never liked her performance. Yet the public has spoken since when the song was ...