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How TV made heartthrob out of Monkees' Davy Jones

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Davy Jones, second from left, who died Wednesday at age 66, rose to fame in 1965 when he joined The Monkees, a British popular rock group formed for the TV show of the same name.

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Davy Jones, left, who sang lead vocals on songs like "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer," became an instant heartthrob in the U.S. while on the show "The Monkees" in the 1960s.

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Davy Jones performed in recent years with David Cassidy at the Rosemont Theatre.

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Before there was MTV, before “American Idol” made overnight stars of people you never heard of, there was “The Monkees,” a band fronted by a diminutive singer named Davy Jones who was so boyishly good looking that teenage girls swooned the first time they ever saw him. Jones died Wednesday of a heart attack, just months after he, Tork and Dolenz had completed a tour marking The Monkees' 45th anniversary. He was 66.

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