Why not join them? Transcript We've obviously talked in this podcast about several of the biggest hits of 1966 already, but we haven't mentioned the biggest hit of the year, one of the strangest records ever to make number one in the US - "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by Sgt Barry Sadler: Barry Sadler was an altogether odd man, and just as a brief warning his story, which will last a minute or so, involves gun violence. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Other sources used were Monkee Business by Eric Lefcowitz, and the autobiographies of three of the band members and one of the songwriters - Infinite Tuesday by Michael Nesmith, They Made a Monkee Out of Me by Davy Jones, I'm a Believer by Micky Dolenz, and Psychedelic Bubble-Gum by Bobby Hart. If you can find a copy of either, do get one. Sandoval released a second edition of the book last year, which I was unfortunately unable to obtain, but that too is now out of print. Sadly that is now out of print and goes for hundreds of pounds. The single biggest source of information I used in this episode is the first edition of Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees The Day-By-Day Story. For those just getting into the group, my advice is to start with this five-CD set, which contains their first five albums along with bonus tracks. Sadly, though, the only one of those that is still in print is More of the Monkees. The best versions of the Monkees albums are the triple-CD super-deluxe versions that used to be available from, and I've used Andrew Sandoval's liner notes for them extensively in this episode. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and Resources As usual, all the songs excerpted in the podcast can be heard in full at Mixcloud. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Patreon backers also have a seventeen-minute bonus episode available, on "These Boots Are Made For Walking" by Nancy Sinatra, which I mispronounce at the end of this episode as "These Boots Were Made For Walking", so no need to correct me here. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Episode 144 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Last Train to Clarksville" and the beginnings of the career of the Monkees, along with a short primer on the origins of the Vietnam War.
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