Valleri by The Monkees

Genre: Rock
Year: 1968

"Valleri" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart for The Monkees, who had a #3 on Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Cash Box with it in early 1968. The song also rose to #12 in the UK. Responding to Screen Gems president and music supervisor Don Kirshners early-morning request for a "girls-name song" to be used in the Monkeess television series, Boyce and Hart improvised "Valleri" on their way to Kirshners office, after pretending over the telephone that the song was already finished. Nonetheless, Kirshner was pleased with their work, and "Valleri" took its place on the Monkees recording schedule, with Boyce and Hart producing the original sessions in August 1966. The original recording (with instrumental backing by the Candy Store Prophets, plus session musician Louie Shelton Read full article at wikipedia.org

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