Editing Micky Dolenz (section)

==Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart==
In part because of reruns of ''The Monkees'' on Saturday mornings and in syndication, ''[[The Monkees Greatest Hits (album)|The Monkees Greatest Hits]]'' charted in 1976. The LP, issued by [[Arista Records|Arista]] (a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures), was actually a repackaging of a 1972 compilation LP called ''[[Re-Focus (album)|Re-Focus]]'' that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned by Columbia Pictures.

Dolenz and Jones took advantage of this, joining ex-Monkees songwriters [[Boyce and Hart|Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart]] to tour the United States. They could not use the Monkees name for legal reasons, but from 1975 to 1977, as the "Golden Hits of The Monkees" show ("The Guys Who Wrote 'Em and the Guys Who Sang 'Em!"), they successfully performed in smaller venues such as state fairs and amusement parks, as well as making stops in Japan, Thailand, and Singapore. They also released an album of new material, appropriately called ''[[Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart]]'', and a live album, ''Concert in Japan'', was released by [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] in 1976.

A Christmas single (credited to Dolenz, Jones and Tork) was produced by [[Chip Douglas]] and released on his own label in 1976. The single featured Douglas's and [[Howard Kaylan]]'s "[[Christmas Is My Time of Year]]" (originally recorded by a 1960s supergroup, The Christmas Spirit), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" (Douglas released a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in 1986). Tork also joined Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart on stage at [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]] on July 4, 1976, and also joined Dolenz and Jones on stage at the Starwood in Hollywood, California in 1977.