Mon‧kees, The /ˈmʌnkiːz/
a US pop group formed in 1966 who also made a successful television series which was also called The Monkees. They separated in 1969. This was the first time that a record company had deliberately chosen several musicians who had not worked together before, and put them together to form a group.

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