Editing Micky Dolenz (section)

==Solo MGM recordings==

The Moog synthesizer that Dolenz had bought proved vital when he composed a song entitled "Easy on You" in 1971; he began recording it in his home studio, playing acoustic guitar and drums, and using the Moog like a keyboard. With that song completed, he next invited former Monkee Peter Tork over to help with more recordings. Then, a fortuitous street encounter led to former Monkee stand-in David Price joining, as well as contributing a rock song he had written called "Oh Someone". With Dolenz on drums and vocals, Tork on bass, and Price on rhythm guitar, the song was completed in only two hours; subsequently, guitarist B.J. Jones came in two days later and added lead guitar. With these two songs recorded, Dolenz contacted his former high school friend [[Mike Curb]], then the head of [[MGM Records]]; after playing the songs for Curb, Dolenz was immediately signed to MGM.

Dolenz recorded and released songs for MGM for about three years (with a few of the songs being credited to Starship, an ersatz group, not the later [[Jefferson Starship]]). After the first year, Dolenz's friend [[Harry Nilsson]] contributed his song "Daybreak", also arranging and producing the recording, which included Keith Allison on guitar, former Monkees producer [[Chip Douglas]] on bass, and steel-guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes.

By early 1974, with no chart successes to date, Dolenz headed to England, and with [[Tony Scotti]], he cut four songs for MGM: two rock classics, "[[Splish Splash (song)|Splish Splash]]" and "[[Purple People Eater]]", as well as "I Hate Rock and Roll" and a new song, "Wing Walker". Meanwhile, Mike Curb left MGM and joined [[Warner Bros. Records]]. Dolenz's association with MGM then ended (and those final four songs remained unreleased).